The 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards show is kicking off shortly! The annual celebration of excellence in country music airs on CBS tonight (Sunday, April 18) at 8 p.m.
ET, and will be held at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House with additional performances from the Ryman Auditorium and Bluebird Cafe. Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton lead the nominations with six each, followed by Miranda Lambert with five nods, and Ashley McBryde, Thomas Rhett and producer Jay Joyce with four each.
Four of the nominees for entertainer this year are holdovers from 2020, except for Chris Stapleton taking Carrie Underwood’s spot, making the category all-male again, as it has been in many years. Morgan Wallen is not nominated, following his racial slur
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