2025 ACM Awards ruled by Lainey Wilson again. Here are all the winners.
Live from the Red Carpet: Cody Johnson among top nominees at ACM Awards in Frisco
Live from the Red Carpet: Cody Johnson among top nominees at ACM Awards in Frisco
Live from the Red Carpet: Cody Johnson among top nominees at ACM Awards in Frisco
It was her night once again. Lainey Wilson took home the top prize at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards — the title of entertainer of the year — for a second year in a row. And that was after she cleaned house, taking home trophies for both female artist and album of the year.
"I really do have the best fans in the world," she said in her final acceptance speech, admitting to experiencing impostor syndrome. "I dreamed about entertaining. ... Country music has given me more than I deserve."
Beyond Wilson's dominance, the 2025 ACM Awards were packed with celebration. Earlier, first-time and leading nominee Ella Langley's duet with Riley Green, the ubiquitous "You Look Like You Love Me," was named single and music event of the year.
Lainey Wilson attends the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards at The Ford Center at The Star on May 8, 2025 in Frisco, Texas.
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Both Langley and Green used their first acceptance speech to shout out classic country — songs with talking in them — that inspired their modern hit.
A revisitation of the past might have been a theme Thursday night, evidenced right at the top of the ceremony: a 14-minute medley of six decades of country classics, performed by giants of the genre.
Host Reba McEntire launched into Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee," followed by Clint Black with Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Wynonna Judd with The Judds' "Why Not Me." LeAnn Rimes returned to the ACM Awards stage for her 1997 ballad "Blue." Little Big Town tackled their 2014 track "Girl Crush" and Dan + Shay delivered their "Tequila."
It was an exciting way to kick off the ACM Awards, live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas.
Here is a list of all the winners:
Entertainer of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Winner: Lainey Wilson
Female Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Winner: Lainey Wilson
Male Artist of the Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll
Winner: Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Duo of the Year
Winner: Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Muscadine Bloodline
The War and Treaty
Group of the Year
Flatland Cavalry
Little Big Town
Winner: Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
The Red Clay Strays
Album of the Year
Am I Okay? (I'll Be Fine), Megan Moroney
Beautifully Broken, Jelly Roll
Cold Beer & Country Music, Zach Top
F-1 Trillion, Post Malone
Winner: Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson
Single of the Year
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)," Shaboozey
"Dirt Cheap," Cody Johnson
"I Had Some Help," Post Malone, Morgan Wallen
"White Horse," Chris Stapleton
Winner: "You Look Like You Love Me," Ella Langley, Riley Green
Song of the Year
"4x4xU," Lainey Wilson
"The Architect," Kacey Musgraves
Winner: "Dirt Cheap," Cody Johnson
"I Had Some Help," Post Malone, Morgan Wallen
"You Look Like You Love Me," Ella Langley, Riley Green
Music Event of the Year
"Cowboys Cry Too," Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan
"I Had Some Help," Post Malone, Morgan Wallen
"I'm Gonna Love You," Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood
"We Don't Fight Anymore," Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton
Winner: "You Look Like You Love Me," Ella Langley, Riley Green
Songwriter of the Year
Jessi Alexander
Winner: Jessie Jo Dillon
Ashley Gorley
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
Artist-Songwriter of the Year
Luke Combs
ERNEST
HARDY
Morgan Wallen
Winner: Lainey Wilson
Visual Media of the Year
"4x4xU," Lainey Wilson; Producer: Jennifer Ansell; Director: Dano Cerny
"Dirt Cheap," Cody Johnson; Producer: Dustin Haney; Director: Dustin Haney
"I'm Gonna Love You," Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood; Producers: Christen Pinkston, Wesley Stebbins-Perry; Director: Dustin Haney
"Think I'm In Love With You," Chris Stapleton; Producers: Wes Edwards, Angie Lorenz, Jamie Stratakis; Director: Running Bear (Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Stone)
Winner: "You Look Like You Love Me," Ella Langley, Riley Green; Producer: Alex Pescosta; Directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney
New Female Artist of the Year
Kassi Ashton
Ashley Cooke
Dasha
Winner: Ella Langley
Jessie Murph
New Male Artist of the Year
Gavin Adcock
Shaboozey
Winner: Zach Top
Tucker Wetmore
Bailey Zimmerman
New Duo or Group of the Year
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