Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson and More Announced as 2024 ACM Awards Performers
The 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will stream live on Prime Video from Ford Center at The Star in Texas on May 16
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Jelly Roll; Miranda Lambert; Lainey WilsonSome of country's biggest stars will perform at the 2024 ACM Awards.
On April 26, the Academy of Country Music, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions announced the first round of performers for the upcoming awards show, including Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson.
Also set to perform at the ceremony are Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett and Chris Stapleton, with more artists to be revealed closer to the show.
Related: Reba McEntire Says She 'Can't Wait' to Host the 2024 ACM Awards: 'I Am Tickled to Pieces'
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Chris Stapleton performs in Los Angeles on April 17, 2024Earlier this week, Reba McEntire was announced as the 2024 ACM Awards host, marking her 17th time emceeing the annual program celebrating country music. She'll also deliver a performance of new music during the ceremony, set to air live via Prime Video on May 16 at 8 p.m. ET from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
"I am tickled to pieces to get to host the ACM Awards for the 17th time! What an honor to have been part of the past, present and now the future of the Academy of Country Music with Amazon Prime Video," said McEntire, 69, in a statement. "I can’t wait to get to Texas and see everybody May 16th!"
In the past, the "Fancy" singer has won 16 ACM Awards, and she holds the record for most female artist of the year nominations.
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Reba McEntire in Las Vegas in February 2024Related: Luke Combs, Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen Lead 2024 ACM Awards Nominations
The nominations for the upcoming awards show were led by Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and Megan Moroney, with the coveted entertainer of the year category featuring Wallen, Combs, Brown, Jelly, Johnson, Stapleton and Wilson.
Jelly, 39, becomes the first artist to go from having never been nominated at the ACMs to landing a spot in the coveted entertainer of the year category since Billy Ray Cyrus in 1993.
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Jelly Roll at the CMT Awards in Austin on April 7, 2024"I spent my whole life just thinking that what I was doing would never be heard or seen," the "Save Me" singer told PEOPLE earlier this month. "I almost gave up on any dream of this thing ever being like it is now, and man, is it just incredible to be in the middle of it. I'm grateful."
Fans can purchase tickets for the 2024 ACM Awards on SeatGeek and stream the awards show's official playlist on Amazon Music.
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