ACM Awards 2025: Host, Performers and Everything to Know
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards air live from Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas on Thursday, May 8 via Prime Video. PEOPLE has everything you need to know before the show.
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Reba McEntire in May 2025; Ella Langley in March 2025; Keith Urban in September 2024. Credit :
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It's time for the 2025 ACM Awards!
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards, presented by Carnival Cruise Line, are going down on Thursday, May 8, and some of the genre's biggest stars will be honored for their musical contributions over the past year.
This year's ceremony will feature dozens of celebrities, both presenting and accepting the awards, as well as show-stopping performances throughout the night.
Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 ACM Awards.
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Reba McEntire in Los Angeles in September 2024.Frazer Harrison/GettyÂ
Reba McEntire will return as this year's ACM Awards host, and she recently spoke to PEOPLE about how she's preparing for the show.
"Well, I'm usually not nervous," said the "Fancy" icon. "We get ready. I say my prayer, which I always do, or I ask the Holy Spirit to walk for me, talk for me, speak for me, sing for me, make sure I don't stumble when I get on that stage, and I have my whole team of angels."
McEntire, 70, continued, "I've got my whole team with me, my glam team, my management team, got [boyfriend] Rex [Linn] with me all the time, so I'm gonna have fun. And then you see your buddies that you've seen for the last how many years, and then you get to meet the young people that are here. So, it's gonna be a fun night."
Ella Langley in Nashville in November 2024.Jason Davis/Getty
The 2025 ACM Awards nominations were led by "Weren't for the Wind" singer Ella Langley with eight in total.
Other top nominees include Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson with seven each, followed by Chris Stapleton with six as well as Riley Green and Post Malone, who each nabbed five.
Additionally, Keith Urban will be honored with the ACM Triple Crown Award.
Jelly Roll in Nashville in December 2024.Jason Davis/Getty
The awards show is set to open with a 12-minute performance from Clint Black, Dan + Shay, LeAnn Rimes, Sugarland, McEntire and Wynonna Judd, who will celebrate the Song of the Year winners from the last 60 years of the ACMs.
Other musicians performing at the ceremony include Alan Jackson, Backstreet Boys, Shelton, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Chris Stapleton, Johnson, Langley, Eric Church, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Wilson, Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Shaboozey and Zach Top.
Stapleton, Moroney and Brothers Osborne will perform in tribute to Urban for his ACM Triple Crown Award presentation.
McEntire, Lambert and Wilson will debut their new collaboration, "Trailblazer," at the show. Additional joint performances will come from Jelly Roll with Shaboozey, Brooks & Dunn with Johnson and Backstreet Boys with Rascal Flatts.
Blake Shelton in Los Angeles in November 2024.PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Presenters at the 2025 ACM Awards will include Blake Shelton, Carly Pearce, Black, Crystal Gayle, ERNEST, Gabby Barrett, Gretchen Wilson, Lee Ann Womack, Jordan Davis, Lionel Richie, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Parker McCollum, Green, Rita Wilson, Sara Evans, Sugarland, the Oak Ridge Boys, Judd, Chase Elliott, Amber Anderson and Kelly Sutton.
Bobby Bones will also be present to conduct artist interviews throughout the show.
Reba McEntire in Frisco, Texas in May 2024.Jason Kempin/GettyÂ
The 2025 ACM Awards will stream live via Prime Video on Thursday. May 8 at 8 p.m. ET from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
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