55th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards will be held in Nashville, Tennessee on September 16, 2020,[1][2] and hosted by Keith Urban. The event was originally planned to air on April 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

55th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	September 16, 2020
Location	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Hosted by	Keith Urban
Most nominations	Blake Shelton (4) Dan + Shay (4) Old Dominion (4) Thomas Rhett (4)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

Winners and Nominees

The winners will be shown in Bold.[4]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Luke Bryan Eric Church Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Carrie Underwood	Center Point Road - Thomas Rhett GIRL - Maren Morris Heartache Medication - Jon Pardi What You See Is What You Get - Luke Combs Wildcard - Miranda Lambert
Female Artist of the Year	Male Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood	Dierks Bentley Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton Keith Urban
Group of the Year	Duo of the Year
Lady A Little Big Town Midland Old Dominion The Highwomen	Brooks & Dunn Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Maddie & Tae
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"God's Country" - Blake Shelton "One Man Band" - Old Dominion "Rainbow" - Kacey Musgraves "Rumor" - Lee Brice "What If I Never Get Over You" - Lady A	"10,000 Hours" - Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Justin Bieber, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jason Boyd, Jordan Reynolds "Girl Goin' Nowhere" - Ashley McBryde, Jeremy Bussey "God's Country" - Devin Dawson, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy "One Man Band" - Josh Osborne, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi "Some of It" - Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels, Bobby Pinson
New Female Artist of the Year	New Male Artist of the Year
Caylee Hammack Gabby Barrett Ingrid Andress Lindsay Ell Tenille Townes	Cody Johnson Jordan Davis Morgan Wallen Riley Green Russell Dickerson
Songwriter of the Year	Video of the Year
Ashley Gorley Hillary Lindsey Josh Osborne Michael Hardy Shane McAnally	"10,000 Hours" - Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber "God's Country" - Blake Shelton "One Man Band" - Old Dominion "Remember You Young" - Thomas Rhett "Sugar Coat" - Little Big Town
Musical Event of the Year
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber “Dive Bar” – Garth Brooks and Blake Shelton “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” – Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack, and Elle King “Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “What Happens in a Small Town” – Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell

References

1. Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-03-23). "Academy Of Country Music Awards Sets New Airdate For Annual Ceremony". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
2. Willman, Chris (27 April 2020). "ACM Awards Will Move from Las Vegas to Nashville for Postponed September Telecast". Variety. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. Haring, Bruce (2020-03-15). "Academy Of Country Music Awards Postpones 55th Annual Event, Targets September For Return". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
4. "Nominees". Academy of Country Music. Retrieved 2020-02-29.