Here are the nominees for the 2023 ACM Awards in Frisco — including three from Texas
The Academy of Country Music announced nominations for the 58th ACM Awards on Thursday and Texas artists and music groups are included on the list.
This year’s ACM Awards will be hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks and held at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco.
Dubbed “Country Music’s Party of the Year,” the ACM Awards celebrates country music’s biggest stars and emerging talent.
Tickets for the show can be bought on SeatGeek and range from $449 to $1,000.
Here are all the nominees for this year’s ACM Awards.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert is the only Texan nominated for Entertainer Of The Year. The Longview-born country singer and songwriter released her album “Palomino” in 2022 and collaborated with Elle King on the song “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)“ for King’s 2023 album “Come Get Your Wife”.
Other nominees are:
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Lambert is the only Texan nominated for Female Artist Of The Year. Other nominees are:
Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
Lainey Wilson
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jordan Davis
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
DUO OF THE YEAR
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dripping Strings group Midland is the only nominee from Texas for this year’s awards. Midland released their album “The Last Resort: Greetings From” in 2022 which includes songs “Longneck Way To Go” and “Sunrise Tells The Story.”
Other nominees are:
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Priscilla Block
Megan Moroney
Caitlyn Smith
Morgan Wade
Hailey Whitters
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Zach Bryan
Jackson Dean
ERNEST
Dylan Scott
Nate Smith
Bailey Zimmerman
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lambert is the only Texan nominated for Album Of The Year for her 2022 album Palomino which was produced by herself, Jon Randall, Luke Dick and Mikey Reaves.
Other nominees are:
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville - Ashley McBryde
Bell Bottom Country - Lainey Wilson
Growin’ Up - Luke Combs
Mr. Saturday Night - Jon Pardi
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Cody Johnson is the only Texan nominated for Single Of The Year for his song “’Til You Can’t,” which was his first No. 1 song on country music radio in 2022. The Sebastopol-born singer-songwriter’s song “’Til You Can’t” was included in his 2021 album Human The Double Album.
Johnson won the fan-voted award Performance of the Year at this year’s Country Music Awards. He was also nominated for CMT’s Male Video of the Year for “Human.”
Other nominees are:
Heart Like A Truck - Lainey Wilson
Never Wanted To Be That Girl - Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
She Had Me At Heads Carolina - Cole Swindell
Thank God - Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
SONG OF THE YEAR
Johnson’s song “’Til You Can’t” is also nominated for Song of the Year. The song reached over 200 million streams within the first nine months of its release.
Other nominees are:
Sand In My Boots - Morgan Wallen
She Had Me At Heads Carolina - Cole Swindell
wait in the truck - HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
You Should Probably Leave - Chris Stapleton
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR
Johnson is the only Texan nominated for Visual Media Of The Year for the “’Til You Can’t” music video which received 49 million views on YouTube.
Other nominees are:
HEARTFIRST - Kelsea Ballerini
She Had Me At Heads Carolina - Cole Swindell
Thank God - Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
wait in the truck - HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
What He Didn’t Do - Carly Pearce
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Nicolle Galyon
Ashley Gorley
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
Hunter Phelps
ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Lambert is the only Texan nominated for Artist-Songwriter Of The Year.
She’s nominated alongside:
Luke Combs
ERNEST
HARDY
Morgan Wallen
