Superstar Artist Participation Drives Success of 50th Academy of Country Music Awards & Duets Sp
ACADEMY REACHES 22 MILLION+ VIEWERS, SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ TITLE DURING 2015 SEASON
Encino, CA – Superstar country artists played a key role in the success of the record setting 50th anniversary of the Academy of Country Music Awards held in April. The Awards telecast and ACM Presents: Superstar Duets in May, both on CBS, reached a massive 22.4 MILLION viewers, combined. The ACM Awards delivered its largest viewing audience since 1998 and set a Guinness World Record™ for the most attended live Awards telecast in history, with more than 70,252 in the live audience at AT&T Stadium.
On the heels of this unprecedented success, the Academy is announcing a record donation to ACM Lifting Lives in the amount of $1 million, made on behalf of the artists who participated. Ticket proceeds from several events in April, including ACM Presents: Superstar Duets, went to ACM Lifting Lives.
“ACM Lifting Lives has done so much in the past several years with the monies raised from ACM television specials and Awards Show-related events,” said Duane Clark, Academy of Country Music Board Treasurer. “As a Board, we’re proud to support the good work of ACM Lifting Lives – and it’s our way of thanking the artists. They donate their time and talents to make it possible for us to raise money and continue the good work of improving lives through the power of music.”
PHOTO: [Left to right] Academy of Country Music Officers Duane Clark (Treasurer), Ben Vaughn (Vice President), Ken Tucker (President), Paul Barnabee (Chairman), Paul Moore (Parliamentarian) and Tiffany Moon (Secretary)
