Lainey Wilson kicked off the ACM Awards with a nod to the host state covering the Little Texas hit, “God Blessed Texas." She then rolled into her own song, “Hang Tight Honey," which could have been her mantra for the evening.

Lainey took three trips to the podium claiming the coveted Entertainer of the Year award, along with Female Artist and Music Event with Jelly Roll. However, Chris Stapleton matched her trip for trip winning Male Artist, Album for Higher and Artist-Songwriter.

Reba McEntire sparkled in her return to the hosting role joking that when she started, “Luke was one of the gospels, not half the guys in country music.” After singing the closing number, she announced that she would be returning as next year’s host.

WINNERS:

Entertainer of the Year: Lainey Wilson
Female Artist of the Year: Lainey Wilson
Male Artist of the Year: Chris Stapleton
Duo of the Year: Dan and Shay
Group of the Year: Old Dominion
New Male Artist of the Year: Nate Smith
New Female Artist of the Year: Megan Moroney
New Group/Duo of the Year: Tigirlily Gold
Album of the Year: Chris Stapleton - Higher
Single of the Year: Luke Combs – “Fast Car”
Song of the Year: Jordan Davis – “Next Thing You Know”
Music Event of the Year: Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson – “Save Me”
Visual Media of the Year: Parker McCollum – “Burn It Down”
Songwriter of the Year: Jessie Jo Dillon
Artist-Songwriter of the Year: Chris Stapleton

PERFORMANCES:

Lainey Wilson – “God Blessed Texas” / “Hang Tight Honey”
Jelly Roll – “Liar”
Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan – "Mountain With a View" and “Stick Season”
Tigirlily Gold – “I Tried a Ring On”
Cody Johnson – “Dirt Cheap”
Miranda Lambert - "Wranglers"
Kane Brown – “Georgia on My Mind”
Thomas Rhett – “Beautiful As You”
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani – “Purple Irises”
Jason Aldean – “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”
Chris Stapleton with Dua Lipa – “Think I’m In Love With You”
Post Malone – “Never Love Again” and “I Had Some Help”
Parker McCollum – “Burn It Down”
Nate Smith and Avril Lavigne – “Bulletproof”
Reba McEntire – “I Can’t”

Here's what you can win the rest of this week when you listen at work!

Taking a look at new releases that are available today and coming soon!

New singles available now:

Thomas Rhett "Beautiful As You"
Post Malone with Morgan Wallen "I Had Some Help"
Blessing Offor, Dolly Parton "Somebody's Child"
Carly Pearce "Fault Line"
Mitchell Tenpenny "Not Today"
Chase Rice "Fireside"
The War & Treaty "Leads Me Home"
Kylie Morgan "Scratching The Surface" (mama's song)
Avery Anna "Blonde"
Kassi Ashton "Called Crazy"
Tigirlily Gold "Leroy"
Drake White "10 Lbs of S#!T"

Coming on 5/16: 

Luke Combs “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma”

New albums available today: 

Scotty McCreery "Rise & Fall"
Brian Kelley "Tennessee Truth"
Lily Rose "Runnin' Outta of Time" EP
Orville Peck "Stampede Vol. 1"
Wade Bowen "Flyin'"

New albums coming soon:

5/31:
Travis Denning "Roads That Go Nowhere"
Willie Nelson "The Border" 
Kameron Marlowe "Keepin' The Lights On" 
Shaboozey "Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going"
Kelsey Hart "Life With You" 
Terri Clark "Take Two"

6/7:
Carly Pearce "hummingbird" 
Tracy Lawrence "Out Here In It" EP 
Matt Stell "Born Lonely" Debut Album 

6/21:
Petty Country A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty 

7/12:
Megan Moroney "Am I Okay?"

