New York, NY (Top40 Charts) In collaboration with the Academy of Country
Music and producer Dick Clark Productions (DCP), Prime Video announced today the return of the Academy of Country
Music (ACM) Awards on the service for the next three years, taking the show through its 63rd ceremony in 2028.
The announcement was made ahead of Amazon's annual upfront presentation and on the heels of the landmark 60th Academy of Country
Music Awards show, which streamed live on May 8, 2025, from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco,
Texas and streamed live for an international audience across 240+ countries and territories exclusively on Prime Video and the Amazon
Music channel on Twitch. Hosted by 16-time ACM Award-winning entertainment icon
Reba McEntire and featuring 16 powerhouse performances and appearances from 40 artists including Alan Jackson, Backstreet Boys,
Blake Shelton, Brooks & Dunn, Chris Stapleton, Ella Langley, Eric Church, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, LeAnn Rimes, Lionel Richie,
Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Shaboozey,
Wynonna Judd, and more, the 60th Academy of Country
Music Awards was a truly unforgettable event six decades in the making. The Academy's highest honor, Entertainer of the Year, was awarded to Lainey Wilson, marking her second year in a row earning the coveted title.
Ella Langley led the night in total wins with five awards, followed by Wilson with four wins. Country legend
Alan Jackson received the inaugural ACM Lifetime Achievement Award, and superstar
Keith Urban received the coveted ACM Triple Crown Award. The show is currently available to stream on demand on Prime Video and can be found at amazon.com/ACMawards.
"Our ongoing partnership with the Academy of Country
Music and Dick Clark Productions has been an amazing experience for everyone involved," said Vernon Sanders, global head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. "With the tremendous success of this year's 60th anniversary show hosted by the legendary Reba McEntire, we are overjoyed to continue our relationship with the Academy and DCP for the next three years. We look forward to maintaining this success and bringing even more star-studded and captivating shows to our global Prime Video customers."
"Our powerful partnership with Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video has expanded the reach and accessibility of our show and the Country
Music genre to viewers anytime, anywhere around the world and has redefined what an awards show experience can and should be in today's environment," said Damon Whiteside, CEO of the Academy of Country Music. "The synergies between Prime Video, Amazon Music, Twitch, and the other divisions of Amazon bring exponential value to our artists, our genre, and our fans through an immersive 360 music experience they can't get from any other platform. I am so proud of our pioneering first four years in the streaming space, and we are excited to continue to deliver the future of Country
Music and the ACM Awards to fans everywhere over the next three years."
"We're thrilled to continue our partnership with Prime Video through 2028," said Jay Penske, CEO, Dick Clark Productions. "The Academy of Country
Music Awards made history in 2022 as the first major awards show to exclusively livestream and continues to break new ground, creating a world-class music event and providing dynamic, unparalleled reach through Prime Video, connecting country music with a global audience."
"I feel like it's just another way for us to get Country
Music out there to the world," the Academy's winningest artist of all time,
Miranda Lambert, said of the partnership between the ACM Awards and Prime Video. "Country
Music is really popular right now, and I'm so glad more people are understanding what we're about, and I'm so happy to be part of the ACM history, and that it's gonna continue for three more years is really exciting."
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. Since forming its partnership for the 57th ACM Awards, the show has been hosted by legends Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, and Reba McEntire, featured the biggest collaborations with superstar pairings such as
Ed Sheeran and Luke Combs,
Dua Lipa and Chris Stapleton,
Rascal Flatts and Backstreet Boys, and became the first country music awards show to be nominated for an Emmy Award.
The 60th Academy of Country
Music Awards was produced by Dick Clark Productions. Raj Kapoor served as executive producer and showrunner, with Patrick Menton as co-executive producer. Damon Whiteside served as executive producer for the Academy of Country Music, and Jay Penske and Barry Adelman served as executive producers for DCP. John Saade served as consulting producer for Amazon MGM Studios.
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