Langley came into Sunday night with seven nominations, tied with Lainey Wilson for the third-most among the nominees.
Fast-rising country superstar Ellla Langley played “Be Her” during her performance at the ACM Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Dressed in a white gown adorned with a crystal neckline and waistline, Langley sang the song while sitting on a stool playing her guitar accompanied by two other guitarists.
A few moments later, she was named best female artist, beating out the likes of Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert , Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson. During her speech for that award, she was so overcome with emotion she had a hard time beginning to speak. She praised her fellow nominees, her family for “being weird as always; it keeps me humble” and “the women, I would not be standing up here without that, so thank you.
”Langley came into this year’s ACMs tied with Lainey Wilson as the third-most nominated act of the evening, garnering seven nominations overall. Her smash hit “Choosin’ Texas” came into the show with two nominations, for single of the year and song of the year.so for, also including song of the year and single of the year for “Choosin’ Texas.
” She also was named artist-songwriter of the year and notched another win for being featured on Riley Green’s “Don’t Mind If I Do,” named music event of the year. Langley first came to prominence back in 2024 with her hit “You Look Like You Love Me,” which won the ACM for single of the year.
She’s since become one of the fastest-rising artists of any genre as “Choosin’ Texas” is arguably the biggest song of this year, having spent nine consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100. Her second album,Beyond Langley, Sunday’s performer list includes Wilson, Lambert, Zach Top, Carter Faith, and Blake Shelton, among other.
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