academy of country music awards

The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) shine on Billboard’s country charts, as a bevy of songs and albums showcased on the March 7 show dot the March 19-dated tallies. For the first time, the ACM Awards were not broadcast on television, and instead, streamed live on Amazon Prime Video. It was the first major awards show to be exclusively livestreamed. The two-hour, commercial-free show began at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on March 7, and was hosted by Dolly Parton, with special co-hosts Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett. In 2021, the ACMs were broadcast on CBS-TV. Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which won the ACM award for album of the year, holds steady at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart for a 49th nonconsecutive week. The set earned 45,000 equivalent album units in the U...