Braves Country Fest headliners Cody Johnson, Ella Langley win 9 ACM Awards
Ella Langley and Cody Johnson, two headliners for the first Braves Country Fest next month, won a combined nine honors at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday evening.
The Braves’ festival will feature a plethora of country music and entertainment throughout The Battery and Truist Park on June 13. And now that officially includes the ACM female artist of the year and entertainer of the year.
Langley is perhaps the premier act in country music right now. She won a record seven awards: female artist of the year, artist-songwriter of the year, song of the year (“Choosin’ Texas”; as artist and songwriter), single of the year (“Choosin’ Texas”; as artist and producer), and music event of the year, “Don’t Mind If I Do,” a collaboration with Riley Green.
Langley, 27, has been an emerging name in the genre since working with Green on “You Look Like You Love Me,” which won numerous ACM and Country Music Association awards. Her fame skyrocketed with the success of her record-breaking single “Choosin’ Texas,” and it’s accelerated further with the release of her latest album, “Dandelion,” in April.
Among her milestones achieved with “Choosin’ Texas”: It was the longest-running No. 1 country song by a woman on Billboard’s Hot 100. It spent the most weeks atop that chart for a song by a woman that also ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart — her four consecutive weeks at No. 1 topped Taylor Swift’s three-week record with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” in 2012.
What timing for the Braves to have booked Langley, whose schedule has included her “Dandelion Tour,” which began this month, and joining Morgan Wallen’s “Still The Problem Tour,” along with performing at Stagecoach and other events.
Johnson, 38, won male artist of the year and entertainer of the year, his first victories in both categories. He was also nominated for single of the year (“The Fall”) and visual media for “The Fall.” Johnson won CMA male vocalist of the year in 2025.
Johnson will release his 9th studio album, “Banks of the Trinity,” on June 26. A proud Texan, Johnson is touring the country, but his visit to Atlanta will be unique. And it will be his biggest baseball-related performance since he sang the national anthem at the 2024 All-Star game in Arlington, Texas.
Mackenzie Carpenter and Ernest will join Langley and Johnson as headliners at Braves Country Fest. Ernest has received multiple ACM award nominations, while Carpenter earned her first nomination this year for new female artist.
Carpenter, a Hull native, visited Truist Park on April 28 and performed an acoustic set in The Battery after the Braves’ win over the Tigers.
The Braves will also have up-and-coming artists Zach John King (of Fayetteville), Scoot Teasley (of Toccoa) and Colton Bowlin perform on the Whiskey Jam Stage at the Georgia Power Pavilion leading into the main show inside the ballpark.
Tickets are available to purchase at the team website. A portion of all proceeds from the event will go to support the Braves Foundation.
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Gabriel Burns is a general assignment reporter and features writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. After four years on the Braves beat, he's expanded his horizons and covers all sports. You'll find him writing about MLB, NFL, NBA, college football and other Atlanta-centric happenings.
