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Keith Urban To Receive Coveted Honor At ACMs For The First Time Since 2010

By Kelly Fisher

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Keith Urban will receive the Academy of Country Music’s coveted Triple Crown Award at the milestone 60th ACM Awards this week.

Urban earned the honor by winning the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Male Vocalist (2001), Male Vocalist of the Year (2005 and 2006) and Entertainer of the Year (2019) throughout his career. Chris Stapleton, Megan Moroney and Brothers Osborne will team up to perform Urban’s songs as a tribute to the Triple Crown recipient during the show on Thursday evening (May 8). This will mark the first time an artist has received the Triple Crown honor during the ACM Awards since Carrie Underwood accepted it in 2010, according to a press release from the Academy on Monday (May 5). Previous winners in recent years have accepted the award at the ACM Honors, which takes place later in the year in Nashville, Tennessee.

Urban joins a growing list of Triple Crown winners: Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Mickey Gilley, Merle Haggard, Barbara Mandrell, and Underwood.

Reba McEntire is returning to host the ACM Awards for her 18th time, more than any other artist. She’ll take the stage that evening to kick off the show with a 12-minute “Songs of the Decades” performance, along with Clint Black, Dan + Shay, Wynonna Judd, LeAnn Rimes and Sugarland. The show will also feature performances by Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn and Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll and Shaboozey, plus reigning Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Chris Stapleton, Clint Black, Cody Johnson, Kelsea Ballerini, LeAnn Rimes, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, and Wynonna Judd. Ella Langley and Zach Top joined the star-studded lineup after winning the New Female Artist of the Year and New Male Artist of the Year awards, respectively. The Red Clay Strays won the ACM New Duo or Group of the Year category.

The 60th ACM Awards will return to the world headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. See the full list of nominees below. The show kicks off at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT on Thursday, May 8.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

 

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

 

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

 

DUO OF THE YEAR

 

GROUP OF THE YEAR

 

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

 

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

 

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Producer: Kristian Bush

Record Company-Label: Columbia Records / Sony Music Nashville

Producers: BazeXX, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Devin Dawson, Charlie Handsome, Ben Johnson, mgk, The Monsters & Strangerz, Austin Nivarel, SlimXX, Ryan Tedder, Isaiah Tejada, Alysa Vanderheym

Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville / Republic Records

 

Producer: Carson Chamberlain

Record Company-Label: Leo33

 

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records

 

Producer: Jay Joyce

Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville

 

SINGLE OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry

Record Company-Label: American Dogwood / EMPIRE

 

Producer: Trent Willmon

Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville

 

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records

 

Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton

Record Company-Label: Mercury Nashville

 

Producer: Will Bundy

Record Company-Label: SAWGOD / Columbia Records

 

SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]

Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson

Publishers: Louisiana Lady; One Tooth Productions; Reservoir 416; Songs of One Riot Music; Sony/ATV Accent

 

Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne

Publishers: Songs for Indy and Owl; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing

 

Songwriter: Josh Phillips

Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing; Write or Die Music; Write the Lightning Publishing

 

Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters, Ryan Vojtesak

Publishers: Bell Ear Publishing; Master of my Domain Music; Poppy’s Picks; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing; Universal Music Corporation

 

Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere

Publishers: Back 40 Publishing International; Langley Publishing; One Tooth Productions; Sony/ATV Tree; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp

 

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan, Alysa Vanderheym

Record Company-Label: Black River Entertainment

 

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records

 

Producer: Trent Willmon

Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville

 

Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce

Record Company-Label: Big Machine Records

 

Producer: Will Bundy

Record Company-Label: SAWGOD / Columbia Records

 

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]

Producer: Jennifer Ansell

Director: Dano Cerny

 

Producer: Dustin Haney

Director: Dustin Haney

 

Producers: Christen Pinkston, Wesley Stebbins-Perry

Director: Dustin Haney

 

Producers: Wes Edwards, Angie Lorenz, Jamie Stratakis

Director: Running Bear (Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Stone)

 

Producer: Whale Tale Music

Directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney

 

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

 

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

  • Jessi Alexander
  • Jessie Jo Dillon
  • Ashley Gorley
  • Chase McGill
  • Josh Osborne