Megan Moroney, Nate Smith, Tigirlily Gold are ACM New Artist Winners

Country music newcomers, Nate Smith , Megan Moroney and Tigirlily Gold already have a lot to celebrate heading into Thursday night’s ACM Awards. All three have been awarded their first ACM Award; Smith for New Male Artist of the Year , Moroney for New Female Artist of the Year and Tigirlily Gold for New Duo or Group of the Year.

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In celebration of their wins, each artist will perform Thursday as part of the ACM Awards. Megan Moroney will perform during the ACM Awards Red Carpet Show while Tigirlily Gold will take the ACM Awards stage for their debut performance. Nate Smith will make his ACM Awards performance debut with a special collaboration featuring Avril Lavigne .

“This is 11 years of long days, short night, ups and downs and never giving up,” Tigirlily Gold said of their big win. “Thank you to [ACM Awards] for this incredible honor. We are beside ourselves.”

Moroney shared, “OMG I”M NOT OKAY!!!!!!!! Thank you [ACM Awards] for the honor and huge thank you to my fans… best in the world… so so grateful.”

Catch all three new artist winners during the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards taking place live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on, May 16 at 8PM ET. Hosted by Reba McEntire , the show is free to stream exclusively on Prime Video. No Amazon Prime account is needed.