DALLAS — Ashley Gorley, Zach Bryan and Hailey Whitters are already winners ahead of Thursday’s 58th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony in Frisco.
Gorley was chosen songwriter of the year, only the third writer in the show’s history to have three song of the year nominations.
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