Lainey Wilson rules the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards once again, Alan Jackson is honored
NEW YORK (AP) — It was her night once again. Lainey Wilson took home the top prize at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards — the title of entertainer of the year — for a second year in a row. And that was after she cleaned house, taking home trophies for both female artist and album of the year.“I really do have the best fans in the world,” she said in her final acceptance speech, admitting to experiencing impostor syndrome. “I dreamed about entertaining. ... Country music has given me more than I deserve.”Beyond Wilson's dominance, the 2025 ACM Awards were packed with celebration. Earlier, first-time and leading nominee Ella Langley's duet with Riley Green, the ubiquitous “You Look Like You Love Me,” was named single and music event of the year.Both Langley and Green used their first acceptance speech to shout out classic country — songs with talking in them — that inspired their modern hit.A revisitation of the past might have been a theme Thursday night, evidenced right at the top of the ceremony:…
9 May 04:52 · iNFOnews.ca