See the full ACM Awards 2026 winners list

The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards celebrated the year's biggest stars in the genre with a first-time performance by Kacey Musgraves and a near-sweep by Ella Langley.

The Shania Twain-hosted ACM Awards — the longest-running country music awards show — took over Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17, drawing some of country music’s biggest stars. As the red carpet got underway, arrivals included new bride Lainey Wilson with husband Duck Hodges, four-time nominee Shaboozey, Kelsea Ballerini, Zach Top, and Lee Ann Womack, all stepping out in style at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The year's top nominees, Megan Moroney (nine nominations), Miranda Lambert (eight), Langley (seven), Wilson (seven), and Chris Stapleton (six), vied for the night's top honors. Moroney, who was on maid of honor duty for her best friend, had to bow out of the event and was shut out in all the categories in which she was nominated.

Instead, Langley reigned supreme, collecting fives trophies, including for female artist of the year, song of the year and single of the year.

Here's the full list of ACM Award winners.

2026 ACM Awards winners list

Entertainer of the year

• Winner: Cody Johnson
• Luke Combs
• Jelly Roll
• Megan Moroney
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen
• Lainey Wilson

Female artist of the year

• Winner: Ella Langley
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Miranda Lambert
• Megan Moroney
• Lainey Wilson

Male artist of the year

• Winner: Cody Johnson
• Luke Combs
• Riley Green
• Chris Stapleton
• Zach Top

Album of the year

• Winner: "Parker McCollum" — Parker McCollum
• "Ain’t in It for My Health" — Zach Top
• "Cherry Valley" — Carter Faith
• "Don’t Mind If I Do (Deluxe)" — Riley Green
• "I’m the Problem" — Morgan Wallen

Song of the year

• Winner: "Choosin’ Texas," — Ella Langley (Langley, Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, and Joybeth Taylor)
• "A Song to Sing" — Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton (written by Stapleton, Lambert, Jenee Fleenor, and Jesse Frasure)
• "Am I Okay?" — Megan Moroney (Moroney, Luke Laird, and Jessie Jo Dillon)
• "I Never Lie" — Zach Top (Zach Top, Carson Chamberlain, and Tim Nichols)
• "Somewhere Over Laredo" — Lainey Wilson (Wilson, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Andy Albert, Harold Arlen, and Yip Harburg)

Single of the year

• Winner: “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley
• “6 Months Later,” Megan Moroney
• “I Never Lie,” Zach Top
• “Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson
• “The Fall,” Cody Johnson

Group of the year

• Winner: The Red Clay Strays
• 49 Winchester
• Flatland Cavalry
• Old Dominion
• Rascal Flatts

Duo of the year

• Winner: Brooks & Dunn
• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Muscadine Bloodline
• Thelma & James

New female artist of the year

• Winner: Avery Anna
• Mackenzie Carpenter
• Dasha
• Caroline Jones
• Emily Ann Roberts

New male artist of the year

• Winner: Tucker Wetmore
• Gavin Adcock
• Vincent Mason
• Shaboozey
• Hudson Westbrook

Music event of the year 

• Winner: “Don’t Mind If I Do,” Riley Green feat. Ella Langley
• “A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
• “Amen,” Shaboozey and Jelly Roll
• “Trailblazer,” Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
• “You Had to Be There,” Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney 

Visual media of the year

• Winner: “Cuckoo,” Stephen Wilson Jr.
• “6 Months Later,” Megan Moroney
• “A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
• “Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson
• “The Fall,” Cody Johnson

Artist-songwriter of the year 

• Winner: Ella Langley 
• Luke Combs 
• Megan Moroney 
• Morgan Wallen 
• Riley Green

Songwriter of the year

• Winner: Jessie Jo Dillon
• Ashley Gorley
• Charlie Handsome
• Chase McGill
• Blake Pendergrass