The 2023 ACM Awards take place tonight and HARDY and Lainey Wilson are early winners.
HARDY picked up two ACM Awards before tonight’s show. He won Artist-Songwriter of the Year and Visual Media of the Year with Lainey Wilson for their video for “Wait in the Truck.”
“wait in the truck” by newly announced Artist-Songwriter of the Year @HardyMusic featuring @laineywilson just won Visual Media of the Year! Congratulations to you both 🎉 #ACMawards pic.twitter.com/thkj3gcrmN
— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) May 11, 2023
On Wednesday, The Academy of Country Music announced New Male and New Female Artists of the Year.
Hailey Whitters won for New Female and Zach Bryan for New Male.
The ACM Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, will take place on Thursday, May 11th live from Texas on Amazon Prime.
The 2023 ACM Awards artist nominees:
Entertainer of the Year
- Carrie Underwood
- Chris Stapleton
- Jason Aldean
- Kane Brown
- Luke Combs
- Miranda Lambert
- Morgan Wallen
Female Artist of the Year
- Ashley McBryde
- Carly Pearce
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Lainey Wilson
- Miranda Lambert
Male Artist of the Year
- Chris Stapleton
- Jordan Davis
- Kane Brown
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
Duo of the Year
- Brooks and Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan and Shay
- Maddie and Tae
- The War and Treaty
Group of the Year
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Midland
- Old Dominion
- Zac Brown Band
New Female Artist of the Year
- Caitlyn Smith
- Hailey Whitters – Winner
- Megan Moroney
- Morgan Wade
- Priscilla Block
New Male Artist of the Year
- Bailey Zimmerman
- Dylan Scott
- Ernest
- Jackson Dean
- Nate Smith
- Zach Bryan – Winner
Album of the Year
- Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
- Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
- Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
- Jon Pardi – Mr. Saturday Night
- Miranda Lambert – Palomino
Single of the Year
- Lainey Wilson – “Heart Like a Truck”
- Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde – “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”
- Cole Swindell – “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
- Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown – “Thank God”
- Cody Johnson – “Til You Can’t”
Song of the Year
- Morgan Wallen – “Sand in My Boots”
- Cole Swindell – “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
- Cody Johnson – “Til You Can’t”
- Hardy featuring Lainey Wilson – “Wait in the Truck”
- Chris Stapleton – “You Should Probably Leave”
Visual Media of the Year
- Kelsea Ballerini – “Heartfirst”
- Cole Swindell – “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
- Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown – “Thank God”
- Cody Johnson – “Til You Can’t”
- Hardy featuring Lainey Wilson – “Wait in the Truck” – Winner
- Carly Pearce – “What He Didn’t Do”
Music Event of the Year
- Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny – “At the End of a Bar”
- Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina – “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
- Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown – “Thank God”
- Dustin Lynch featuring MacKenzie Porter – “Thinking ‘Bout You”
- Hardy featuring Lainey Wilson – “Wait in the Truck”
Artist Songwriter of the Year
- Ernest
- Hardy – Winner
- Luke Combs
- Miranda Lambert
- Morgan Wallen
