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In this Aug. 3, 2020 photo, Mickey Guyton is photographed during a remote portrait session in Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 2020, left, and Keith Urban appears at the 13th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn. on August 21, 2019. Guyton and Urban will host the Academy of Country Music Awards in April. (AP Photo)
Keith Urban, Mickey Guyton have chemistry as ACM hosts

By Kristin M. Hall Apr. 16, 2021 10:33 AM EDT

FILE - Video Vanguard award recipient Jennifer Lopez performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Aug. 20, 2018. Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York’s Time Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021." ABC and dick clark productions announced Tuesday that the pop star will perform live before the icon ball drop on Dec. 31. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event will be closed to the public. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
J. Lo, Billy Porter to perform at 'New Year’s Rockin’ Eve'

By Mesfin Fekadu Dec. 15, 2020 08:30 AM EST

CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO CHARLEY, INSTEAD OF CHARLIE FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2000, file photo, Charley Pride performs during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Country Music Association Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi and became one of country music’s biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 86. Pride died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Westby of the public relations firm 2911 Media. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Charley Pride overcame racial barriers as country music star

By Kristin M. Hall Dec. 12, 2020 08:48 PM EST

In this video image provided by CMT, Blake Shelton, left, and Gwen Stefani toast as they accept the collaboration of the year award for “Nobody But You” during the Country Music Television awards airing on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (CMT via AP)
Carrie Underwood named top artist at CMT Music Awards

By Kristin M. Hall Oct. 21, 2020 03:11 AM EDT

FILE - Eric Church performs at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Ariz. on March 28, 2017. Church will perform at this year's ACM Awards in Nashville. (Photo by Rick Scuteri/Invision/AP, File)
ACM Awards brings live performances back to TV amid pandemic

By Kristin M. Hall Sep. 14, 2020 12:18 PM EDT