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As ACM Awards Move on to Fourth Broadcast Partner, How Do Other Music Awards Shows Compare?
The move will likely be closely watched by the entire industry. The Academy of Country Music announced last week that it is moving its ACM Awards to Amazon Prime Video next year. The show aired on one of the three legacy broadcast networks continuously for 50 years. The move will likely be closely watched by the entire industry. If the show holds its audience, and if top artists continue to support it, other awards shows may seriously consider streaming partners. If the show falters, other shows may be reticent about following suit. Amazon Prime Video will be the ACM Awards’ fourth broadcast partner, which is more than any other major music awards show. Let’s see how the other shows compare: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a datin...
Academy of Country Music Sets New COVID-19 Protocols for ACM Honors & Party for a Cause
Carly Pearce is set to host this year’s ACM Honors, which will feature performances from Lauren Alaina, Chris Janson, Jamey Johnson, Ashley McBryde, Pearce herself, Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack and more. This year’s Special Awards recipients will include Ken Burns’ Country Music documentary, producer RAC Clark, Luke Combs, Ross Copperman, Dan + Shay, Rascal Flatts, Joe Galante, Toby Keith, Lady A, Loretta Lynn, Gretchen Peters and the late Curly Putman. The ACM Honors ceremony will also celebrate the 55th ACM Awards Industry and Studio Recording Award winners, alongside the newly announced winners of the studio recording awards for the 56th ACM Awards, as well as songwriter of the year winner Hillary Lindsey. This year’s Party for a Cause performers include Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, M...
Pharrell Williams, Rick Rubin & More of the Most Awarded Producers of the 2000s
Williams won multiple Grammys in all three of these years. He also took the 2003 award for best pop vocal album for co-producing Justin Timberlake’s solo debut Justified; the 2013 award for album of the year for co-producing Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories (and two other awards for its breakout hit “Get Lucky”); and the 2018 award for best pop vocal album for co-producing Ariana Grande’s Sweetener. Rick Rubin and Greg Kurstin are runners-up, with two wins each for producer of the year, non-classical since 2000. Rubin won the 2006 and 2008 awards. Kurstin won the 2016 and 2017 awards. Kurstin was the first producer to win back-to-back awards in this category since Babyface won three years running — 1995-97. Remarkably, Rubin produced or co-produced three of the 2006 album of ...
Carly Pearce Set to Host 2021 ACM Honors
As previously reported, Hillary Lindsey — known for penning “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” among many other major country hits — will be honored with the songwriter of the year award, whileJay Joyce will receive the award for producer of the year for the fifth time. “We look forward to having industry and fans join us as we recognize the significant accomplishments of our 55th and 56th studio recording awards, industry awards, songwriter of the year and special awards winners with a night of unforgettable performances,” said Damon Whiteside, CEO of the ACM. The 14th annual ACM Honors will be livestreamed for viewers on Circle network’s channels. Alternatively, tickets to the live show are available for purchase on&...
ACM Honors Will Salute Hillary Lindsey & Jay Joyce With Top Prizes
Other honorees at the ACM Honors are Ken Burns’ Country Music, RAC Clark, Luke Combs, Ross Copperman, Dan + Shay, Joe Galante, Toby Keith, Lady A, Loretta Lynn, Gretchen Peters, Curly Putman and Rascal Flatts. The evening is dedicated to recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 55th and 56th ACM Awards. Studio recording awards and industry award winners from the 55th ACM Awards weren’t properly recognized last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ACM special awards are voted on by the ACM board of directors. The show is executive produced by Damon Whiteside, CEO of the ACM, and written and produced by Lisa Lee. Three of the awards will be presented posthumously: the ACM poet’s award to songwriter Curly Putman, guitar player of the year to J.T. Coren...
Miranda Lambert & Elle King Lead Top-Selling Songs Performed on 2021 ACM Awards
Here are the top 10 selling songs performed on the show, on April 18, according to initial reports: Elle King and Miranda Lambert, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) (3,000 sold on April 18; up 267%)Gabby Barrett, “The Good Ones” (2,300; up 25%)Little Big Town, “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” (2,000; up 360%)Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris, “Chasing After You” (1,900; up 613%)Luke Combs, “Forever After All” (1,700; up 218%)Chris Stapleton, “Maggie’s Song” (1,600; up 887%)Thomas Rhett, “What’s Your Country Song” (1,600; up 348%)Alan Jackson, “You’ll Always Be My Baby” (1,100; up 994%)Carly Pearce and Lee Brice, “I Hope You’re Happy Now” (1,100; up 867%)Kenny Chesney, “Knowing You” (1,100; up 386%) The ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by MRC. MRC and Penske Media are co-par...