7/19:
Koe Wetzel "9 Lives"

7/26:
Tigirlily Gold "BLONDE" Debut Album

8/16:
Morgan Wade "Obsessed"

8/23:
Lainey Wilson "Whirlwind"

TBA: 
George Strait "Cowboys and Dreamers"

Happy listening! -Cherise, WQMX Music Director

ICYMI... Dierks Bentley stopped by Good Morning America to perform "American Girl" from Petty Country:  A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty which will be released on June 21st!

ICYMI, Luke Bryan stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about American Idol and falling on stage: 

We have lots of chances for you to win at work and when you listen all day long to WQMX!

Here are today's new releases!

New singles available now:

Lee Brice + Nate Smith + Hailey Whitters "Drinkin' Buddies"
Keith Urban ft Lainey Wilson "Go Home With You"
Kane Brown + Marshmellow "Miles On It"
Miranda Lambert "Wranglers"
Russell Dickerson "Good Day To Have A Great Day"
Tracy Lawrence "Pretty Dang Good"
Megan Moroney "Indifferent"
Kameron Marlowe "On My Way Out"
Chase Matthew "First"
Julia Cole "Tequila Helps"
Mae Estes "What I Shouda Done"
Lauren Watkins "Mama, I Made It"
Abby Anderson "If You Killed Somebody"
Chayce Beckham "Everything I Need"

New singles coming soon:

5/6: Kassi Ashton "Called Crazy"
5/10: Post Malone with Morgan Wallen "I Had Some Help"

New albums available today: 

Parmalee "Gonna Love You" (six alternate versions)
Tenille Arts "To Be Honest" 

New albums coming soon:

5/10:
Brian Kelley "Tennessee Truth"
Scotty McCreery "Rise & Fall"
Lily Rose "Runnin' Outta of Time" EP

5/24:
Travis Denning "Roads That Go Nowhere"

5/31:
Willie Nelson "The Border"
Kameron Marlowe "Keepin' The Lights On"
Kelsey Hart "Life With You"
Terri Clark "Take Two"

6/7:
Carly Pearce "hummingbird"
Tracy Lawrence "Out Here In It" EP

6/21: 
Petty Country A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty

7/12:
Megan Moroney "Am I Okay?"

8/16:
Morgan Wade "Obsessed"

Happy listening! -Cherise, WQMX Music Director

Another week of winning when you listen at work! Here's what we've got for you! 

It's Friday which means there are new releases for you to listen to!

Here are the new singles available today:

Lee Brice + Nate Smith + Hailey Whitters "Drinkin' Buddies"
Josh Turner "Heatin' Things Up"
Tiera Kennedy "I Ain't A Cowgirl"
Elle King "Baby Daddy's Weekend"
Darius Rucker, Jennifer Nettles "Never Been Over"
Annie Bosko "Neon Baby [Last Call] (Make Out Mix)"

Coming soon:

4/29: Chayce Beckham "Everything I Need"
5/3: Miranda Lambert "Wranglers"
5/6: Kassi Ashton "Called Crazy"

MacKenzie Porter's album "Nobody's Born With A Broken Heart" was released today and there are a lot of albums coming soon that perhaps you'll want to pre-order!

5/10:
Brian Kelley: "Tennessee Truth"
Scotty McCreery "Rise & Fall" 
Lily Rose "Runnin' Outta of Time" EP

5/24:
Travis Denning "Roads That Go Nowhere"

5/31:
Willie Nelson "The Border" 
Kameron Marlowe "Keepin' The Lights On"
Terri Clark "Take Two"

6/7:
Carly Pearce "hummingbird"
Tracy Lawrence "Out Here In It" EP

8/16: 
Morgan Wade "Obsessed"

Happy listening! - Cherise, WQMX Music Director

No, I did not take a test ride, but there is one on Cedar Point's YouTube channel. Of course I was curious what the test ride looks like so I watched the video and wow. My stomach flip flopped just watching it! I have a feeling, those of you who loved the Top Thrill Dragster are going to really love this one! 

Click here to read the Top Thrill 2 Rider Guidelines so you are prepared when Cedar Point opens on May 4th!