Ella Langley joined an elite group of artists at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday (May 17), becoming just the fifth performer to win back-to-back awards for single of the year. She won last year for “You Look Like You Love Me,” her sexy collab with Riley Green, and won again this year with her crossover smash “Choosin’ Texas.”
The universally relatable “Choosin’ Texas” has logged 24 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and nine nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The ACM Award for single of the year goes to the artist(s), producer(s) and record company/label(s). If an artist also produced or coproduced the winning record, as Langley did here, he or she gets two awards.
Miranda Lambert, who coproduced Langley’s record with Langley and Ben West, previously won the ACM Award for single of the year as an artist with “The House That Built Me” in 2011, “Over You” in 2013 and “Mama’s Broken Heart” in 2014. Lambert is one of only four artists in ACM history to win four times in this category. The others are Alan Jackson (as an artist on four singles) and George Strait and Tim McGraw (as both artist and producer on two singles each).
Here are the five artists who have won back-to-back ACM Awards for single of the year. The year shown is the year of the ceremony.
The ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
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Willie Nelson
1985: “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” (Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson)
1986: “Highwayman” (Highwaymen – a collab with Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings)
Notes: Richard Perry produced “To All the Girls…,” which topped Hot Country Songs for two weeks. Chips Moman produced “Highwayman,” which topped that chart for one week.
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Randy Travis
1987: “On the Other Hand”
1988: “Forever and Ever, Amen”
Notes: Kyle Lehning and Keith Stegall coproduced “On the Other Hand,” which topped Hot Country Songs for one week. Lehning was the sole producer of “Forever and Ever, Amen,” which led that chart for three weeks.
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Faith Hill
1998: “It’s Your Love” (Tim McGraw with Faith Hill)
1999: “This Kiss”
Notes: McGraw, Byron Gallimore and James Stroud coproduced “It’s Your Love,” which topped Hot Country Songs for six weeks. Hill and Gallimore coproduced “This Kiss,” which topped that chart for three weeks.
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Miranda Lambert
2013: “Over You”
2014: “Mama’s Broken Heart”
Notes: Frank Liddell and Glenn Worf coproduced “Over You,” which topped both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay. Liddell, Worf and Chuck Ainlay coproduced “Mama’s Broken Heart,” which reached No. 2 on both charts.
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Ella Langley
2025: “You Look Like You Love Me” (Ella Langley feat. Riley Green)
2026: “Choosin’ Texas”
Notes: Will Bundy produced “You Look Like You Love Me,” which reached No. 7 on Hot Country Songs and topped Country Airplay for one week. Langley, Ben West and Miranda Lambert coproduced “Choosin’ Texas,” which has topped Hot Country Songs for 24 consecutive weeks and led Country Airplay for three weeks.
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