Country music artists Ella Langley and Riley Green have received an early honor ahead of the 2025 ACM Awards. The pair were named winners for Visual Media of the Year for their collaboration "You Look Like You Love Me."
The surprise announcement for the visual media award took place Friday night, May 2, while Langley and Green were performing at Country Thunder in Tampa, Florida. Country icon Reba McEntire delivered the news.
Langley also received an advance award for ACM New Female Artist of the Year. That surprise occurred on Friday afternoon, April 25, during her set at Rock The Country in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Miranda Lambert, the artist with the most wins in ACM history, revealed Langley's New Female Artist win via a special video message played during her performance. Lambert congratulated Langley for being the most nominated artist at the 60th ACM Awards.
Langley leads all nominees this year with eight total nods. Beyond her two early wins for New Female Artist and Visual Media for "You Look Like You Love Me," she is nominated for Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year (twice), and Music Event of the Year for the same song.
"You Look Like You Love Me," featuring Riley Green, reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became Langley's first No. 1 single on Country radio.
The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, May 8, 2025.
The event will broadcast live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Reba McEntire returns as host for the telecast.
The 60th ACM Awards 2025 will stream globally on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.
Lambert congratulated Langley in the video message, stating, "We are gonna celebrate so big in Dallas, Texas! They ain’t even ready!"
