2022 ACM Facts
A host for the 2022 ceremony, this legendary country music artist had to work "9 to 5" to host the ceremony, and has also won 3 ACM awards of her own. She even owns her own passenger rail line.
Dolly Parton
This Trio spoke out against a US president, which resulted in their music being pulled from several radio stations, creating "Wide Open Spaces" on the radio waves.
The Dixie Chicks/ "The Chicks"
The first entertainer of the year award was given to this country singer, who was just an Oakie from Muskogee.
Merle Haggard
This country music artist won Artist of the Decade in the 1990s. Pretty easy to be Shameless with those numbers
Garth Brooks
The 2022 ACM Awards were broadcast on this network, whose former CEO recently took a trip that was not only out of this world, but a mode choice modeling nightmare!
Amazon Prime Video
This 2020 "presidential candidate" interrupted Taylor Switft's MTV Video Music awards speech, by grabbing the mic and shouting "Beyonce has one of the best videos of all time!"
Kanye West
This artists has won the most female EOY awards, and is also known for kicking things off on Sunday nights.
Carrie Underwood
This country artists won artist of the decade in the 2000s. Just don't tell all of his exe's in Texas.
George Strait
The 2022 ACM awards ceremony was held at this NFL Stadium, whose title sponsor (with naming rights) does not carry commercial cargo.
Allegiant Stadium/Raiders Stadium
During a White House visit to discuss prison reform, President Richard Nixon requested that this country artist sing a few "good old fashioned tunes." This country legend proceeded to play a series of songs about injustice, pro freedom, and anti war themes. This did not give President Nixon the PR moment he was expecting.
Johnny Cash
They have the EOY most wins for a country music duo. That's the "Honky Tonk Truth."
Brooks and Dunn
In the 1980's, this group won the artist of the decade award. They share a name with a southern US State, and had a hit song "Close Enough to Perfect" which helped land them the award. It's just too bad the same couldn't be said for that state's TAMP.
Alabama
Jimmy Allen became the third African American male to be nominated for the Male Artist of the Year. Charley Pride and this former "Hootie" front man, and "Wagon Wheel" expert were the other two.
Darius Rucker
Two-timin Grammy award winner, Garth Brooks caught some flack from his fan base for singing at President Biden's inauguration ceremony, where he sang an a cappella rendition of this song.
Amazing Grace
This American Idol judge also won the 2021 ACM EOY.
Luke Bryan
This "Coal Miner's Daughter" is the only female artist named the ACM artist of the decade.
Loretta Lynn
Having received the most nominations in the 2022 ACM ceremony, this artist shares a name (well almost) with the Major Projects Engineer in the Michigan Division
Chris Young(s)
In his 1998 memoir, Willie Nelson revealed that he once "smoked a fat Austin torpedo" with a "servant" at the white house, after being invited to the residence by President Jimmy Carter. In 2020 Jimmy Carter revealed that it was not a "servant" who partook with Willie, but this member of the first family.
Jimmy Carter's son. James Earl "Chip" Carter
In 2020, Carrie Underwood tied this artist for EOY. Ending in a tie is something "Beer Can't Fix."
Thomas Rhett
He was the first person to receive the ACM artist of the decade award. Good luck catching this "Tiger by the Tail."
Buck Owens.