Oct 16, 2023
2023 ACM Awards Winners List: Absent Morgan Wallen Wins
Chris Stapleton took home the 2023 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the
Chris Stapleton took home the 2023 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year award,while Lainey Wilson was named Female Artist of the Year and Morgan Wallen was Male Artist of the Year at Thursday's (May 11) 58th annual ACM Awards.
2023 ACM Awards: List of Performers and Presenters
Morgan, originally scheduled to perform at the ceremony was absent after announcing earlier this week that he was forced to cancel six weeks of concert dates due to vocal cord issues.
American Idol alum Carrie Underwood was shut out of the only category that she was nominated in. However, winning Entertainer of the Year would have been an upset. She didn't perform or attend the ceremony.
Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks hosted the show, held at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, and streamed via Amazon. The full rebroadcast of the 2023 ACM Awards will stream on Friday (May 12) for free on Amazon Freevee.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DUO OF THE YEAR
GROUP OF THE YEAR
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
SINGLE OF THE YEAR[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Chris Stapleton Lainey Wilson Morgan Wallen 2023 ACM Awards: List of Performers and Presenters Carrie Underwood Dolly Parton Garth Brooks ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Chris Stapleton – WINNER FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Lainey Wilson – WINNER MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Morgan Wallen – WINNER DUO OF THE YEAR Brothers Osborne – WINNER GROUP OF THE YEAR Old Dominion – WINNER NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Hailey Whitters – WINNER NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Zach Bryan – WINNER ALBUM OF THE YEAR Ashley McBryde Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson Producer: Jay Joyce Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records – WINNER Luke Combs Jon Pardi Miranda Lambert SINGLE OF THE YEAR Lainey Wilson Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell Producer: Zach Crowell Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville – WINNER Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Cody Johnson SONG OF THE YEAR Morgan Wallen She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett, Tim Nichols Publishers: Ashley Gorley Publishing Designee; Be A Light Publishing; Colden Rainey Music; EMI Blackwood Music Inc; Songs Of Roc Nation Music; Sony Tree Publishing; Telemitry Rhythm House Music; Universal Music Corp; WC Music Corp; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp – WINNER Cody Johnson HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Chris Stapleton VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR Kelsea Ballerini Cole Swindell Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Cody Johnson wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Producer: Inkwell Productions Director: Justin Clough – WINNER Carly Pearce SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Ashley Gorley – WINNER ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR HARDY – WINNER MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Producers: Derek Wells, HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records – WINNER