New Artist Of The Year Winners Revealed Prior To 59th ACM Awards
ACM New Artist of the Year winners Megan Moroney, Nate Smith and Tigirlily Gold. Photo: Courtesy of ACM
The winners of the ACM New Artist of the Year categories were revealed Tuesday night (May 14) during the “Live from the ACM Awards: ACM New Artist Winners Celebration,” part of the ACM Country Kickoff fan festival at The Star.
Megan Moroney was named ACM New Female Artist of the Year, Nate Smith took home New Male Artist of the Year and Tigirlily Gold won ACM New Duo or Group of the Year.
The celebration capped off the first day of the ACM Country Kickoff festival, with the announcement and subsequent live performances from all three winners streamed live on the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch. With their wins, each artist will perform Thursday as part of the ACM Awards show. Moroney will perform during the ACM Awards Red Carpet Show, Smith will make his ACM Awards performance debut in a special collaboration with Avril Lavigne and Tigirlily Gold will take the ACM stage for the first time.
ACM Awards Week continues today (May 15) with the second day of ACM Country Kickoff at The Star, featuring a newly-announced festival closer performance from ACM Award winner Scotty McCreery. The day will also include the ACM Songs & Stories brunch—powered by The Bluebird Cafe and Nashville Songwriters Association International—which celebrates the nominees for ACM Songwriter of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year; as well as Parker McCollum and Friends: ACM Lifting Lives LIVE, Presented by Choctaw Casinos & Resorts, which benefits the philanthropic partner of the ACM.
The 59th ACM Awards will stream live on Thursday, May 16. Hosted by Reba McEntire, the show will feature live performances from Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, Parker McCollum, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson and more. See a full list of nominees here.
