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Luke Combs won his second Entertainer of the Year honor, and Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson were also double winners at tonight’s 56th annual Country Music Association Awards. "I want to thank country music for making my dreams come true," Combs said in accepting the top honors. "This is my fifth or…

Maren Morris has revealed that she doesn’t feel “comfortable” attending the CMA Awards this year and is possibly skipping the event altogether. The country singer is nominated for album of the year with Humble Quest but may avoid the award show following her feud with Jason Aldean’s wife, social media influencer Britta…

Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning have been tapped to host the 56th Annual CMA Awards. Bryan, a two-time CMA Entertainment of the Year winner, returns for a second consecutive year to host the awards honoring country music’s best, while Manning is hosting for the first time. The awards show will…

Hosted by Dolly Parton alongside co-hosts Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett, the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards was a two-hour concert event livestreamed globally on Prime Video tonight from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. One of the highlights of the show was industry veteran Miranda Lambert receiving the…

This post has been updated with final numbers: The best and the brightest of country music gathered Wednesday for the 2021 Country Music Association Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan. The ceremony, which honored Luke Combs, Carly Pearce and more, earned a 1.1. rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.56 million viewers, per…

It was a big night for Chris Stapleton at the 55th annual Country Music Assn. awards Wednesday, as the singer took home Album of the Year and Single of the Year among his five trophies overall. Stapleton won Song of the Year and Single of the Year for “Starting Over” and took album of the year for his record of the…

Luke Bryan has been tapped to host the 2021 CMA Awards set for Wednesday, November 10 on ABC. It will be Bryan’s CMA Awards hosting debut. The two-time CMA Entertainer of the Year will be the show’s sole co-host after nearly two decades of co-hosts, following Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood’s 11-year run, from 2008…

ABC is staying in business with the Country Music Association. The network and the CMA have extended their broadcast deal through 2026. The new, five-year pact will keep the CMA Awards, as well as CMA broadcast specials CMA Fest and CMA Country Christmas on ABC. The deal represents a big commitment to live awards…

Country singer Morgan Wallen, disqualified from some music awards and largely ditched by country radio since racist video surfaced in February, will be ineligible for this year’s top solo CMA Awards but can compete in collaborative categories such as album or song of the year. Some awards shows, including the Academy…

Walter C. Miller, an award-winning television director and producer who served as an executive producer, producer and consulting producer for the CMA Awards for more than 40 years, died Friday night in Nashville. He was 94. "Walter was an absolute television legend," said Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer…

Fox won Wednesday night in the ratings with its “Kensday” lineup (both shows feature Ken Jeong), starting with The Masked Singer which delivered a 1.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic and netted 5.82 million viewers. The reality singing competition was down a tenth from last week but still set the pace in primetime, on…

Country music icons Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker are set to host the 54th Annual CMA Awards which will air live 8 from Nashville’s Music City Center on November 11, 8-11PM EST on ABC. McEntire and Rucker announced the news live this morning on Good Morning America. "I'm thrilled to be back hosting the CMA Awards…