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The 58th CMA Awards, airing live from Nashville Wednesday on ABC, were nothing if not unpredictable.As expected, co-host Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton took home Female and Male Vocalist of the Year, respectively, but the other categories brought some surprises. Morgan Wallen, who was the leading nominee going into the ceremony, won Entertainer of the Year for the first time, but he wasn't there to accept the night's biggest honor. […]

Disney/Scott Kirkland Backstage at the 2024 CMA Awards, the veterans rubbed elbows with the newcomers.Alabama natives Ella Langley and Riley Green — who actually picked up their Musical Event of the Year trophy for "you look like you love me" on the red carpet prior to the show — marveled at winning on their very first nomination. Ella confessed the hardest part of performing on the show, which started with them sitting […]

Disney/Brian Bowen Smith The biggest names in country music were honored at the 58th annual Country Music Association Awards Wednesday, Nov. 20, hosted once again by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, joined this year by Lainey Wilson.Here is the complete list of winners:ENTERTAINER OF THE YEARMorgan WallenSINGLE OF THE YEAR"White Horse," Chris StapletonALBUM OF THE YEARLeather, Cody JohnsonSONG OF THE YEAR"White Horse," Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan WilsonFEMALE VOCALIST OF THE […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Like Taylor Swift, Jelly Roll is a chart-topping country star who's crossed over to pop. But he says when he actually got to meet Taylor earlier this year at the Grammys, he couldn't even form a proper sentence.Jelly tells People that what he wanted to share with Taylor is that when his daughter Bailee — who's now 16 — was a little girl, he used to […]

Disney/Tanner Yeager Grateful and excited are common feelings when one receives an award nomination. However, another feeling that CMA New Artist nominee Bailey Zimmerman felt was "weird.""It's something that I've never felt before," Bailey recounts to ABC Audio of the moment he found out about his nod. "It was super weird. It didn't feel like real life.""We woke up and saw the news and people were calling me and I called my […]

Disney/Tanner Yeager Parker McCollum's not just a singer, he's a songwriter and prides himself in that art.That's why having "Burn It Down" nominated for CMA Song of the Year means a lot to him."That's as good as it gets for me and that's really the one award I think that carries a bunch of weight for me just as a songwriter, because it is about the songwriting," Parker tells ABC Audio."Just the […]

Disney/Frank Micelotta Old Dominion's been on a winning streak in the CMA Vocal Group of the Year category for the past six years.If they continue their reign this year, they'll earn their seventh trophy and become the second-most-awarded Vocal Group, taking over the title currently held by six-time winners Little Big Town.So how's Old Dominion feeling about potentially taking the crown away from one of country music's nicest groups?"It feels great. Feels real great!" […]

Courtesy of Country Music Association Country Music's Biggest Night is about to get bigger.It's been announced that Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Parker McCollum and Jamey Johnson will perform a tribute to George Strait onstage.Their performance will happen after George receives his 2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.Past CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipients include Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson.The 58th annual CMA Awards, hosted by Lainey, Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, […]

Disney/Scott Kirkland There's a first time for everything, and for Riley Green, 2024 has been the year of numerous firsts — including getting nominated for a CMA Award and being invited to perform onstage."You know, being nominated for a CMA Award, getting to perform at the CMAs is such a huge thing," Riley tells ABC Audio. "It's my first time being nominated for a CMA, and those [types] of accolades, whatever […]