BRELAND, Kane Brown and Chris Stapleton are among the artists who will receive special awards at the 16th annual Academy of Country Music Honors.

The Triple Crown Award will be conferred upon Stapleton while Brown will take home the International Award and BRELAND will be recognized with the inaugural Lift Every Voice Award.

Also being acknowledged are Tim McGraw and Mike Dungan with the Icon Award, Troy Vollhoffer with the Lifting Lives Award, Charlie Cook and Bill Mayne with the Service Award, Charlie Daniels with the Spirit Award and Clint Black, Mary Chapin Carpenter and K.T. Oslin, each of whom has been chosen for the Poet’s Award.

The event will take place on 8/23 at the Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and will be hosted by four-time ACM Award winner Carly Pearce for the third straight year.

Additionally, the event will celebrate previously announced Studio Recording Award winners, Industry Award Winners, Artist-Songwriter of the Year HARDY and Songwriter of the Year Ashley Gorley from the 58th ACM Awards cycle.

“This year’s ACM Special Award honorees have made a tremendous impact on the music we know and love,” said Kerri Edwards, Chair of the ACM Special Awards Committee. “I’d like to thank our committee members for their invaluable participation and contributions in selecting this year’s exceptionally worthy class of honorees and offer my congratulations to all of the recipients.”

Performers will be announced in the coming weeks. General on-sale tickets are available 6/30 via AXS.