NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 .
Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green's throwback duet, 鈥淵ou Look Like You Love Me鈥� to memory, and soon, they'll get to celebrate them and many others at the awards show.
New stars like Langley as well as veteran acts like Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton and many more will be celebrated. And because the 60th annual ACM Awards are almost here, it is time to get your viewing plans in order.
The awards ceremony will take place Thursday at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas. , a 16-time ACM Award winner, will once again host.
But where is it streaming, who is nominated, what's noteworthy this year and who will perform?
Read on for those answers and more.
How to watch the ACM Awards
The ACM Awards will stream on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch Live at 8 p.m. EDT, 7 p.m. CT and 5 p.m. PT. No Prime membership is required to view the livestream.
Who is nominated?
First-time nominee Langley leads the ACM Awards this year with eight nominations. And ahead of the award show, she's already taken home one: In April, it was announced that Langley won the title of female new artist; the male award went to Zach Top.
Johnson, Wilson and closely follow Langley鈥檚 nominations with seven each. Stapleton has six nominations; Riley Green and Post Malone are tied with five.
Johnson, Wilson, Wallen and Stapleton are up for the night鈥檚 top category, entertainer of the year. Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll are also nominated for the award.
In the album of the year category, Top鈥檚 鈥淐old Beer & Country Music鈥� and faces off against Jelly Roll鈥檚 鈥淏eautifully Broken,鈥� and
And in the single of the year category, Shaboozey鈥檚 鈥淎 Bar Song (Tipsy)鈥� competes with Johnson鈥檚 鈥淒irt Cheap,鈥� Malone and Wallen鈥檚 鈥淚 Had Some Help,鈥� Stapleton鈥檚 鈥淲hite Horse鈥� and Langley and Green鈥檚 鈥淵ou Look Like You Love Me.鈥�
What's noteworthy?
Six of Langley鈥檚 nominations stem from her smash hit 鈥淵ou Look Like You Love Me鈥� with Green. It鈥檚 up for single of the year, song of the year as both an artist and songwriter, music event of the year and visual media of the year as an artist and director.
Controversially, there are no nods for which won the Grammy for both and country album of the year Miranda Lambert鈥檚 was also not nominated.
will be awarded the coveted ACM Triple Crown Award, marking the first time an artist has received the trophy on stage since was honored in 2010.
The ACM Triple Crown Award is given to musicians who've previously taken home three distinct titles at the ACM Awards: new artist, artist and entertainer of the year.
Who is performing?
Wilson, who prize in 2024, will perform.
Other performers will include Langley, Top, Stapleton, Ballerini, Lambert, Moroney, Blake Shelton
There will be a few star-studded duets as well. Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts will take the stage together, as will Jelly Roll and Shaboozey. Brooks & Dunn will perform with Cody Johnson.
And perhaps most exciting of all: the 2025 ACM Awards will open with a 14-minute 鈥淪ongs of the Decades鈥� performance highlight 60 years of country music and featuring McEntire, Clint Black, Dan + Shay, Wynonna Judd, LeAnn Rimes, Sugarland and more.
Who鈥檚 presenting
A who's who of country music is presenting at Thursday's show: Shelton, Judd, Green, Black, Carly Pearce, Crystal Gayle, ERNEST, Gabby Barrett, Gretchen Wilson, Jordan Davis, Lee Ann Womack, Lionel Richie, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Parker McCollum, Rita Wilson, Sara Evans, Sugarland and The Oak Ridge Boys. Also joining will be Chase Elliott.
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Maria Sherman, The Associated Press
