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Shaboozey at the 2026 iHeartCountry Festival. The country singer will present at Sunday's ACM Awards in Las Vegas. Izzy Nuzzo/Billboard/Getty Images Get ready to saddle up with Ashley McBryde, Shaboozey, and Keith Urban, who have been announced as presenters at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards, Rolling Stone can exclusively announce.
All three musicians have gotten their ACMs flowers previously. McBryde has taken home three awards, while Urban has notched 14 ACM awards, including receiving the 2025 ACM Triple Crown Award. Shaboozey has been nominated four times and on Sunday he’ll compete for Music Event of the Year for “Amen,” his Grammy-winning collab with Jelly Roll.
Joining them as presenters are an array of celebrities from different disciplines, including Super Bowl champ Andrew Whitworth; NASCAR Hall of Famer Carl Edwards; NASCAR driver and Stacking Pennies podcast co-host Corey LaJoie; ACM Award winner Lauren Alaina; Grammy winner Michael Bublé; former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick; and TJ Osborne, who has won seven ACMs as part of the duo Brothers Osborne.
As Rolling Stone previously noted, women reign in this year’s nominations, with Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, and Lainey Wilson each scoring more nominations than any male artist.
The night will include performances by Avery Anna, Blake Shelton, Carter Faith, Cody Johnson, Dan + Shay, Ella Langley, Jordan Davis, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Riley Green, the Red Clay Strays, Thomas Rhett, Tucker Wetmore, and Zach Top.
