ANDREW WHITWORTH, ASHLEY MCBRYDE, CARL EDWARDS, COREY LAJOIE, KEITH URBAN, LAUREN ALAINA, MICHAEL BUBL\u00c9, RYAN FITZPATRICK, SHABOOZEY, THE WAR AND TREATY, AND TJ OSBORNE<\/strong>\u00a0ANNOUNCED AS PRESENTERS FOR THE 61ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n Hosted by Shania Twain, the 61st ACM Awards Makes Its Triumphant Return to Las Vegas on May 17, 2026, Streaming Live Around the Globe from MGM Grand Garden Arena, Exclusively on Prime Video and Amazon Music Tickets for the 61st ACM Awards and ACM Awards Week Events are Now Available at\u00a0<\/strong>AXS.COM<\/strong><\/a>, Starting at $100<\/strong> Media and Social A<\/strong>ssets\u00a0<\/strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 May 13, 2026 \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Today, the Academy of Country Music\u00ae (ACM), Prime Video, and\u00a0Dick Clark Productions (DCP)<\/a>\u00a0announced the all-star lineup of presenters who will take the stage at the\u00a061st Academy of Country Music Awards<\/strong>.\u00a0Hosted by legendary songwriter and best-selling female country artist\u00a0Shania Twain<\/strong>,\u00a0the 61st\u00a0ACM Awards will stream live exclusively for a global audience across 240+ countries and territories on Prime Video on\u00a0Sunday, May 17, 2026<\/strong><\/a>, at 8 p.m. ET \/ 7 p.m. CT \/ 5 p.m. PT from the world-renowned\u00a0MGM Grand Garden Arena<\/strong>\u00a0in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fans will also be able to watch the broadcast on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, as well as in the Amazon Music app.<\/p>\n The star-studded lineup of presenters includes\u00a0Andrew Whitworth\u00a0<\/strong>(Super Bowl champion and\u00a0Thursday Night Footballanalyst), Ashley McBryde\u00a0<\/strong>(three-time ACM Award-winning artist),\u00a0Carl Edwards\u00a0<\/strong>(NASCAR Hall of Famer), Corey LaJoie\u00a0<\/strong>(NASCAR driver and\u00a0Stacking Pennies<\/a>\u00a0podcast co-host), Keith Urban\u00a0<\/strong>(2025 ACM Triple Crown Award recipient and 14-time ACM Award-winning artist), Lauren Alaina\u00a0<\/strong>(ACM Award-winning artist), Michael Bubl\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong>(five-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist), Ryan Fitzpatrick\u00a0<\/strong>(former NFL quarterback and\u00a0Thursday Night Football\u00a0analyst), Shaboozey\u00a0<\/strong>(four-time ACM Award-nominated artist), The War And Treaty\u00a0<\/strong>(Emmy Award-winning and three-time ACM Award-nominated duo),\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0TJ Osborne<\/strong>(member of seven-time ACM Award-winning duo Brothers Osborne).<\/p>\n Returning to the Sunday night timeslot, the Emmy-nominated, star-powered experience will feature unprecedented performances, exclusive collaborations, and unexpected moments from the biggest Country Music stars, all while celebrating the genre\u2019s most iconic and emerging talent, including previously announced performances by\u00a0Avery Anna<\/strong>,\u00a0Blake Shelton<\/strong>,\u00a0Carter Faith<\/strong>,\u00a0Cody Johnson<\/strong>,\u00a0Dan + Shay<\/strong>,\u00a0Ella Langley<\/strong>,\u00a0Jordan Davis<\/strong>,\u00a0Kacey Musgraves<\/strong>,\u00a0Kane Brown<\/strong>,\u00a0Lainey Wilson<\/strong>,\u00a0Lee Ann Womack<\/strong>,\u00a0Little Big Town<\/strong>,\u00a0Miranda Lambert<\/strong>,\u00a0Parker McCollum<\/strong>,\u00a0Riley Green<\/strong>,\u00a0The Red Clay Strays<\/strong>,\u00a0Thomas Rhett<\/strong>,\u00a0Tucker Wetmore<\/strong>, and\u00a0Zach Top<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Leading up to the big night, the Academy of Country Music will take over Las Vegas with previously announced ACM Awards week events including the\u00a0\u201cWhiskey Jam Welcome Party\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0at Ole Red Las Vegas on Thursday, May 14 with Avery Anna, Caroline Jones, Jenna Paulette, and The Band Perry;\u00a0\u201cACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0at Topgolf Las Vegas on Friday, May 15 with Avery Anna, Lauren Alaina, Randy Houser, and Rodney Atkins, alongside headliner Riley Green; and\u00a0\u201cACM Next Wave: Country\u2019s Beach Bash\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0at Mandalay Bay Beach on Saturday, May 16, headlined by Keith Urban, with more performances by Ashley Cooke, Braxton Keith, Dasha, Flatland Cavalry, Tucker Wetmore, and more.<\/p>\n Tickets for the 61st ACM Awards and ACM Awards week events\u00a0<\/strong>are available for purchase on<\/strong>\u00a0AXS.com<\/strong><\/a>, offering fans exclusive entry into a nonstop weekend packed with performances by their favorite Country stars.<\/strong><\/p>\n Fans can also stream the Official ACM Awards playlist available now on Amazon Music in celebration of this year\u2019s nominees. Fans can listen to country music\u2019s biggest stars, such as Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, and Lainey Wilson, directly on the Amazon Music app\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n Established in 1966, the Academy of Country Music Awards is the longest-running Country Music awards show and made history in 2022 as the first major awards ceremony to exclusively livestream, in collaboration with Prime Video. The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards is produced by Dick Clark Productions (DCP). Raj Kapoor and Patrick Menton are executive producers, with Kapoor also serving as showrunner. Damon Whiteside serves as executive producer for the Academy of Country Music, and Jay Penske and Barry Adelman serve as executive producers for DCP. John Saade will also continue to serve as consulting producer for Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n The Mountain Valley\u00ae Spring Water<\/a>\u00a0(Instagram:\u00a0@mountainvalleywater<\/a>) is the Official Water of the Academy of Country Music Awards.<\/p>\n Follow the Academy of Country Music on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0TikTok<\/a>, join the conversation with #ACMawards, and sign up for the FREE\u00a0ACM A-List<\/a>\u00a0to be the first to know the latest news and for exclusive pre-sale opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.acmcountry.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ANDREW WHITWORTH, ASHLEY MCBRYDE, CARL EDWARDS, COREY LAJOIE, KEITH URBAN, LAUREN ALAINA, MICHAEL BUBL\u00c9, RYAN FITZPATRICK, SHABOOZEY, THE WAR AND TREATY, AND TJ OSBORNE\u00a0ANNOUNCED AS PRESENTERS FOR THE 61ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS Hosted by Shania Twain, the 61st ACM Awards Makes Its Triumphant Return to Las Vegas on May 17, 2026, Streaming Live […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2442450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ANDREW-WHITWORTH-ASHLEY-MCBRYDE-CARL-EDWARDS-COREY-LAJOIE-KEITH-URBAN.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442451,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442449\/revisions\/2442451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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