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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 […]

Disney/Scott Kirkland Nate Smith may have three #1 hits under his belt, but earning a CMA New Artist nomination still feels pretty surreal."It does feel good. It's just crazy. I mean, if you knew me, man, from my hometown and growing up and stuff, you'd be like, 'This dork. How is he up here? How did he get these number ones? How [is he] nominated for stuff?'" Nate tells ABC Audio."Honestly, […]

ABC It's always special when an artist gets an Album of the Year nod, but it means even more for Luke Combs when it's his autobiographical Fathers & Sons, an album he dedicated to his two boys."That one's a little extra special, man. To be able to have something like that for [my sons] and just, you know, to do something that you're really passionate about and have it be recognized is always nice," Luke tells ABC Audio.Luke, […]

Luke Combs says he is putting his health first when it comes to his sons, 2-year-old Tex and 1-year-old Beau."Surprisingly, this is the least country thing I've ever said: [I'm] gluten-free now," the country singer told ABC News.Combs, 34, said during a break this summer he noticed that his anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder — which at times have affected him to "a crippling extent," he said — were "flaring up really bad" […]

Disney/Larry McCormack Time sure flies when you've earned five CMA Female Vocalist of the Year nominations like Ashley McBryde."Somebody said that it was the fifth time a while ago, and I was like, 'Oh wow. Wow!'" Ashley marvels in an interview with ABC Audio before Wednesday's show.In addition to being a nominee, Ashley's set to take the stage for a performance that she says is special."It's not necessarily about how fancy can she […]