Country music fans will want to keep their Prime Video accounts.
On Thursday, the Academy of Country Music, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions, producer of the ACM Awards, announced in a press release that the awards will continue to air exclusively on the streaming service.
According to a statement, the ACM Awards secured a multi-year deal with the platform so the event has been confirmed to broadcast the 59th and 60th annual ceremonies in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
2022 marked the first year that the ACM Awards, which recognize achievements in country music among artists, songwriters and producers, partnered with Prime Video, Amazon Music, Amazon Freevee and Amazon Live — making it the first awards show to be broadcast exclusively .
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This year’s event, hosted in May by music legends Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, was also broadcast on the platform. It became one of the most-watched awards shows of the year — bringing in more than 7.7 million viewers on Prime Video, plus more on Amazon Music, the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch and Amazon Live.
Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon MGM Studios, shared a statement in a press release about the deal. “When Prime Video broadcast the 2022 ACM Awards for the first time, we were overwhelmed by the response from our global audience,” said Sanders.
He continued, “After seeing last year’s show grow to more than 7.7 million viewers, we couldn’t be more thrilled to continue our partnership with the Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions for the next two years, and especially through the series’ milestone 60 .anniversary in 2025. We look forward to continued success and bringing even more stellar and captivating shows to fans around the world.”
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Announcing a multi-year partnership, the Academy of Country Music has confirmed that the 59th Annual ACM Awards will air in May 2024 from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
“The Academy is proud to extend our relationship with Amazon for the next two years, through the historic milestone of the 60th ACM Awards, and continue to bring the Party of Country Music live to a global audience on Prime Video,” said Academy of Country Music CEO Damon Whiteside in press release.
His statement continued: “Thanks to the greatest hosting couple of all time, Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, extensive, multi-platform programming with our partners at Prime Video and Amazon Music, and dedicated fans in Texas and around the world, the May 2023 Show achieved groundbreaking success and shows that our pioneering and innovative move towards streaming was absolutely right at the right time! We can’t wait to see everyone back in Texas at the home of the Dallas Cowboys next May for another groundbreaking ACM Awards!”
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This year’s ACM Awards was a star-studded affair, featuring A-list talent including HARDY, Jelly Roll, Kane Brown, Keith Urban, Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert, as well as a duet from Carly Pearce and Trisha Yearwood and a special appearance from Ed Sheeran and more .
The list of winners included Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wallen and Brothers Osborne, among others, with Chris Stapleton taking home the award for coveted Entertainer of the Year.
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