2021 ACM Awards Demonstrate What an Inclusive Future In Country Music Could Look Like
The organic nature of the performances was one of the show’s major strengths. Instead of force-fed inclusion, the Academy’s pairings allowed the art to speak for itself, proving that country music should be a place where anyone — regardless of who they are or what they look like — can feel like they belong. This year’s nomination pool saw a record four Black artists up for awards (Jimmie Allen, Kane Brown, Mickey Guyton, and John Legend for a Carrie Underwood collaboration), a milestone ACM CEO Damon Whiteside called “a big step in the right direction.” The broadcast featured a handful of Black artists across genres performing alongside white country superstars, bringing inclusivity and their shared love of music to the forefront. Guyton, who co-hosted the festivities with Keith Urban, per...
2021 ACM Awards: Social Media Lights Up for Carrie Underwood
The country music community watched on and many artists turned to social media to share their thoughts. On what felt like one of the most diverse nights in the 56-year history of the ACM Awards, Twitter users gave it all up for Carrie Underwood, whose spectacular gospel medley performance brought all the feels. Check out some of the celebrity reaction from the ACM Awards below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Brothers Osborne Close Out the 2021 ACM Awards With Electric Performance of ‘Dead’s Man Curve’
“I remember calling our manager at the time,” John said. “And I told him, I’m like, I mean, ‘We can’t go into the studio. I don’t know what’s wrong with me — I don’t know why I’m not happy. I’m depressed. My anxiety is through the roof. I can’t sleep. My ears are ringing.'” He added, “I was very reluctant to say anything. We grew up in a culture where if you fell over and skinned your knee, you just get up, don’t cry, and walk it off. There comes a point in your life where you can’t do that anymore, and you need to stop and sort your s— out.” Eventually, John received the help he needed but admitted to almost leaving his musical career behind. “With a lot of therapy...
Luke Bryan, Maren Morris & More Record-Setters at 2021 ACM Awards
Stapleton’s Starting Over won album of the year. Stapleton previously won in the category with Traveller and From A Room: Volume 1. Stapleton and Dave Cobb co-produced all three albums. Stapleton is one of the top five winners in ACM history in this category. Miranda Lambert has won it five times. Alabama, George Strait and Alan Jackson have also won it three times. “I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Pearce and Brice became the fourth male/female duet to win single of the year. The first three were “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton” (1983), “It’s Your Love” by Tim McGraw with Faith Hill” (1997), and “Don’t You Wanna Stay” by Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson (2011). This is Brice’s second ACM win for single of the year. He took the award six years ago for “I Don’t Dance.” ...
10 Noteworthy Covers of U2’s ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’
“Pride (In the Name of Love)” was the lead single from U2’s fourth studio album, The Unforgettable Fire. The song has power, passion and purpose — and contains an exceptional lyric (“They took your life/ They could not take your pride”). The song became U2’s first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. That said, it’s surprising it didn’t do better than it did, given that it’s considered such a classic today. The song peaked at No. 33 on the Hot 100 — good, but not great. And neither it nor the album on which it was featured received a Grammy nomination. But it set the stage for the band’s 1987 breakthrough with The Joshua Tree, which spawned back-to-back No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and won two Grammys, including album of the year. ̶...
Jimmie Allen & Gabby Barrett Named ACM New Male & Female Artist of the Year
The other nominees for new male artist of the year were Travis Denning, Hardy, Cody Johnson and Parker McCollum. The other nominees for new female artist of the year, besides Guyton, were Ingrid Andress, Tenille Arts and Caylee Hammack. Both Allen and Barrett will perform on the three-hour ACM telecast on April 18. Allen’s booking brings to five the number of Black artists who will perform on the show — an ACM record. Guyton is set to perform, along with Kane Brown, whose Mixtape Vol. 1 is up for album of the year; Americana duo The War and Treaty; and gospel great CeCe Winans, who is expected to team with Carrie Underwood to perform “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” which they recorded for Underwood’s current gospel album, My Savior. Barrett’s “I H...
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