was 22 years ago, in 2000. The country-pop superstar does have other country awards show hosting credits on her resume, though — she co-hosted the rival Country Music Association Awards in 2019 with Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood, and handled that CMAs job solo once back in 1988.
In previously announced news, Parton will be putting out a new album, “Run, Rose, Run,” on March 4 — three days before the ACMs — and a novel of the same name she co-wrote with James Patterson will arrive on the day of the awards show. Since Parton has a one-year hosting stint with the ACMS in 1980, the role having been filled in successive years by Reba McEntire, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley and Keith Urban in solo or tandem combinations. Last year’s ACMs co-hosts, for the show’s apparently final year on broadcast television, were Urban and Mickey Guyton.