One dozen additional performers have been added to the lineup for the 2024 CMA Awards, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 20. Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, and Noah Kahan will take the stage at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, plus Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church, Riley Green, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Ella …
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Post Malone, Chris Stapleton, Dierks Bentley, and Shaboozey are among the artists who will take the stage at the 2024 CMA Awards, taking place Nov. 20 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Luke Bryan and Lainey Wilson — who will both co-host the award show alongside Peyton Manning — will each also …
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Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning, and Lainey Wilson will host one of country music’s biggest nights. ABC and the Country Music Association announced Monday that the trio will take the stage as co-hosts of the 58th CMA Awards. The 2024 CMAs marks Bryan’s fourth consecutive run as a CMAs host. In …
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The nominations have been announced for the 2024 CMA Awards and this year’s crop of nominees include a number of familiar faces, a few new names, and the return of a past winner. Morgan Wallen is the top nominee with seven total nods, mostly on the strength of his chart-topping …
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The CMA Awards lit a fire in Beyoncé in 2016. At that year’s ceremony, she took the stage with the Chicks to perform “Daddy Lessons,” the country cut from Lemonade. There was bristling within the audience, the first spark of contention. Online, scandalized viewers torched the appearance. They spewed their …
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Morgan Wallen and Eric Church’s friendship is well-documented, so it shouldn’t have been too much of a shock when the elder statesman, who’s been a mentor of sorts to Wallen, joined him for what was billed as a performance with a “surprise guest” at the 2023 CMA Awards. Together, the …
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Chris Stapleton might be having the busiest week in Nashville. Just two days before the release of his fifth album, Higher, the 45-year-old singer performed “White Horse,” the album’s storming lead single, on this year’s CMA Awards. Backed by his core band, including wife Morgan Stapleton on vocals, and with …
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Lainey Wilson delivered a triumphant performance of “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” during Wednesday night’s CMA Awards in Nashville. A track off her Album of the Year-contending Bell Bottom Country, the cinematic song was written by Wilson with Trannie Anderson and Paul Sikes and delivers a message of perseverance and freedom …
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Kelsea Ballerini took the stage at the 2023 CMA Awards to perform her vulnerable breakup song “Leave Me Again.” With just her voice and her acoustic guitar, she delivered one of the highlight performances of the evening, an understated gem that further proved Ballerini is gliding into her superstar era. …
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Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band, and Mac MacAnally all took the stage at the 2023 CMA Awards to celebrate the music of Jimmy Buffett, who died earlier this year. Chesney and MacAnally, a longtime member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, kicked things off with a faithful acoustic rendition …
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