The 58th CMA Awards were held Wednesday night in Nashville, with artists like Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, and Post Malone all nominated for various awards. Here’s where you can find all the winners. The 2024 CMA Awards winners list:Entertainer of the YearLuke CombsJelly RollChris StapletonMorgan Wallen – WINNERLainey …
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Those in the know classify Dierks Bentley’s 2010 bluegrass detour, Up on the Ridge, as his best all-around album. During Wednesday night’s 2024 CMA Awards, the country singer scratched that string-music itch again, performing a version of Tom Petty’s 1977 anthem “American Girl” as a bluegrass rave-up with a trio …
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Shaboozey was on a high coming into the 2024 CMA Awards, having received two nods in his debut year as a nominee and a performance slot to showcase a mix of his breakthrough hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and his recent single “Highway.” But what should have been a night …
Read More »Post Malone and Chris Stapleton Open CMA Awards With 'California Sober'
The 2024 CMA Awards opened with a performance that paired the traditional with the face-tattooed: Chris Stapleton and Post Malone took the stage on Wednesday night to perform “California Sober,” the duo’s collab on Posty’s F-1 Trillion album. Both Malone and Stapleton are nominated for Song and Single of the …
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Shaboozey took another victory lap in his breakthrough year with his debut performance at the 2024 CMA Awards. The musician took the stage for an electric performance of his record-breaking single “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which he preceded with a bit of his song “Highway.” “A Bar Song,” a juggernaut …
Read More »Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan Shut Down Toxic Masculinity With 'Cowboys Cry Too' at CMA Awards
Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan gave all the cowboys in Nashville permission to get a little teary-eyed at the 2024 CMA Awards. The pair took the stage for a performance of their anti-toxic-masculinity duet “Cowboys Cry Too,” a nominee for Musical Event of the Year. “In our world and culture …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves Performs 'The Architect' at the 2024 CMA Awards
It made perfect sense: The song Kacey Musgraves chose to perform at this year’s CMA Awards is also, by a long measure, the most traditionally country song on her 2024 album Deeper Well. It’s also, perhaps not coincidentally, the only song on the record co-written with her old Music Row …
Read More »2024 CMA Awards Livestream: How to Watch the Ceremony Without Cable
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The 2024 Country Music Association Awards have arrived, gathering the industries’ biggest stars in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena tonight. Morgan Wallen sits atop this year’s list of nominees with …
Read More »2024 CMA Awards Livestream: How to Watch the Ceremony Without Cable
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The 2024 Country Music Association Awards have arrived, gathering the industries’ biggest stars in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena tonight. Morgan Wallen sits atop this year’s list of nominees with …
Read More »The Red Clay Strays Say They're Not Really Country. A Rocking New Live Album Backs That Up
The Red Clay Strays are arguably the hottest new act on the scene when it comes to Americana and rock music, but despite their ripping electric guitars and rockabilly swagger, the Alabama band are often classified as country. Lead singer Brandon Coleman can’t seem to figure out why. “I don’t …
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