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Carly Pearce is set to return to host the 16th annual ACM Honors, the Academy of Country Music announced on Tuesday (June 27). The upcoming awards ceremony will mark the third consecutive year that the “We Don’t Fight Anymore” star has hosted the event.
Pearce hailed the ACMs as playing “a crucial role” in her meteoric rise to success as an award-winning singer-songwriter in Nashville. She gushed in an Instagram caption as she shared the news on Tuesday that she’s “so grateful and excited” for the opportunity: “The ACMs have played such a crucial role in the rise of my career in the last several years, giving me opportunities to expand my artistry with hosting. To be able to come back as the host of the ACM Honors for the third year in a row, I feel so grateful and excited for what I know will be such a special night!”
The 16th annual ACM Honors will also celebrate previously-announced award winners from the 58th annual ACM Awards, per the Academy of Country Music, which also named the recipients of special awards. Honorees include Clint Black, BRELAND, Kane Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Charlie Cook, Charlie Daniels, Mike Dungan, Ashley Gorley, HARDY, Bill Mayne, Tim McGraw, K.T. Oslin, Chris Stapleton, and Troy Vollhoffer.
“This year’s ACM Special Award honorees have made a tremendous impact on the music we know and love, from icons and veteran executives who have shaped and steered the industry for years, to newer artists making a splash and welcoming fresh audiences into the community, and I am so excited about celebrating them in August at what is always one of the best nights of the year,” said Kerri Edwards, Chair of the ACM Special Awards Committee. “I’d like to thank our committee members for their invaluable participation and contributions in selecting this year’s exceptionally worthy class of honorees and offer my congratulations to all of the recipients.”
The 16th annual ACM Honors is set to take place on Wednesday, August 23 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.