Show airs live on Prime Video
Prime Video, the Academy of Country Music, and MRC have announced that global superstar Dolly Parton will host the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards. The two-hour show will stream live without commercial interruption on Prime Video on Monday, March 7th at 8 pm EST from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Parton will be joined by co-hosts, to be announced at a later date. Nominations for this year’s awards will be announced next week.
The show celebrates country music’s biggest stars and emerging talent and promises to be a nonstop party, bringing legendary artists together with today’s favorites for exciting and unexpected collaborations, surprising moments, and world television-premiere performances, all exclusively streaming on Prime Video. Tickets for in-person attendance are currently on-sale at Ticketmaster.
“I am so excited to be hosting the ACM Awards on March 7 from Vegas. Watch for us because we’re going to have some fun,” says Parton, who hosted for the first and only time in 2000. Parton is also set to release her album Run, Rose, Run, on March 4th, to accompany her original novel Run, Rose, Run, written with James Patterson and releasing March 7th, both currently available for pre-order. And earlier this week, she was also announced as a nominee for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
Fans can gear up with exclusive Dolly Parton merch and pre-order both the album and book on her Amazon Music store. Her latest single, “Big Dreams and Faded Jeans,” is now streaming on Amazon Music, a top destination for country listening. Amazon Music recently announced that its global music brand Country Heat had surpassed 13 billion streams in the US since its first station launched in October 2016, showcasing Amazon customers’ love for country music. Fans can discover Dolly Parton t-shirts, hoodies, accessories and more featuring iconic images and lyrics available through Merch by Amazon, a service that enables brands, independent artists, and small businesses to upload custom content printed on demand on apparel, electronics, and home products when ordered by customers in Amazon’s stores. More details of engaging fan-first experiences and products powered by Amazon will be revealed in the coming weeks.
The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards will stream live on Prime Video in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, and will make history as the first major awards show to livestream exclusively. First held in 1966, the Academy of Country Music Awards has honored and showcased the biggest names and emerging talent in the industry and is the longest-running country music awards show in history.
The health and safety of the artists, fans, industry, staff, and partners involved in the Academy of Country Music Awards is the number one priority. All guidelines set forth by national, state, and local health officials will be closely followed and implemented during the production, along with additional safety measures to be instated by MRC and the Academy of Country Music.
