Here is a complete list of winners from the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards, led by Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton, who each won multiple major awards.
Entertainer of the Year
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
Male Artist of the Year
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Female Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley McBryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson
Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty
Group of the Year
Flatland Cavalry
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
New Female Artist of the Year
Kassi Ashton
Ashley Cooke
Hannah Ellis
Kylie Morgan
Megan Moroney
New Male Artist of the Year
Ernest
Kameron Marlowe
Dylan Scott
Conner Smith
Nate Smith
New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
Neon Union
Restless Road
Tigirlily Gold
Album of the Year
Gettin’ Old, Luke Combs
Higher, Chris Stapleton
Leather, Cody Johnson
One Thing at a Time, Morgan Wallen
Rollin’ Up the Welcome Mat, Kelsea Ballerini
Single Record of the Year
“Burn it Down,” Parker McCollum
“Fast Car,” Luke Combs
“Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
“Need a Favor,” Jelly Roll
“Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis
Song of the Year
“Fast Car”
Written by Tracy Chapman
Recorded by Luke Combs
“Heart Like a Truck”
Written by Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, and Lainey Wilson
Recorded by Lainey Wilson
“Next Thing You Know”
Written by Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill, and Josh Osborne
Recorded by Jordan Davis
“The Painter”
Written by Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, and Renee Blair
Recorded by Cody Johnson
“Tennessee Orange”
Written by David Fanning, Megan Moroney, Paul Jenkins, and Ben Williams
Recorded by Megan Moroney
Visual Media of the Year
“Burn it Down,” Parker McCollum
“Human,” Cody Johnson
“In Your Love,” Tyler Childers
“Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis
“Tennessee Orange,” Megan Moroney
Music Event of the Year
“Can’t Break Up Now,” Old Dominion & Megan Moroney
“Different ‘Round Here,” Riley Green featuring Luke Combs
“I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves
“Man Made a Bar,” Morgan Wallen featuring Eric Church
“Save Me,” Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson
Songwriter of the Year
Jessie Jo Dillon
Ashley Gorley
Hillary Lindsey
Chase McGill
Josh Thompson
Artist-Songwriter of the Year
Zach Bryan
Ernest
Hardy
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Welp no one saw that Song win coming lol
Top Male Vocalist was the one that floored me.
I’m with Jason on this one. I’m never *shocked* when Stapleton wins an industry award, though I didn’t think he was a surefire winner in any of the categories this year.
That Song of the Year win, though? Hoo boy. They’ve given this to significantly worse songs before, but if they weren’t going to give this to Chapman, there was really one obvious alternative, and “Next Thing You Know” sure wasn’t it.
Delighted by the shut-out of Wallen– which feels like a statement– and that Moroney was limited to the one inevitability.
…nominating parker mccollum for any award that hasn’ got anything to do with looks is most likely pushing things way to hard in the currently great country environment. still, the line “every line that i wrote” in “burn it down” leaves room for hope.
Tom! Where’ve you been, pal?!?
Agreed, for sure. That he has a social media presence that’s nearly as toxic and belligerent as John Rich’s certainly doesn’t make him any more endearing, either.
…hi jonathan, i guess wordpress in its infinite (ai?)wisdom couldn’t be bothered with my regular two cents contributions anymore lately and just shut me out for a few weeks. whether this was a hint from above (to improve eventually after all these years!), karma or just a technicality, who knows. however, i swear, i did not suspect kevin for a minute, since i could not imagine that he had gotten hold of my rather favourable concert review of brad paisley’s gig in switzerland (with the absolutely fantastic sierra hull as opener).
by the way, thank you guys for the bluesky bullet points and the introduction to all these new singles. they are most informative -and quite challenging – features at times. i’m still tryin’ to come to a conclusion, whether i find that new waxahatchee album great or the opposite. a bit of a test that thing. less so what katie pruitt and alynda segarra and her much cheered riff raffs have come up with – “alibi” and “white lies, white jesus and you” are just great songs. moreover, courtesy to beyoncé tanner adell’s fan base experienced a serious jump in its age structure lately.
by the way, if you want to avoid any bias ahead of her debut album that drops in roughly a month, don’t watch that lauren watkins clip, where she does “he stopped loving her today”. guess, there’s at least one good thing about morgan wallen: the money he brings in allows big loud records to invest in new talents. and the furniture makers association of america are supposedly quite fond of him too.
Kevin can speak more to the specifics, but we’ve been having a lot of back-end issues with the comments. We promise that it wasn’t anything personal: Lots of adjustments to the filters over the last few weeks, and it’s an imperfect science!
I haven’t seen that Watkins clip, but I thought the single (“Mama, I Made It”) from her record was solid. An 8-song EP titled “The Heartbroken Record” is live on Spotify as of Friday. I actually have that in my queue to listen to… I take it that’s just a partial tracklist for the full album?