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Postponed from 5 April 2020 and moved from Las Vegas to Nashville because of COVID-19, the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards were hosted by Keith Urban on 16 September 2020 from the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium and Bluebird Cafe, with the first Entertainer of the Year tie in ACM history.

Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton co-hosted the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS on 18 April 2021 from Nashville stages with no ticketed audience; Luke Bryan won Entertainer of the Year, Maren Morris led with three wins and Jimmie Allen became the first Black artist to win New Male Artist.

Dolly Parton, Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett hosted the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards live on Prime Video from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on 7 March 2022, the first ACM show without CBS, where Miranda Lambert won Entertainer of the Year and Lainey Wilson led with three wins.

Morgan Wallen achieved the #1 music ranking of 2023 on United States's Billboard Hot 100. Morgan Wallen's 'Last Night' was Billboard's No. 1 Year-End Hot 100 song of 2023 after 16 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.

Morgan Wallen achieved the #3 music ranking of 2023 on Canada's Billboard Canadian Hot 100. Last Night by Morgan Wallen ranks third on Billboard's 2023 year-end Canadian Hot 100, behind the chart's number one song.

Morgan Wallen achieved the #2 music ranking of 2023 on Australia's ARIA Top 100 Singles (year-end 2023). Last Night by Morgan Wallen ranked No. 2 on the ARIA year-end singles chart for 2023.

Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks hosted the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on 11 May 2023, where Chris Stapleton won his first Entertainer of the Year and Lainey Wilson and HARDY each won four awards.

Shaboozey achieved the #3 music ranking of 2025 on United States's Billboard Year-End Hot 100. Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' ranked No. 3 on Billboard's 2025 Year-End Hot 100 and tied 'Old Town Road' with 19 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.

Shaboozey achieved the #2 music ranking of 2024 on Australia's ARIA Top 100 Singles (year-end 2024). A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey ranked No. 2 on the ARIA year-end singles chart for 2024.

Shaboozey achieved the #2 music ranking of 2024 on United States's Billboard Year-End Hot 100. Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' ranked No. 2 on Billboard's 2024 Year-End Hot 100 and went on to tie the record of 19 weeks at No. 1.

Reba McEntire hosted the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on 16 May 2024, where Lainey Wilson won Entertainer of the Year on her first nomination and Chris Stapleton took four awards, including a record eighth Album of the Year.

The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on 8 May 2025, gave Lainey Wilson a second straight Entertainer of the Year, Ella Langley five wins and Alan Jackson the first Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award.

On 17 October 2025 Ella Langley released 'Choosin' Texas', the lead single of her second album Dandelion, written with Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor. It went on to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2026.

Ella Langley achieved the #1 music ranking of 2026 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart (2026 year to date, most weeks at No. 1). No ARIA year-end chart exists yet for 2026; Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has the most weeks at No. 1 on the weekly ARIA Singles Chart in 2026 so far (16 through the chart dated 12 Oct 2026, ahead of Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" with 15).

Ella Langley achieved the #2 music ranking of 2026 on New Zealand's Recorded Music NZ Official Top 40 (2026 year to date, most weeks at No. 1). Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas has logged 20 weeks at No. 1 on the New Zealand Top 40 in 2026 through 9 October, level with Man I Need. The 2026 year-end chart is not yet published.

Ella Langley achieved the #1 music ranking of 2026 on Canada's Billboard Canadian Hot 100. Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has spent the most weeks at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 in 2026 so far (22 weeks through the issue dated October 17, 2026).

Ella Langley achieved the #1 music ranking of 2026 on United States's Luminate Midyear 2026 Top Songs (U.S. on-demand streams). Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas leads Luminate's first-half 2026 U.S. streaming list with nearly 571 million on-demand streams; it also spent 24 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 by the 17 October 2026 chart. No year-to-date Billboard Hot 100 ranking is published, so this is Luminate's midyear ranking (report released 15 July 2026).

At the 59th CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Ella Langley and Riley Green's 'you look like you love me' won Single, Song and Music Video of the Year, while Zach Top took New Artist of the Year over Langley. Kalshi's Best New Artist winner market made Langley the 2027 Grammy favourite at about 65 cents on 10 October 2026.

Megan Moroney's third album Cloud 9 came out on 20 February 2026 on Columbia Records and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 147,000 units, her first chart-topper. Kalshi priced her at about 1 cent to win the 2027 Best New Artist Grammy on 10 October 2026.

Ella Langley's second album, co-produced with Miranda Lambert and carrying the crossover hit 'Choosin' Texas', debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 169,000 units, the biggest week of 2026 for any woman at the time.

Shania Twain hosted the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on 17 May 2026, where Ella Langley won all seven of her nominations, a record for one artist in a year, and Cody Johnson won his first Entertainer of the Year.

Taylor Swift released 'I Knew It, I Knew You', an original song written and produced with Jack Antonoff for Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5, on 5 June 2026 - four days after announcing it. The country-pop ballad is written from the point of view of the cowgirl Jessie.

Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' logged a 23rd week atop the Billboard Hot 100, passing Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' for the longest reign since the chart began in 1958.

Taylor Swift, 36, the youngest songwriter ever elected, joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at its 56th anniversary gala at the Music City Center, with Lyle Lovett, Bruce Channel, Shawn Camp, Lee Thomas Miller and the late J.I. Allison.

The Country Music Association's 60th awards air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on ABC and Disney+, hosted for a third year by Lainey Wilson; Ella Langley leads with nine nominations and five acts vie for Entertainer of the Year.

The Academy of Country Music Awards hold their 62nd show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, 16 May 2027, a year after Ella Langley won a record seven ACMs and Cody Johnson Entertainer of the Year there.