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The ACM Awards are set to take place on Thursday, May 16th and a few early winners were announced ahead of the broadcast.

Megan Maroney won for New Female Artist of the Year!

👋 Say hello to the ACM New Female Artist of the Year… @_megmoroney! 👋 #ACMawards pic.twitter.com/qFcMQJpqiL

— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) May 15, 2024

and celebrated with some Chick-fil-A

OK GOOODMORNING!!!!!!!!!!! 🥹😍 pic.twitter.com/4jUy92e7zF

— Megan Moroney (@_megmoroney) May 15, 2024

Nate Smith is the New Male Artist of the Year!

Nate Smith’s WORLD is ON FIRE since he just won ACM New Male Artist of the Year! 🌎🔥🏆 #ACMawards @NateSmithSongs pic.twitter.com/nYjuoRQkjE

— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) May 15, 2024

New Duo or Group of the Year went to Tigerlily Gold!

We just won our first ACM AWARD!!! This is 11 years of long days, short nights, ups and downs, and never giving up. Thank you to the @ACMawards for this incredible honor. We are absolutely beside ourselves. More to come later… 😭🤯💕 pic.twitter.com/lB7DE7nyyV

— Tigirlily Gold (@tigirlily) May 15, 2024

Moroney will perform during the ACM Awards Red Carpet Show, sister duo Tigirlily Gold will make their ACM Awards stage debut, and Nate Smith will perform a duet with pop star Avril Lavigne.

Additional performances include Jason Aldean with a tribute to Toby Keith, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, and Lainey Wilson. Host Reba McEntire will debut new music during the broadcast. Kelsea Ballerini will perform a duet with the singer of ‘Stick Season,’ Noah Kahan, and Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani will team up for a collaborative duet.

The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards show will stream live from Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, on Amazon’s Prime Video. The show will be free for all viewers, not just Prime members, on Prime Video and Amazon’s Twitch channel.