NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time to cowboy up, y’all. The 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards are right around the corner, and they look different this time around.Buckle up for a few seismic changes. Shania Twain will host for the first time ever, taking over for Reba McEntire. The awards ceremony will also take place May 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, leaving the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas, after three years. And women lead the nominations.But where will the 2026 ACM Awards stream? Who is nominated? What else is noteworthy this year and who will perform?Read on for those answers and more.How to watch the ACMsThe 2026 ACM Awards will stream on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch as well as the Amazon Music app on May 17 at 8 p.m. EDT. Who is nominated?It’s the emo cowgirl herself. Megan Moroney leads the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards with nine nominations.She’s followed by Miranda Lambert, the most-decorated artist in ACM Awards history, with eight, as well as Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson with seven.Then it is Chris Stapleton with six, Zach Top with
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