An individual members must be a natural person whose primary professional engagement is in the creation, production and promotion, and distribution of country music, and any such person shall be eligible for membership as an individual member only upon approval of the ACM Board of such person's application for membership and upon timely payment of such annual dues as may from time to time be established by the Board for Individual Members. Individual membership dues are $100 annually and are non-transferrable or refundable. 

"Once your application is submitted, payment will be placed on hold while our ACM Membership Team reviews your information. Approvals will not be processed until the first week of December, and payment will only be run if the membership(s) are approved."