The Academy of Country Music dished a small taste of award season Thursday, surprising two artists with prizes nearly a month before the upcoming ceremony.
Canadian songsmith Tenille Townes and "There Was This Girl" singer-songwriter Riley Green earned this year's New Female and New Male Artist of the Year honors, respectively, the ACM Awards said in a news release. Organizers typically unveil new artist honors ahead of the program; the ACM Awards run Sept. 16 in Nashville.
This marks the first ACM Awards nomination and win for each newcomer. In a fit-for-2020 move, ACM Awards host Keith Urban crashed respective Zoom calls to surprise Townes and Green with the honor.
And, while Townes and Green earned trophies without needing to leave the comfort of home, they'll soon get a chance to play live music on stage again. Winning artists earn a performance slot at the upcoming ceremony.
"That's a team effort right there," Green said on the Zoom call. "I'll at least get one show this year. ... I'm playin' at the ACM Awards."
On her call, Townes shared a shocked excitement: "Are you serious? For real? ... This is crazy."
Townes, a Columbia Nashville artist from Alberta, Canada, released her anticipated debut album "The Lemonade Stand" earlier this summer; Green, a Big Machine artist, earns his award following the success of 2019 single "I Wish Grandpa Never Died."
For the first time in show history, the ACM Awards relocated to a trio of Nashville venues — the Bluebird Cafe, Grand Ole Opry House and Ryman Auditorium — after postponing the scheduled April show in Las Vegas due to COVID-19 precautions.
Organizes plan to continue unveiling performers in the coming weeks, a news release said.
The 55th annual ACM Awards airs Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. CST on CBS.
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