Get the latest gossip

Lainey Wilson Wins Female Artist of the Year at 2024 ACM Awards, Shouts Out Women Who ‘Guided’ Her

Lainey Wilson won female artist of the year at the 2024 ACM Awards on Thursday (May 16). Get all the details.

Billboard's latest cover star shouted out the women in country music who got her to where she is, and encouraged them to continue their work. Jumping on the stage at The Star in Frisco, Texas, Lainey Wilson — dressed head-to-toe in an all-red cowboy getup — immediately shared her joy at receiving the award from country music icon Reba McEntire. In accepting the award, the recent Billboard cover star took the time to give flowers to her fellow nominees Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley McBryde, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves, as well as all of the other pioneering women in the country genre who helped her get to where she is today.

Get the Android app