Chris Stapleton and Carly Pearce were both nominated for the 2025 ACM Awards. Here's how the two artists from Kentucky fared.

Chris Stapleton's "It Takes a Woman," off last year's ACM Album of the Year winner Higher, is a solemn, honky-tonk-on-Prozac song of devotion that digs deep into male vulnerability. While it's never been released as a single,

Luke Combs, Cody Johnson and Jelly Roll were among the nominees for Male Artist of the Year at the 2025 ACM Awards