Kubwayo Mc croix
Ku itariki ya 8 Gicurasi 2025, mu mujyi wa Frisco, Texas, habereye ibirori by’ingenzi byo gutanga ibihembo bya 60 by’Ikigo cy’Ubuhanzi bwa Country (ACM Awards). Ibi birori byayobowe na Reba McEntire, aho abahanzi n’abakunzi ba muzika ya country bakoranye umwanya wo kwishimira impano zitandukanye zagiye zirangwa mu mwaka ushize. Abahanzi bakomeye nka Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, na Ella Langley barimo bagaragaje ubuhanga n’impano zidasanzwe, bituma ibikombe byabo bihabwa agaciro gakomeye.
Mu bihangano byose by’abahanzi batanze mu mwaka wa 2025, hari abari bahize abandi mu byiciro bitandukanye: Lainey Wilson yatsindiye ibikombe byinshi, harimo umuhanzi w’umugore w’umwaka na album y’umwaka Whirlwind, byerekanye neza ko ari umwe mu bahanzi bakomeye muri uyu mwaka. Chris Stapleton nawe yegukanye igikombe cy’umuhanzi w’umugabo w’umwaka. Lainey Wilson kandi yegukanye igikombe cy’umuhanzi w’umwaka (Entertainer of the Year), ku mwaka wa kabiri yikurikiranya.
Izindi ntego zasangiwe n’abahanzi batandukanye barimo Cody Johnson watsindiye indirimbo y’umwaka Dirt Cheap na Ella Langley na Riley Green bafatanyije mu ndirimbo You Look Like You Love Me, yegukanye igikombe cya indirimbo y’umwaka. Abatsindiye ibikombe by’umwaka mu byiciro by’itsinda ry’umwaka na duo ry’umwaka ni Old Dominion na Brooks & Dunn, byerekanye ko bafite uruhare rukomeye mu ruganda rw’umuziki wa country.
Mu bindi byabaye by’ingenzi muri iki gikorwa, Zach Top watsindiye igikombe cy’Umuhanzi Mushya w’Umugabo w’Umwaka yerekanye ko afite impano idasanzwe mu muziki wa country. Uyu muhanzi, ufite umwihariko wo kuba akiri mushya mu ruganda rw’umuziki, yabashije gukurura imitima y’abafana be mu buryo bwihuse. Ella Langley, umuhanzi mushya w’umugore w’umwaka, nawe yatsindiye ibihembo bibiri bikomeye, harimo indirimbo y’umwaka You Look Like You Love Me, yakoze mu bufatanye na Riley Green. Langley yagaragaje ko afite impano ikomeye kandi agomba gufata umwanya mu muziki wa country mu myaka iri imbere.
Mu gihe ibirori by’uyu mwaka byari byitabiriwe n’abahanzi bakomeye, habayeho ibihe bidasanzwe byerekanye uburyo imiryango y’abahanzi n’abafana ifasha gutera imbere kw’abahanzi. Keith Urban, mu gihe yahawe igikombe cya Triple Crown, yashimiye cyane umugore we Nicole Kidman, agaragaza uburyo imiryango itandukanye ifasha abahanzi gukura mu ruganda rw’umuziki. Nicole Kidman nawe yagaragaye yishimye cyane, yerekana gushyigikira umugabo we mu rugendo rwe mu muziki. Uyu mwaka, byagaragaye ko ubufatanye n’impano bihura n’ibindi bikorwa bihambaye, aho abahanzi bakomeje kugaragaza ubuhanga bwabo mu buryo bugaragara.
Abafana ba muzika ya country bagaragaje ibyishimo byinshi kubera imihigo yabayeho muri ibi birori. Uyu mwaka wabaye umwanya w’ibyishimo ku bahanzi bakomeye, ariko kandi n’abahanzi bashya bagaragaje impano zitangaje. Ibihembo bya ACM Awards byatumye abahanzi bashya nka Zach Top na Ella Langley bagaragaza uburyo bafite ubushobozi bwo gukomeza kuzamura imikorere yabo mu ruganda rw’umuziki.
