NEW YORK (AP) — Ella Langley leads the nominees for the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations.
The first-time nominee's nods include female artist of the year and female new artist.
Notably, there are no nods for Beyoncé’s landmark “Cowboy Carter," which won the Grammy for both album of the year and country album of the year last month. Miranda Lambert's “Postcards from Texas" was also not nominated.
The nominations for the 60th annual ACM Awards were announced Thursday. The awards ceremony will take place May 8 at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas. Reba McEntire will once again host.
Six of Langley's nominations stem from her smash hit “You Look Like You Love Me” with Riley Green. It’s up for single of the year, song of the year as both an artist and songwriter, music event of the year and visual media of the year as an artist and director.
Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Morgan Wallen closely follow Langley's nominations with seven each. Chris Stapleton has six nominations; Riley Green and Post Malone are tied with five.
Johnson, Wilson, Wallen and Stapleton are up for the night's top category, entertainer of the year. Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll are also nominated for the award.
Wilson took home the prize last year, becoming one of the few women to earn the trophy. Lambert was named entertainer of the year in 2022. In 2020, Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett tied for the title — a first ever. Underwood's win was the first for a woman since 2012, when Taylor Swift won the category.
If Combs wins the category, he will have achieved the ACMs' Triple Crown Award — which is made up of career wins in the entertainer of the year, new artist (male, female, duo or group) and artist (male, female, duo or group) categories.
Last year, Wallen earned six nominations — a change from just a few years ago. In 2021, he was declared ineligible by the ACMs after he was caught on camera using a racial slur. In 2022 and 2023, he received four nominations.
In the album of the year category, Megan Moroney's “Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine)” faces off against Wilson's “Whirlwind,” Jelly Roll's “Beautifully Broken,” Zach Top's “Cold Beer & Country Music” and Post Malone's “F-1 Trillion.”
And in the single of the year category, Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” competes with Johnson's “Dirt Cheap,” Malone and Wallen's “I Had Some Help,” Stapleton's “White Horse” and Langley and Green's “You Look Like You Love Me.”
In addition to Langley, other first-time nominees include Gavin Adcock, Dasha, Noah Kahan, Jessie Murph, Muscadine Bloodline, Shaboozey, Zach Top, The Red Clay Strays, Treaty Oak Revival, and Tucker Wetmore.
The 2025 ACM Awards will stream on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch Live on May 8 at 8 p.m. EDT.
FILE - Ella Langley performs during Amazon Music Country Heat at Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 28, 2024. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe and Warren Foegele scored twice, Andrei Kuzmeko had a goal and two assists, and the Los Angeles Kings set a team record for home victories in a season, beating the San Jose Sharks 8-1 on Sunday night.
Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore and Trevor Lewis also scored, and the Kings picked up their 27th home victory. They previously had 26 victories on home ice four times, with the most recent instance coming in 2022-23. David Rittich made 22 saves.
The Kings moved two points ahead of Edmonton for second place in the Pacific Division as they jockey for home-ice advantage ahead of a probable fourth straight meeting in the first round of the playoffs.
Cam Lund scored for the second straight game and the Sharks were held to one goal for the fourth time in their past six games. Georgi Romanov made 28 saves.
Staring down a three-game losing skid for the first time since a poor Midwest trip at the end of February and start of March, the Kings responded emphatically with goals in the first period from Danault and Kempe and never let up from there.
Sharks: San Jose has given up at least five goals 20 times this season, including 13 games where the opponent had six or more.
Kings: Foegele set a career high with 22 goals after notching 20 last season for Edmonton. Coincidentally, he broke the tie with his first special teams goal of the season.
Foegele and Kempe scored 33 seconds apart in the final minute of the second period to turn it into a laugher.
Kempe passed the 30-goal mark for the third time in nine NHL seasons. He is the 12th Kings player with three or more 30-goal seasons.
Both teams play Tuesday night. The Sharks are at Anaheim, and the Kings host NHL-leading Winnipeg.
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San Jose Sharks defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin, left, and Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, left, scores on San Jose Sharks goaltender Georgi Romanov, right, as defenseman Timothy Liljegrenw watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
San Jose Sharks goaltender Georgi Romanov is scored on by Los Angeles Kings right wing Adrian Kempe, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
San Jose Sharks goaltender Georgi Romanov is scored on by Los Angeles Kings right wing Adrian Kempe during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Kings goaltender David Rittich squirts water prior to an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Kings right wing Adrian Kempe, left, celebrates after scoring while defenseman Drew Doughty, center, and defenseman Joel Edmundson react during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
