The CMA Awards’ Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards is Lainey Wilson! The “Watermelon Moonshine” singer beat out Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen to take home the night’s highest honor. “This is all I’ve ever wanted to do,” an emotional Wilson said during her acceptance speech. “It’s the only thing I know how…
Chris Stapleton is the CMA Awards‘ Male Vocalist of the Year for another year. The father of five has won in the category a total of seven times, including the last three years in a row. “Thank you CMAs,” Stapleton said from stage. “I’ve won a couple of these, and I’m always shocked that I win one. I’m humbled…
Lainey Wilson is continuing her reign as Female Vocalist of the Year, for the second year in a row, at the CMA Awards. The “Watermelon Moonshine” singer already won Album of the Year, for Bell Bottom Country, plus Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year, both for her “wait in the truck” with HARDY. “This is for all…
Lainey Wilson has another CMA Award to add to her growing collection. The Louisiana native, who already won the trophies for Musical Event of the Year and Video of the Year, for “wait in the truck” with HARDY, won the CMA Award for Album of the Year, for Bell Bottom Country. The record was released in October of 2022. “First…
Jelly Roll has his first-ever CMA Award! The Nashville native is nominated for a total of five CMA Awards, receiving his first nominations this year. Jelly Roll shared the New Artist of the Year category with Zach Bryan, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney and Hailey Whitters. “I got a thousand people to thank,” Jelly Roll said, thanking his record label,…
Old Dominion‘s reign as the Vocal Group of the Year is continuing for another year. The five-man group has won the trophy for six consecutive years, an honor that was not lost on them. “This is our view now nightly, and that we will never take for granted,” lead singer Matthew Ramsey said to the packed crowd. “We get…
Brothers Osborne are continuing their reign as the CMA Awards Vocal Duo of the Year. The sibling duo, made up of John and TJ Osborne, won the trophy every year for the last six years. “We’re shocked every year, honestly, when this happens, I thought with the way the night was done that Lainey Wilson and HARDY were going…
The first winner of the 2023 CMA Awards is Luke Combs, for Single of the Year, with “Fast Car.” The song, a cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit, was on Combs’ Gettin’ Old album. ‘First and foremost, I want to thank Tracy Chapman for writing one of the best songs of all time,” Combs said from stage. “I never, never intended…
Thomas Rhett is grateful for his wife, Lauren Akins, every day, but especially today. The father of four offered a sweet tribute to Akins, in honor of her 33rd birthday on November 8. “One year away from being in your mid-thirties!!” Rhett wrote. “Me, Willa Gray, Ada James, Lennon and Lillie are the luckiest people on the planet to have…
Charles Kelley is an entirely different man than he was a little more than a year ago. The Lady A singer celebrated one year of sobriety in September, becoming a perhaps unintentional spokesperson for embracing a healthier side of life, especially within country music. “It wasn’t my goal to go public, but we had a tour planned, and the…
