The Academy of Country Music has announced the performers for the ACM Awards in Las Vegas, including two top nominees, Ella Langley and Zack Top, as well as popular artists from Jordan Davis to Red Clay Strays.
The full list of 11 performers announced Friday includes the aforementioned Langley, Top, Davis and Strays, as well as Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, Carter Faith, Dan + Shay, Tucker Wetmore, Blake Shelton and Avery Anna.
Previously announced performers for the May 17th show include Kacey Musgraves, who is currently on the cover of Variety, Rainie Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Cody Johnson, Little Big Town, and Riley Greene.
Wetmore and Anna joined the roster shortly after they were announced this week as the winners of this year’s Male and Female Newcomers of the Year, one of the few honors that ACM traditionally announces before the TV broadcast.
Shania Twain was previously announced as the host of the 2026 ACM Awards, which will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17th. The show will once again be livestreamed worldwide exclusively on Prime Video and Amazon Music starting at 8pm ET/5pm PT.
Megan Moloney led the list of nominees announced in early April with nine, closely followed by Lambert with eight and Langley and Wilson with seven each. Chris Stapleton finished sixth. Top has five nominations for this year’s ACM, with Green and Johnson tied with four. See the full list of candidates here.
Wilson, the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year, will join Stapleton, Johnson, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll and Morgan Wallen in defending his title against Moloney, who is making his debut in the division.
Langley’s nominations don’t include Entertainer of the Year, but she enters the show with plenty of momentum toward her goal of seven awards thanks to her Hot 100 record-breaking single “Choosin’ Texas” and No. 1 U.S. album “Dandelion.”
Tickets for the live show and several ACM events ahead of the Las Vegas broadcast are available here through AXS.
The live show is available on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, the Amazon Music app, and Prime Video.
