ACM Voting Guide 2024 by Nashville Briefing

FACULTY AND STAFF

ZAK KUHN FOUNDER/PUBLISHER

BLAIR MILLER GENERAL MANAGER

ALEX PARRY HEAD OF SALES

HANNAH BARNES MANAGING EDITOR

GRACE CAIN DESIGNER

NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER

Here’s the problem:

Looking online at all the amazing ACM categories and nominees can require a lot of scrolling. Who has time for that? Let’s flip pages instead. Introducing the Nashville Briefing debut ACM Voter Guide. Don’t vote without a plan! Use our pocket guide to help.

Why the school theme? Because if you’re anything like me, you probably spent your school days doodling in your notebook and dreaming about working in the music industry. This is a reminder that all of us who work in and around this industry are living out our childhood dreams. Let’s tap into the excitement we all had back in school as we get into the ACM spirit and tune into the awards May 16th on Amazon Prime.

Zak - Founder, Nashville Briefing

BOBBY THE BRIEFING BOBCAT

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

LAINEY WILSON

YOUR PICK:

KANE BROWN LUKE COMBS JELLY ROLL

CODY JOHNSON CHRIS STAPLETON MORGAN WALLE N

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

KELSEA BALLERINI ASHLEY MCBRYDE MEGAN MORONEY

KACEY MUSGRAVES LAINEY WILSON

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

LUKE COMBS

JELLY ROLL

CODY JOHNSON

CHRIS STAPLETON MORGAN WALLEN

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

KASSI ASHTON ASHLEY COOKE HANNAH ELLIS

CONNER SMITH NATE SMITH

YOUR PICK:

DUO OF THE YEAR

BROOKS & DUNN

MADDIE & TAE

BROTHERS OSBORNE

THE WAR AND TREATY

DAN + SHAY

YOUR PICK:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

GETTIN’ OLD LUKE COMBS

Producers: Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton, Luke Combs

Record Company-Label: River House Artists / Columbia Nashville

ONE THING AT A TIME MORGAN WALLEN

Producers: Joey Moi, Cameron Montgomery, Charlie Handsome, Jacob Durrett

Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records / Republic Records / Mercury Records

SONG OF THE YEAR

“FAST CAR” LUKE COMBS

Songwriters: Tracy Chapman

Publishers: Purple Rabbit

“NEXT THING YOU KNOW” JORDAN DAVIS

Songwriters: Chase McGill, Greylan James, Jordan Davis, Josh Osborne

Publishers: Family Farm Songs; Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music; Songs of Universal Inc.

HIGHER CHRIS STAPLETON

Producer: Chris Stapleton, Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton

Record Company-Label: Mercury Nashville

ROLLING UP THE WELCOMEMAT(FORGOOD)

KELSEA BALLERINI

Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym

Record Company-Label: Black River Entertainment

“HEART LIKE A TRUCK” LAINEY WILSON

Songwriters: Dallas Wilson, Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson

Publishers: Sony / ATV Countryside; Songs of Riser House; Songs of Wild Cat Well Music

“TENNESSEE ORANGE” MEGAN MORONEY

Songwriters: Ben Williams, David Fanning, Megan Moroney, Paul Jenkins

Publishers: 33 Creative; Bone Bone Creative; Sony / ATV Tree Publishing

LEATHER CODY JOHNSON

Producer: Trent Willmon

Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville LLC

YOUR PICK:

“THE PAINTER” CODY JOHNSON

Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins

Publishers: Big Music Machine; BMG Platinum

Songs US; Nashblonde Music; Pompano Run

Music; Songs for Ellie May; Sony / ATV Tree

Publishing; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Group; Well That Was Awkward Music

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

“BURN IT DOWN”

PARKER MCCOLLUM

Producer: Jon Randall

Record Company-Label: MCA Nashville

“NEED A FAVOR”

JELLY ROLL

Producer: Austin Nivarel

Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records / BMG Nashville

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR

“CAN’T BREAK UP NOW”

OLD DOMINION, MEGAN MORONEY

Producers: Brad Tursi, Geoff Sprung, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Ross Copperman, Kristian Bush

Record Company-Label: Three Up Three Down, LLC / Columbia Nashville

“MAN MADE A BAR”

MORGAN WALLEN (FEAT. ERIC CHURCH)

Producer: Joey Moi

Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records / Mercury Records / Republic Records

“FAST CAR”

LUKE COMBS

Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton

Record Company-Label: River House Artists / Columbia Nashville

“NEXT THING YOU KNOW”

JORDAN DAVIS

Producer: Paul DiGiovanni

Record Company-Label: MCA Nashville

“DIFFERENT ‘ROUND HERE”

RILEY GREEN (FT. LUKE COMBS)

Producer: Dann Huff

Record Company-Label: BMLG Records

“SAVE ME”

JELLY ROLL (WITH LAINEY WILSON)

Producers: Zach Crowell, David Ray Stevens

Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek

Records / BMG Nashville

“LAST NIGHT”

MORGAN WALLEN

Producer: Joey Moi, Charlie Handsome

Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records /

Republic Records / Mercury Records

YOUR PICK:

“I REMEMBER EVERYTHING”

ZACH BRYAN (FEAT. KACEY MUSGRAVES)

Producer: Zach Bryan

Record Company-Label: Belting Bronco

Records / Warner Records, Inc

YOUR PICK:

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

ZACH

JESSIE JO DILLON ASHLEY GORLEY HILLARY LINDSEY

CHASE MCGILL JOSH THOMPSON

BRYAN ERNEST HARDY

CHRIS STAPLETON MORGAN WALLEN

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR

“BURN IT DOWN” PARKER MCCOLLUM

Producers: Christen Pinkston &Wesley

Stebbins-Perry

Director: Dustin Haney

“IN YOUR LOVE” TYLER CHILDERS

Producer: Kacie Barton, Whitney Wolanin, Nicholas Robespierre, Ian Thorton, Silas House

Director: Bryan Schlam

“HUMAN” CODY JOHNSON

Producer: Christen Pinkston &Wesley Stebbins-Perry

Director: Dustin Haney

“TENNESSEE ORANGE” MEGAN MORONEY

Producer: Lauren Starr, Saul Levitz, Laura Burhenn

Director: Jason Lester

“NEXT THING YOU KNOW”

JORDAN DAVIS

Producer: Jamie Stratakis

Director: Running Bear (Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Stone)

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Old Dominion on the ACM stage in 2023 accepting their Group of The Year Award

Courtesy of: Academy of Country Music

WORD SEARCH

NASHVILLE BRIEFING

KELSEA BALLERINI

LAINEY WILSON

CODY JOHNSON

LADY A TIGIRLILY GOLD

NATE SMITH

LUKE COMBS

BROTHERS OSBORNE

COUNTRY MUSIC

MEGAN MORONEY

OLD DOMINION

JELLY ROLL

ASHLEY COOKE

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