"If we really want to get the music industry back, [vaccinations] need to happen," says Academy of Country Music head Damon Whiteside
Country star is also nominated for Entertainer of the Year at Sunday's ceremony
Singers will give live debut of party song "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" to kick off Sunday's country awards show
New Male Artist and New Female Artist of the Year will each perform on the April 18th broadcast
Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs, and Chris Stapleton also set to sing at April 18th awards in Nashville
Show will take place in Nashville for second straight year
It's all men competing for the top prize of Entertainer of the Year, while five women dominate Single of the Year at the 56th ACMs
After a pandemic-delayed show last September, the Academy of Country Music crowns a new batch of winners just seven months later
An Entertainer of the Year winner with an asterisk, the prodigal return of Taylor Swift, and masks, masks, everywhere a mask
From artists in masks to winners thanking an empty auditorium, the ACMs went with the flow
