The 2021 ACM Awards will again be held in Nashville rather than their usual venue of Las Vegas due to the pandemic, with the annual show to broadcast from three iconic venues in Music City — the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Café — on April 18 on CBS.
On Friday, Feb. 26, this year’s nominees were announced, with Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton both leading with six nominations. Miranda Lambert follows with five and Ashley McBryde and Thomas Rhett each received four nods. Scroll through for the full list of nominees.
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New Female Artist of the Year
Ingrid Andress
Tenille Arts
Gabby Barrett
Mickey Guyton
Caylee Hammack
New Male Artist of the Year
Jimmie Allen
Travis Denning
HARDY
Cody Johnson
Parker McCollum
Single of the Year
“Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
“I Hope” – Gabby Barrett
“I Hope You’re Happy Now” – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
“More Hearts Than Mine” – Ingrid Andress
“The Bones” – Maren Morris
Song of the Year
“Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert (Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby)
“One Night Standards” – Ashley McBryde (Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally)
“Some People Do” – Old Dominion (Jesse Frasure, Matt Ramsey, Thomas Rhett, Shane McAnally)
“Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
“The Bones” – Maren Morris (Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz)
Songwriter of the Year
Ashley Gorley
Michael Hardy
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Josh Osborne
Video of the Year
“Better Than We Found It” – Maren Morris
“Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
“Gone” – Dierks Bentley
“Hallelujah” – Carrie Underwood and John Legend
“Worldwide Beautiful” – Kane Brown
Music Event of the Year
“Be A Light” – Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban
“Does to Me” – Luke Combs featuring Eric Church
“I Hope You’re Happy Now” – Carly Pearce & Lee Brice
“Nobody But You” – Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Stefani
“One Beer” – HARDY featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson
“One Too Many” – Keith Urban, P!nk
Album of the Year
Born Here, Live Here, Die Here – Luke Bryan
Mixtape Vol. 1 – Kane Brown
Never Will – Ashley McBryde
Skeletons – Brothers Osborne
Starting Over – Chris Stapleton
Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
The Cadillac Three
The Highwomen
Male Artist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Female Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Carly Pearce
Entertainer of the Year
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
