Parker McCollum and Lee Ann Womack Join 2026 ACM Awards Performance Roster

The 61st annual Academy of Country Music Awards will feature 19 performers, including four of the five nominees for album of the year – Carter Faith , Parker McCollum , Riley Green and Zach Top . Of this year’s album of the year nominees, only Morgan Wallen is not scheduled to perform.

McCollum and Lee Ann Womack were the last two performers added to the line-up for the show, which is set to stream live on Sunday, May 17 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two Texas natives will team to perform “Killin’ Me,” a song from McCollum’s eponymous album, which is nominated for album of the year.

Most of the year’s top nominees will perform on the show. Three of the four artists with the most total nominations – Miranda Lambert , Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson – are set to perform. Of the nomination leaders, only Megan Moroney is not scheduled to perform.

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Likewise, three of the year’s four most-nominated male artists – Top, Green and Cody Johnson – are set to perform. Of the most-nominated male artists, only Chris Stapleton is not scheduled to perform.

Two groups – The Red Clay Strays and Little Big Town – are set to perform, as is one duo, Dan + Shay . The other 16 performers are solo acts, including Tucker Wetmore and Avery Anna , this year’s already-announced winners of new male artist of the year and new female artist of the year, respectively. This continues an ACM tradition where the winners of the new artist awards are invited to perform on the telecast.

Shania Twain is set to host this year’s show. This will be the second year in a row that both the host and the year’s top nominee are women. Moroney is this year’s top nominee (with nine nods). Last year, when Reba McEntire hosted, Langley was the top nominee (with eight nods).

Kacey Musgraves , who won album of the year in 2019 with Golden Hour , will perform on the ACM Awards for the first time. This will also be the first first ACM Awards performance for both Faith and The Red Clay Strays. (The latter act won new duo/group of the year last year. That category was shelved this year because there weren’t enough eligible entries.)

Blake Shelton , who co-hosted the ACM Awards five years running, from 2011-15, will also perform.

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The 61st ACM Awards will stream live globally on Prime Video on Sunday, May 17 at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT. Fans will also be able to watch the broadcast on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, as well as in the Amazon Music app.

Established in 1966, the Academy of Country Music Awards is the longest-running country music awards show. It made history in 2022 as the first major awards ceremony to exclusively livestream, in collaboration with Prime Video.

Raj Kapoor and Patrick Menton are executive producers of the 61st annual ACM Awards, with Kapoor also serving as showrunner. Damon Whiteside serves as executive producer for the Academy of Country Music. Jay Penske and Barry Adelman serve as executive producers for DCP. John Saade will also continue to serve as consulting producer for Amazon MGM Studios.

Tickets for the 61st ACM Awards and ACM Awards week events are available for purchase on AXS.com.

Here’s the full list of performers on this year’s ACM Awards, followed by a list of this year’s nominees in numerical order. The full list of presenters will be added to this post as soon as it becomes available.

The ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/lists/2026-acm-awards-performers-full-list/)._