It was just yesterday we were worrying about the Y2K bug and counting down to a new millennium, wasn’t it?
Nope — looking through photos from awards shows past will remind you how truly long ago the year 2000 was. Pictures from the 2000 ACM Awards show make 25 years ago feel lightyears away.
The ACM Awards were held at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on May 3 of 2000.
The show has been hosted from near Dallas, Texas the last few years, and before that, Las Vegas. The ACMs started in the Los Angeles area and stayed there, at a variety of venues, until 2003.
Dolly Parton hosted the 35th annual ACM Awards ceremony in 2000. You won’t see the country icon in the photo gallery below — hey, some moments are simply lost to time! — but you will see Jessica Andrews, SheDaisy and the Kinleys. Remember them?
Shania Twain won Entertainer of the Year at the 2000 ACM Awards, while hot young couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill took home Male Vocalist of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year, respectively. They’d only been married for three-and-a-half years at the time!
Lonestar’s megahit “Amazed” was named both Song of the Year and Single Record of the Year, and The Chicks‘ (then Dixie) Fly won Album of the Year at the 2000 ACM Awards. The country trio brought a dog with them to the red carpet — we’re not sure why, but it made for some cute pictures!
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Andrews was named Top New Female Vocalist, while a baby-faced Brad Paisley won Top New Male Vocalist, and Clint Black and his wife Lisa’s duet “When I Said I Do” took home Vocal Event of the Year.
Look for the 2025 ACM Awards to take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on May 8. The show will begin at 8PM ET and air live on Amazon Prime. Ella Langley (eight) and Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson (seven each) have the most ACM nominations in 2025.
See What the ACM Awards Looked Like in 2000: