“Twisters: The Album” Storms ACM Honors with Film Award and Luke Combs’ Platinum Surprise
- All Country News
- Aug 25
- 3 min read
Nashville has long been the place where country music and storytelling meet, but at last week’s ACM Honors, the spotlight shifted toward a soundtrack that has taken both Hollywood and Music Row by storm. Atlantic Records executives Kevin Weaver, Brandon Davis, Ian Cripps, and Joseph Khoury were recognized with the ACM Film Award for their groundbreaking work on Twisters: The Album. The project, which has already rewritten the rulebook for what a country soundtrack can achieve, stood tall as one of the evening’s crowning moments.
The celebration didn’t stop there. While walking the red carpet, Luke Combs was blindsided with a career milestone of his own. The powerhouse vocalist was presented with a gleaming 3X-Platinum plaque for his thunderous anthem “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” the lead single from the soundtrack that became a radio juggernaut and a cultural touchstone for the film.
The ACM Film Award, inspired by Tex Ritter, is reserved for television or film projects that prominently feature country music. This year’s honoree, Twisters, delivered on that promise and then some. Directed by Oscar nominee Lee Isaac Chung and starring Daisy Edgar Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos, the 2024 summer blockbuster blended high-stakes drama with a sonic backdrop that only Nashville could provide.
At the center of that musical storm was Twisters: The Album, a 29-track, all-original country compilation that set a new industry benchmark. Not since 1980’s Urban Cowboy has a major motion picture featured such a sprawling, fully original country music soundtrack. Overseen by Weaver, Davis, Cripps, and Khoury at Atlantic, alongside Universal Pictures’ Mike Knobloch and Rachel Levy, the album brought together an eclectic lineup of stars and rising voices. Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, Megan Moroney, Lainey Wilson, and dozens more delivered fresh material that turned a disaster film into a cultural event.
The soundtrack’s success is undeniable, backed up by numbers that read like a record-setting weather report:
Ranked #22 on Billboard’s “Best Albums of 2024” list
Scored two GRAMMY nominations, including “Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media” and “Best Song Written for Visual Media” for Combs’ “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma”
Held a Top 10 spot on the Billboard 200 for four consecutive weeks
Earned the biggest first week for a soundtrack since Barbie The Album
Debuted at #1 on the Country Albums chart, and reached #7 overall on the Billboard 200
First country soundtrack to crack the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 in over 13 years
Over 500 million streams in the U.S. alone
Perhaps most telling of all, Combs’ “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” powered its way to #1 at country radio, proving the soundtrack was not just a companion to the film but a standalone force in the genre.
For Nashville, the success of Twisters: The Album is more than just a chart story. It represents the strength of collaboration between Music Row, Hollywood, and the artists who continue to push the boundaries of what country music can be. In honoring the producers with the ACM Film Award, the Academy underscored the significance of the project not only in film, but in the wider cultural landscape.
As country music continues to stretch its reach across formats, genres, and screens, Twisters: The Album stands as proof that a soundtrack can be more than background noise. It can be a storm that sweeps the charts, claims awards, and makes history, one original song at a time.
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