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Oh what a night! Well, more like the biggest night! In country music that is. Last night the country music world headed to Nashville, TN, where fans tuned in and artists showed up looking amazing as ever, for a wild celebration of the best music genre in the game (sorry, not sorry!).
The 55th Annual CMA Awards went off with a bang, with a long list of amazing performances, presenters, and of course, nominees and award winners. Luke Bryan, this year’s host, did a bang up job, and was joined by many special guests including Katy Perry, Darius Rucker, Saycon Sengbloh, Dulé Hill and so many more! What a pleasant and fun surprise! We’ve been reminiscing and rewatching clips all day, 'cause every single performance last night was just unreal.
Now let’s talk awards…
Taking the night away was Chris Stapleton, who came in and cleaned house! With five nominations, Stapleton walked away with FOUR awards last night, including Male Vocalist, Album, Single AND Song Of The Year! Kelsea Ballerini closely followed, taking home two awards for her tune featuring Kenny Chesney, "half of my hometown." See below for the full list of winners and nominees.
A huge congratulations goes out to all nominees for this high acknowledgment. Here’s to every single winner, nominee, presenter and performer for making the 2021 CMA Awards Country Music’s Biggest Night!
Full list of nominees for the 2021 CMA Awards:
Entertainer Of The Year
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Female Vocalist Of The Year
Gabby Barrett
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Carly Pearce
Male Vocalist Of The Year
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Vocal Group Of The Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo Of The Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
New Artist Of The Year
Jimmie Allen
Ingrid Andress
Gabby Barrett
Mickey Guyton
HARDY
Album Of The Year
"29" – Carly Pearce (Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Jimmy Robbins; Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore)
"Dangerous: The Double Album" – Morgan Wallen (Producers: Dave Cohen, Matt Dragstrem, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome and Joey Moi; Mix Engineer: Joey Moi)
"Heart" – Eric Church (Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce)
"Skeletons" – Brothers Osborne (Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce)
"Starting Over" – Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
Single Of The Year
"Famous Friends" – Chris Young with Kane Brown (Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young; Mix Engineer: Sean Moffitt)
"The Good Ones" – Gabby Barrett (Producers: Ross Copperman, Zach Kale; Mix Engineers: Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin)
"Hell Of A View" – Eric Church (Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce)
“One Night Standards" – Ashley McBryde (Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce)
"Starting Over" – Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
Song Of The Year
"Forever After All" – Songwriters: Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford
"The Good Ones" – Songwriters: Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick
"Hell Of A View" – Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell
"One Night Standards" – Songwriters: Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde
"Starting Over" – Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton
Musical Event Of The Year
“Buy Dirt” - Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan
“Chasing After You” - Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” - Elle King & Miranda Lambert
“Famous Friends” - Chris Young with Kane Brown
“half of my hometown” - Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
Music Video Of The Year
“Chasing After You” - Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
“Famous Friends” - Chris Young with Kane Brown
“Gone” - Dierks Bentley
“Younger Me” - Brothers Osborne
“half of my hometown” - Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
Musician Of The Year
Jenee Fleenor - Fiddle
Paul Franklin - Steel Guitar
Aaron Sterling - Drums
Ilya Toshinskiy - Banjo
Derek Wells - Guitar
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