61ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS GENERATES $53 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE LAS VEGAS REGION

61ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS GENERATES $53 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE LAS VEGAS REGION

The 62ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS WILL RETURN TO THE WORLD-RENOWNED MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS ON SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2027

61st ACM Awards Performances Drove Significant Streaming Gains Across U.S. and Global Markets for Ella Langley, Avery Anna, Carter Faith, Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay and Parker McCollum

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 25, 2026 - Today, the Academy of Country Music® (ACM), Prime Video, and Dick Clark Productions (DCP) announced that the 62nd Academy of Country Music Awards will return to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, May 16, 2027 following the record-setting success of the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, May 17, 2026 which drove an estimated $53 million in total economic impact for the Las Vegas region. The result underscores the event's spectacular return to the city after a three-year absence and an +85% Year-over-Year increase in economic impact from the 2025 show in Frisco, TX, delivering both a global entertainment showcase and a substantial economic boost to Southern Nevada.

Economic Impact

• According to Greyhill Advisors, a leading economic analysis consulting firm, the 61st ACM Awards on May 17, 2026 generated an estimated $53 million in total economic impact for the Las Vegas region, underscoring the event's spectacular return to the city after a three-year absence and an +85% Year-over-Year increase in economic impact from the 2025 show in Frisco, TX, delivering both a global entertainment showcase and a substantial economic boost to Southern Nevada.
• The event generated $15.7 million in increased employee earnings and supported approximately 290 full-time equivalent jobs across industries ranging from television production and event operations to hospitality and transportation.
• Visitor spending alone accounted for $24.3 million of the total economic impact and generated $7.8 million in worker earnings and 147 full-time equivalent jobs.
• A full week of related concerts, brunches, dinners, pre-parties, after-parties, and fan and industry events generated an additional $4.5 million in economic activity for local hotels, restaurants, venues, and businesses throughout Las Vegas.

Streaming Increases

• According to Luminate, the entertainment industry's leading data and insights company, streaming analysis reveals significant audience growth across major streaming platforms, with both established stars and emerging artists experiencing notable increases in on-demand audio and video consumption in the United States and internationally.
• The results underscore the enduring influence of the ACM Awards as a catalyst for artist discovery, fan engagement, and audience growth, driving both breakout moments for rising talent and renewed interest in established artists' catalogs.
• Ella Langley led all artists with a +10% increase and more than 1.8 million additional U.S. On-Demand Audio streams after one day. Langley dominated short-term global growth, leading 1-day volume +2.24 million Total On-Demand stream (audio + video) increase and ranking second after 3-day volume comparison (+1.5 million increase).
• Parker McCollum delivered one of the strongest next-day streaming percentage gains, increasing nearly +14% both in the U.S. and worldwide.
• Dan + Shay saw significant global gains in absolute on-demand volume week-over-week with +1.43 million in Total On-Demand (audio + video) streams.
• Blake Shelton, who paid tribute to Kenny Rogers with a performance of his Amazon Music Original cover of "The Gambler," gained +1.3m U.S. on-demand audio streams in week-over-week growth.
• The data also highlights the growing impact of emerging artists on the country music landscape. Avery Anna recorded the strongest three-day growth performance, increasing U.S. audio streaming activity by more than +23% and global streaming (audio + video) by nearly +25%. Amazon Music Breakthrough artist Carter Faith posted the largest week-over-week gains, growing U.S. streams by more than +61% and global streams by more than +35%.

Social Media and Digital Engagement

• The ACM Awards social accounts garnered over 153M video views (+35% YoY) across Instagram, Tiktok, X, Threads and Facebook. [Source: Listenfirst]
• Impressions across owned platforms increased +85% YoY, while engagements grew +39% YoY, delivering the highest engagement volume and the strongest Impressions performance in four years. [Source: Listenfirst]
• Total social interactions grew +27% YoY on 5/17/26. [Source: Social Content Ratings]
• The Billboard x ACM Awards Red Carpet Livestream, which streamed across Billboard's YouTube and X channels and Billboard TV's FAST channel on Amazon Fire TV and Samsung TV+, generated 5.4 million live and video-on-demand views platforms.

Streaming exclusively on Prime Video to audiences in more than 240 countries and territories, the show was hosted by Shania Twain at MGM Grand Garden Arena and featured 17 performances from many of country music's biggest stars. On stage, Cody Johnson earned his first ACM Entertainer of the Year award, while Ella Langley led all winners with a record-breaking seven trophies, setting a new benchmark for the most ACM wins by a single artist in one year. Additional multiple-award winners included Miranda Lambert and Stephen Wilson Jr., while standout honorees also included Parker McCollum, Brooks & Dunn, Riley Green, Avery Anna, Tucker Wetmore, and The Red Clay Strays, showcasing both established stars and the next generation of country music talent. The rebroadcast of the 61st ACM Awards remains available on Prime Video, and fans can also relive the celebration with the Official ACM Awards Playlist on Amazon Music, featuring this year's nominees and country music's biggest stars, including Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, and Lainey Wilson.

Established in 1966, the Academy of Country Music Awards is the longest-running Country Music awards show and made history in 2022 as the first major awards ceremony to exclusively livestream, in collaboration with Prime Video, and is the first Country Music awards show to be nominated for an Emmy® Award. The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards was produced by Dick Clark Productions (DCP). Raj Kapoor and Patrick Menton were executive producers, with Kapoor also serving as showrunner. Damon Whiteside served as executive producer for the Academy of Country Music, and Jay Penske and Barry Adelman served as executive producers for DCP. John Saade also served as consulting producer for Amazon MGM Studios.

Tickets for the 62nd ACM Awards will be available in fall 2026. To gain access to presale tickets fans can sign up for the ACM A-List free email newsletter and will be sent a pre-sale code that will grant access to purchase tickets in advance of the public on-sale.

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*ACMs streaming performance reports evaluate artist momentum across U.S. and global platforms using On-Demand Audio and Total OD (Audio + Video) data. Growth is measured through a combined assessment of percentage change and absolute stream volume across multiple time windows.