As the Academy of Country Music gears up for the 2021 ACM Awards on Sunday night (April 18), fans and media members alike have questions: What will COVID-19 protocols look like? How will the three-venue setup, plus a few remote performances, work this year? What will everyone be wearing? But the biggest question for the ACM, according to CEO Damon Whiteside, is: How can the Academy shift the country music genre into one that is representative of this country as a whole? Mixtape, Vol. 1 is nominated for Album of the Year, another first for a Black artist. Guyton is co-hosting the 2021 ACM Awards with Keith Urban. ACM showrunners and Academy brass decided to ask her to fill the role after watching Guyton and Urban perform “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” at the 2020 ACMs; he accompanied her on piano from an empty Grand Ole Opry House.