Following Thursday night’s ACM Awards, Ella Langley has become the talk of the town.
The artist behind “You Look Like You Love Me,” who claimed four honors at the 2025 event, matched Lainey Wilson with the highest number of awards received.
Langley received accolades for New Female Artist of the Year, along with wins for Single of the Year, Music Event of the Year, and Visual Media of the Year, collaborating with her chart-topping songmate Riley Green.
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Langley was also the most-nominated artist at the 2025 awards ceremony with eight nods — and the 26-year-old country artist is just getting started.
And on Thursday night’s 60th annual
Academy of Country Music
The awards ceremony, streamed live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, with Reba McEntire as host, featured Langley performing two times.
Rising country star Ella Langley creates a splash at the 2025 ACM Awards.
Langley, hailing from Alabama, launched her career with a bang after releasing the album “Hungover” in August 2024. She first gained widespread attention in 2021 when her song “If You Have To” became incredibly popular on TikTok.
In 2023, she had her first performance at the Grand Ole Opry and quickly amassed a significant fanbase when her collaboration with Riley Green reached the top of the Billboard Country Airplay Chart.
In 2024, Green and Langley took home the CMA Musical Event of the Year award for their twangy, playful duet featuring conversational verses and a memorable chorus.
In 2025 at the ACM Awards, Langley performed alongside Miranda Lambert on her song “Kerosene,” which was released two decades earlier.
In the later part of the night, Langley delivered an energetic rendition of her song “Weren’t For The Wind,” taking the stage dressed in a Penny Lane coat alongside an entirely black leather outfit with fringe trousers.
Shortly after the show, Langley won the single of the year award alongside Green.
“I’m still out of breath,” Langley told the crowd, adding that she’s felt out of breath since the release of “You Look Like You Love Me,” too.
“You Look Like You Love Me” really changed things for Langley as a songwriter, she said.
it showed me not to worry too much and simply write about what I truly enjoy.
Audrey Gibbs serves as a music journalist for The Tennessean. Her email address is [email protected].
The article initially appeared in the Nashville Tennessean.
Who is Ella Langley? The ACM Awards emerging female artist winner performed two times at the 2025 ceremony.