Monday, March 7th the ACM Awards will be live on Amazon Prime. This year on Y102, the Big Time with Whitney Allen will be live from the event. Tune in for backstage interviews and commentary.
Also, one of our NRG Media employees at Froggy 98 in Lincoln will be the voice over announcer for the show. Brooke will be doing live blogs throughout the evening from Las Vegas that you can see here on krny.com.
ScottyO and I have made our picks as to how we think the night’s awards will go. Here is a look at those predictions.
ATTENTION: Two awards have now been presented since this blog was originally written. New Female Artist Of The Year goes to Lainey Wilson. New Male Artist Of The Year goes to Parker McCollum.
*ScottyO’s Choice #Lisa’s Choice
Entertainer of the Year
Eric Church
Luke Combs-*#
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Female Artist of the Year
Gabby Barrett-#
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris-*
Carly Pearce
Male Artist of the Year
Jimmie Allen
Luke Combs-#
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen-*
Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne-#
Dan + Shay-*
LoCash
Maddie & Tae
Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion-*#
The Cadillac Three
New Female Artist of the Year
Tenille Arts
Priscilla Block-#
Lily Rose
Caitlyn Smith
Lainey Wilson-*
New Male Artist of the Year
Hardy
Walker Hayes-*#
Ryan Hurd
Parker McCollum
Elvie Shane
Album of the Year
29: Written in Stone, Carly Pearce
Country Again: Side A, Thomas Rhett
Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen-*#
Famous Friends, Chris Young
The Marfa Tapes, Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
Single of the Year
“Buy Dirt,” Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan
“Famous Friends,” Chris Young and Kane Brown
“Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes-*#
“If I Didn’t Love You,” Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
“You Should Probably Leave,” Chris Stapleton
“7 Summers,” Morgan Wallen (Morgan Wallen, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally)
“Buy Dirt,” Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan (Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins)-#
“Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes (Cameron Bartolini, Josh Jenkins, Shane Stevens, Walker Hayes)-*
“Knowing You,” Kenny Chesney (Adam James, Brett James, Kat Higgins)
“Things a Man Oughta Know,” Lainey Wilson (Jason Nix, Jonathan Singleton, Lainey Wilson)
Video of the Year
“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” Elle King and Miranda Lambert-*
“Famous Friends,” Chris Young and Kane Brown
“I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton
“If I Didn’t Love You,” Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
“Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde-#
Songwriter of the Year
Jesse Frasure
Nicolle Galyon
Ashley Gorley-#
Michael Hardy-*
Josh Osborne
Music Event of the Year
“Buy Dirt,” Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan
“Famous Friends,” Chris Young and Kane Brown
“Half of My Hometown,” Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney-#
“If I Didn’t Love You,” Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
“Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde-*