The CMA Awards return Wednesday with nation music heavyweights and fast-rising Nashville newcomers hoping to hoist one of many evening’s dozen trophies.
Eric Church and Chris Stapleton lead nominations with 5 every, together with nods in Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. They’ll face top-notch competitors for Entertainer of the Year, with Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert additionally vying for the evening’s prime prize.
And the CMA Awards started awarding trophies early Wednesday, with Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney scoring Music Video and Musical Event of the Year for duet “Half of My Hometown.” They swept two pre-show classes revealed on ABC program “Good Morning America.”
The primetime present kicks off reside from Bridgestone Arena at 7 p.m. on ABC. Who’ll deliver house Album of the Year? Or New Artist of the Year? And, after all, what about Entertainer?
CMA Awards predictions: Who will win (and who ought to) at this 12 months’s award present
Follow alongside all through the present for an up to date checklist of winners.
2021 CMA Awards winners
(winners marked in daring)
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
Musician of the Year
Jenee Fleenor – fiddle
Paul Franklin – metal guitar
Aaron Sterling – drums
Ilya Toshinskiy – banjo
Derek Wells – guitar
Album of the Year
(Award goes to Artist, Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))
“29” 0 Carly Pearce
- Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Jimmy Robbins
- Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore
- Big Machine Records
“Dangerous: The Double Album” – Morgan Wallen
- Producers: Dave Cohen, Matt Dragstrem, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome and Joey Moi
- Mix Engineer: Joey Moi
- Big Loud Records / Republic Records
“Heart” – Eric Church
- Producer: Jay Joyce
- Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
- EMI Records Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
“Skeletons” – Brothers Osborne
- Producer: Jay Joyce
- Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
- EMI Records Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
“Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton
- Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton
- Mix Engineer: Vance Powell
- Mercury Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
Single of the Year
(Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))
“Famous Friends” – Chris Young with Kane Brown
- Producers: Corey Crowder and Chris Young
- Mix Engineer: Sean Moffitt
- RCA Nashville
“The Good Ones” – Gabby Barrett
- Producers: Ross Copperman and Zach Kale
- Mix Engineers: Chris Galland and Manny Marroquin
- Warner Music Nashville
“Hell Of A View” – Eric Church
- Producer: Jay Joyce
- Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
- EMI Records Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
“One Night Standards” – Ashley McBryde
- Producer: Jay Joyce
- Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
- Warner Music Nashville
“Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton
- Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton
- Mix Engineer: Vance Powell
- Mercury Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
Song of the Year
(Award goes to Songwriter(s))
“Forever After All” – Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford
“The Good Ones” – Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick
“Hell Of A View” – Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell
“One Night Standards” – Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde
“Starting Over” – Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton
Musical Event of the Year
(Award goes to Artist(s) and Producer(s))
“Buy Dirt” – Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan
- Producer: Paul DiGiovanni
- MCA Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
“Chasing After You” – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
- Producers: Aaron Eshuis and Teddy Reimer
- Arista Nashville
“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” – Elle King & Miranda Lambert
- Producer: Martin Johnson
- RCA Records / Columbia Nashville
“Famous Friends” – Chris Young with Kane Brown
- Producers: Corey Crowder and Chris Young
- RCA Nashville
“half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (that includes Kenny Chesney)
- Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman and Jimmy Robbins
- Black River Entertainment
Music Video of the Year
(Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s))
“Chasing After You” – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
- Director: TK McKamy
“Famous Friends” – Chris Young with Kane Brown
- Director: Peter Zavadil
“Gone” – Dierks Bentley
- Directors: Wes Edwards, Travis Nicholson, Ed Pryor, Running Bear and Sam Siske
“half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (that includes Kenny Chesney)
- Director: Patrick Tracy
“Younger Me” – Brothers Osborne
- Director: Reid Long
The CMA Awards honor the perfect nation music, performances and music movies of the 12 months, chosen by greater than 7,300 members of the Country Music Association.
The occasion is happening in Nashville with pandemic protocols in place. Those in attendance might want to present proof of vaccination or a destructive Covid-19 check taken inside 72 hours of the present. Audience members can even be required to the place masks.
Here’s methods to watch:
Where to observe
The awards present will air on ABC at 8 p.m. ET. The present will also be streamed reside on the community’s app and on streaming providers like Hulu + Live TV.
The pre-show
ABC will air pre-show protection beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET on the community.
The host
Country star Luke Bryan is internet hosting the present.
Nominees
Nominees embrace Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs and Old Dominion. Some nominees can even carry out, together with Stapleton, Jimmie Allen, Brothers Osborne and Dan + Shay. The full checklist of nominees will be discovered right here.
Performances
Other performances among the many 20 scheduled embrace artists like Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett. Jason Aldean will be a part of Underwood for “If I Didn’t Love You.”
