“We have so many amazing entertainer nominees that we’d like to showcase more of a breadth of them and gives more opportunity for more artists to have that spotlight,” Whiteside says. Most notably, the entertainer of the year category has expanded from five to seven nominees. The songwriter of the year category has been split into songwriter of the year and artist-songwriter of the year awards, while the criteria for album of the year eligibility shifted from 51% to 75% previously unreleased material. This year’s awards will feature several changes. Cole Swindell, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert each have five, while Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen landed four. HARDY leads all nominees at this year’s show with seven nods, followed by Lainey Wilson with six. “They’re amazing partners and Texas is a great market.” “Ever since I took this job, my board said we need to work with the Cowboys again,” Whiteside says. The show’s host venue, the Ford Center at the Star, serves as the world headquarters for the Dallas Cowboys, who are partners for this year’s event. This year marks the ACM Awards’ return to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex for the first time since its 50 th anniversary show in 2015 (last year’s ceremony was held at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium). However, a source tells Billboard that the script was completed before the strike began and the show is not expected to be affected even if the strike is still ongoing. This year’s show has been thrown the curveball of the Writers Guild of America strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which started at midnight Tuesday (May 2). “We couldn’t have a better pair than the two of them to be the face of the show because we’re a global show and they’re global superstars.” “They’re close friends, admirers of each other, so it was actually very organic,” he continues. Once she was on board, the idea came to pair her with Brooks, who has never hosted an awards show before. It helps that this year, the show’s co-hosts are two of the biggest stars in the world: Dolly Parton (who hosted last year with Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett) and Garth Brooks. Whiteside says he’s still “pinching myself” that the music icons are emceeing the two-hour show, which will stream commercial-free from the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Tex.Īfter Parton hosted last year, “Our goal right away was ‘How can we get Dolly back involved again?’” Whiteside says. Amazon could not be reached for comment by press time.) (Though rare, Prime Video has offered livestreams in the past, including for Kanye West and Drake‘s “Free Larry Hoover” benefit concert in 2021. The full show will stream the next day for free on Amazon Freevee. To make it as accessible as possible, Amazon is offering the show for free to subscribers and non-subscribers alike across more than 240 countries and territories via Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch. Chris Stapleton's Outdoor New York Concert Canceled Due to Canadian Wildfire Smoke
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