Cody Johnson now has two CMA Awards! The singer, who won his first CMA Award ahead of the live broadcast (for Music Video of the Year for “‘Til You Can’t“), just won his second trophy. Johnson won the CMA Award for Single of the Year, also for “‘Til You Can’t.”
“Matt Rogers wrote, in my opinion, what is one of the greatest country music songs of all time,” Johnson said from the stage. “And I was so blessed to have it in my hands. Trent Willmon, Jack Clarke — these men that are standing behind me, in my opinion, are the greatest producer and the greatest engineer in the business. I’m so thankful to be here.”
Johnson, who also performed the song live during the CMA Awards broadcast, was nominated in two other categories. Johnson was also nominated for New Artist of the Year, which went to Lainey Wilson, and Male Vocalist of the Year.
The Texan knew as soon as he heard “‘Til You Can’t,” that he wanted to include it on his Human: The Double Album, even though he didn’t write it.
“We were like, ’This needs to be a message,’” Johnson said, via CMT, of including it on the record. “If you’ve got a chance, take the chance. Go out and chase your dreams until you can’t. Every one of us, you try not to think about it every day, but we all have an expiration date. From now until that expiration date, it’s about chase your dreams, take your chance, tell people you love that you love them. It turned into this happy, anthemic experience.”
Johnson will release a new live album, Cody Johnson & The Rockin’ CJB Live, on December 2.
“There is nothing I enjoy more than getting to play live shows with this band,” Johnson says of his new record. “We’ve travelled a lot of miles in the last 15 years and lived a lot of life together. This record is allowing us to deliver a live concert directly to the fans.”
See a complete list of all of the CMA Awards winners here.