Submissions For The 58th Annual ACM Awards Now Open

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The Academy of Country Music (ACM) has opened submissions for the 58th ACM Awards. Submissions will be accepted through Friday, Jan. 27, with first-round voting set to begin on Feb. 27. All submission and voting windows will close at 7 p.m. CT.

The eligibility period for the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards’ submissions is Nov. 16, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2022.

Key dates for Academy professional members for the 2022 ACM Awards cycle are as follows:
Submissions Period: Jan. 9, 2023 – Jan. 27, 2023
First Round Voting Main Awards: Feb. 27, 2023 – March 6, 2023
First Round Voting Radio Awards: Feb. 27, 2023 – March 13, 2023
Second Round Voting Main Awards: March 27, 2023 – April 3, 2023
Final Round Voting Radio Awards: March 27, 2023 – April 10, 2023
Final Round Voting Main Awards: April 17, 2023 – April 24, 2023

Multiple award categories were modified in 2022 following the 57th ACM Awards. Those modifications will be reflected in this year’s submissions and voting for the 2023 Awards.

The ACM Board of Directors approved changes to the Entertainer of the Year category, expanding the final round nominees from five to seven. The Songwriter of the Year category will be split into two categories: Songwriter of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year.

Criteria for the Album of the Year category have also been changed to increase the required amount of previously unreleased content from 51 percent to 75 percent, and the release window has been updated to better accommodate gradual release schedules. The Video of the Year category has expanded to Visual Media of the Year to include additional formats of content.

Additionally, the ACM’s Radio Award criteria for National Personality of the Year has been updated to require that submitted shows are distributed across all continental U.S. time zones. This impacts both National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year as well as National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year.

The 58th ACM Awards will livestream exclusively on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11, live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Tickets are currently available on SeatGeek.

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