Woensdagavond werd in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena de 55ste CMA Awards gehouden. Optredende artiesten waren Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley ft. Breland en Hardy, Luke Bryan, Jennifer Hudson, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban,Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean en Carrie Underwood, Old Dominion, Chris Stapleton, Chris Young, Kane Brown, Jimmie Allen, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Dan + Shay, Mickey Guyton ft. Brittney Spencer en Madeline Edwards, Carly Pearce en Ashley McBryde en Blake Shelton.
Een samenvatting van de CMA Awards wordt op vrijdag 19 november van 23.00 – 00.00 uur uitgezonden via BBC Four. Ook het duitse RTL Up (v/h RTL Plus) gaat een samenvatting uitzenden. Een datum is echter nog niet bekend.
Een overzicht van de winnaars en de genomineerden:
Entertainer of the Year
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs = WINNAAR
- Miranda Lambert
- Chris Stapleton
- Carrie Underwood
Female Vocalist of the Year
- Gabby Barrett
- Miranda Lambert
- Ashley McBryde
- Maren Morris
- Carly Pearce = WINNAAR
Male Vocalist of the Year
- Dierks Bentley
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs
- Thomas Rhett
- Chris Stapleton = WINNAAR
Vocal Group of the Year
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Midland
- Old Dominion = WINNAAR
- Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne = WINNAAR
- Dan + Shay
- Florida Georgia Line
- Maddie & Tae
New Artist of the Year
- Jimmie Allen = WINNAAR
- Ingrid Andress
- Gabby Barrett
- Mickey Guyton
- Hardy
Album of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))
- 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) = WINNAAR
Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter(s))
- “Forever After All,” Luke Combs (Songwriters: Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford)
- “The Good Ones,” Gabby Barrett (Songwriters: Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick)
- “Hell of a View,” Eric Church (Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell)
- “One Night Standards,” Ashley McBryde (Songwriters: Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde)
- “Starting Over,” Chris Stapleton (Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton) = WINNAAR
Single of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))
- “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) = WINNAAR
Musical Event of the Year (Awarded to Artists and Producer(s))
- “Buy Dirt,” Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan (Producer: Paul DiGiovanni)
- “Chasing After You,” Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris (Producers: Aaron Eshuis, Teddy Reimer)
- “Drunk (and I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” Elle King & Miranda Lambert (Producer: Martin Johnson)
- “Famous Friends,” Chris Young with Kane Brown (Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young)
- “Half of My Hometown,” Kelsea Ballerini (feat. Kenny Chesney) (Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins) = WINNAAR
Music Video of the Year (Awarded 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, Sam Siske)
- “Half of My Hometown,” Kelsea Ballerini (feat. Kenny Chesney) (Director: Patrick Tracy) = WINNAAR
- “Younger Me,” Brothers Osborne (Director: Reid Long)
Musician of the Year
- Jenee Fleenor, fiddle = WINNAAR
- Paul Franklin, steel guitar
- Aaron Sterling, drums
- Ilya Toshinskiy, banjo
- Derek Wells, guitar
