ACM Awards Nominations Led by Two of Country’s Newest Stars, Hardy and Lainey Wilson

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Lainey Wilson’s “Smell Like Smoke” song from Paramount+’s “Yellowstone” will be submitted for Emmys consideration in the outstanding music and lyrics category. Wilson made her acting debut in the Season 5 premiere of “Yellowstone” as a musician named Abby, and “Smell Like Smoke” appeared in the third episode of the season. Speaking with Variety, Wilson said the song “centers around four pillars that make ‘Yellowstone’ what it is — cowboys, heartbreak, self-assurance and faith.” The song was co-written with songwriters Monty Criswell, Derek George and Lynn Hutton. “Derek came up with the signature guitar lick at the beginning of the song and tracked the original demo, while Monty and I fiddled around with lyrics and Lynn steered the melodies,” Wilson said.

The 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards (AKA the 2023 ACM Awards) nominations are here!

County music singer and songwriter Hardy lead all acts with seven nominations at the upcoming 58th Academy of Country Music Awards.CMA, Prime Video, and Dick Clark Productions announced the nominees on Thursday. Hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, “Country Music’s Party of the Year” will stream live exclusively on Prime Video on May 11 at 8 p.m.

2023 ACM Awards nominees, with HARDY and Lainey Wilson leading the way. Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will host «Country Music's Party of the Year,» which is set to stream live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Amazon has come on board this month’s Stagecoach Festival in California to provide a livestream of the country music gathering. Live action from the April 28-30 festival in Indio will be streamed on both Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch channel. It marks the second year that the festival will be extensively streamed, albeit the first involving Amazon. In 2022, Stagecoach livestreamed most of the main attractions on its own YouTube channel. In some years prior to that, Yahoo had had exclusive rights to stream select artists’ sets. Coverage from the festival will begin at 3 p.m. each of the festival’s three days. Stagecoach and Amazon did not immediately reveal how many or which sets will be streamed from the festival; a press release promised that performances from the Mane Stage will be seen.

Lainey Wilson admitted she almost walked away from "Yellowstone" before she even got the gig. The 30-year-old country star revealed she was "on top of the world" professionally while also "going through it" with family matters at the same time Taylor Sheridan was expecting a confirmation she would portray Abby on the hit show.  Wilson's father was having health issues, and she was afraid of committing to the show without knowing what the next steps would be for their family. "Professionally, I felt like, man, I'm in the best spot that I've ever been in.

Lainey Wilson is opening up about nabbing her acting debut on Yellowstone.

The CMT Music Awards drew its largest audience ever on Sunday night with 5.43M viewers tuning in on CBS.

Sticking to her roots. Lainey Wilson showed off her acting chops as musician Abby on Yellowstone season 5, but her acting debut isn’t enough for the country star to give up her one true passion.

The winners are in for the 2023 CMT Music Awards!

The CMT Music Awards 2023 proved to be a big night for Jelly Roll who topped the night as the most-awarded artist taking home three trophies.

star Lainey Wilson and Ian Bohen both told ET they haven't heard many updates on the recently-confirmed news that Matthew McConaughey will star in a new franchise spinoff. «We'll go back this summer,» Bohen told ET's Cassie DiLaura from the red carpet of Sunday's CMT Music Awards but added that «mums the word» on whether he'd seen any scripts yet. «I haven't got a call yet,» Wilson said about filming the rest of season 5, «but as far as I know they don't even know when they're going to be filming.» Wilson added she was feeling positive about the show's future. «I have a really good feeling that if they do finish things in a way that, you know, they're planning, I will be back in it,» she said.

Alanis Morissette is using Sunday's 2023 CMT Music Awards as a networking event for female country stars, she told ET from the red carpet. «I love the sisterhood,» Morissette told ET's Cassie DiLaura before heading into the show. During the ceremony, she'll make her CMT debut with a performance of  «You Oughta Know» alongside Ingrid Andress, Lainey Wilson, Madeline Edwards and Morgan Wade.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic A couple of members of a fresh generation of country music — Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson — came away as the top victors at Sunday night’s CMT Music Awards, broadcast live from Austin for the first time. But the biggest winners may have been CMT and CBS, putting the three-hour telecast on the map as a show packed with enough performance firepower that it does merit having made the move from a cable platform to major broadcast premiere as of last year. However much the official winners may delight a core country crowd happy to see young radio and streaming favorites get rewarded, the big draw for the CBS audience was likely a series of collaborations between country stars and their pop or rock counterparts, as has been the custom for years on the rival CMA Awards. Most notable were the all-female collabs that had Carly Pearce dueting with Gwen Stefani on No Doubt’s “Just a Girl,” or Alanis Morissette trading lines with a slate of young female artists that included Lainey Wilson, Ingrid Andress, Morgan Wade and Madeline Edwards. The all-star teamings spread to those who presented, too, with Megan Thee Stallion providing the most enthusiastic introduction imaginable for “my new besty,” Shania Twain.

She’s all that! Kelsea Ballerini didn’t only slay as cohost of the 2023 CMT Music Awards, but she served stellar looks too.

Everything is bigger in Texas! Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown took home the top honor of Video of the Year at the 2023 CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2.

The winners have been announced at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. The show – which was co-hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown – was held at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

Lainey Wilson is a first-time winner at the CMT Music Awards!The country singer took home her first-ever CMT award on Sunday, winning in the Collaborative Video of the Year category for the HARDY-led track, «wait in the truck.»«Man, it's so hard not to cuss,» HARDY began, kicking off their acceptance speech. «This is incredible. I remember the day that Jordan Schmidt, who I wrote the song with, sent me back the demo for this song.

Country music stars focused on fashion while walking the red carpet ahead of the 2023 CMT Music Awards Sunday in Austin, Texas. Kelsea Ballerini wore Dolce & Gabbana to make her red carpet debut with boyfriend Chase Stokes before hosting the show.

Alanis Morissette is about to take over the 2023 CMT Music Awards with an epic performance!