Following the recent live broadcast of the 60th Annual Country Conservatory Awards by Amazon Prime Video, Ribbon has announced a multi-year contract to continue hosting the award by 2028.
The ACM Awards, produced by Dick Clark Productions, first moved to Amazon in 2022, becoming the first major awards ceremony ever to be held on streamers only 23 years after being aired on CBS. News of the extended deal will be made through its 63rd edition through the show, from a pre-speaking 2026 held in New York on Monday.
The 60th ACM awards were broadcast live from the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas on May 8. RebaMcEntire hosted the show, which included performances by Backstreet Boys, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Chris Stapleton, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lionel Richie, Miranda Lambert, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts and Shabooley. Lainey Wilson was named Artist of the Year for the second consecutive year and received three more awards, making her the second-biggest artist of the night. Ella Langley received the most awards, winning five in total, while Alan Jackson received the inaugural ACM Lifetime Achievement Award and Keith Urban received the ACM Triple Crown Award.
Raj Kapoor serves as the performance host for the 60th ACM Awards. Executive producers include Kapoor, ACM’s Damon Whiteside and Dick Clark’s Jay Penske and Barry Adelman. Patrick Menton serves as co-executive producer and John Saade served as consulting producer for Amazon’s MGM studio.
“Our ongoing partnership with the Country Music Academy and the Dick Clark Production Academy is an amazing experience for everyone involved,” said Vernon Sanders, Amazon MGM Studios Global TV. “With the tremendous success of this year’s 60th anniversary held by legendary Reba Mcentire, we are excited to continue our relationship with the Academy and DCP over the next three years. We look forward to maintaining this success and bringing more celebrity and fascinating shows to our major video clients around the world.”
“Our strong partnership with Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video extends the reach and accessibility of our show and country music genres anywhere in the world and redefines the experience of award shows that can and should be in today’s environment,” said Damon Whiteside, CEO of Country Music Academy. “The synergy between Prime Video, Amazon Music, Twitch and other Amazon departments brings exponential value to our artists, genres and fans, and through an immersive 360 music experience they can’t get from any other platform. I pioneered our first four years in the streaming space and we are excited to continue to bring country music and fans to future country music and future fans.
“We are excited to continue our partnership with Prime Video,” said Jay Penske, CEO of Dick Clark Productions. “The Country Conservatory Awards are history in 2022, the first dynamic, unrivalled event to stream exclusively and continue to open up new events, creating world-class music events and connecting country music to global audiences through Prime Video via Prime Video.”
“I feel like this is just another way we bring country music into the world,” said Miranda Lambert, who won the highest number of ACM awards in the entire performance history. “Country music is really popular right now, I’m glad that more people know what we mean, I’m glad to be a part of ACM history, and it’s really exciting to have it lasted for three years.”
type Parent company PMC owns Dick Clark Prods. In a joint venture with Eldridge.