The 55th Annual CMA Awards honored the best of the best in country music on Wednesday night (November 10). Streamed live from Bridgestone Arena, the nation’s top performers saw the night, such as Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett and Miranda Lambert take the stage for top notch performances.
Kelsea Ballerini kicked off the night by winning two (non-televised) Music Video of the Year awards for “Half My Hometown” with Kenny Chesney and Music Event of the Year for the same song with Chesney.
Here are the winners of the 55th CMA Awards:
(The American songwriter will update the list as the night begins – check back for all the winners)
HOST OF THE YEAR
Eric Church
**Luc Combs – WINNER
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Gabby Barrett
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
**Carly Pearce – WINNER
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Luc Combs
Thomas rhett
**Chris Stapleton – WINNER
VOICE GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lady A
Small big city
Midland
**Old Dominion – WINNER
Zac Brown Band
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Brooks & dunn
**Osborne Brothers – WINNER
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
** Jimmie Allen – WINNER
Ingrid Andréss
Gabby Barrett
Mickey guyton
ROBUST
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
**Jenee Fleenor – Violin – WINNER
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Aaron Sterling – Drums
Ilya Tochinskiy – Banjo
Derek Wells – Guitar
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The prize is awarded to the artist, producer (s) and mixing engineer (s)
29 | Carly Pearce
Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Jimmy Robbins
Mixing engineer: Ryan Gore
Dangerous: the double album | Morgan wallen
Producers: Dave Cohen, Matt Dragstrem, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome and Joey Moi
Mixing engineer: Joey Moi
Heart | Eric Church
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
Skeletons | Osborne Brothers
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
**Restart | Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton
Mixing engineer: Vance Powell
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
The prize is awarded to artists, producers and mixing engineers
“Famous Friends” | Chris Young with Kane Brown | RCA Nashville
Producers: Corey Crowder and Chris Young
Mixing engineer: Sean Moffitt
“The good guys” | Gabby Barrett | Warner Music Nashville
Producers: Ross Copperman and Zach Kale
Mixing engineers: Chris Galland and Manny Marroquin
“A view from hell” | Éric Church | EMI Records Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
“One night standards” | Ashley McBryde | Warner Music Nashville
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineers: Jason Hall and Jay Joyce
**“Start over” | Chris Stapleton | Mercury Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville – WINNER
Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton
Mixing engineer: Vance Powell
SONG OF THE YEAR
The prize is awarded to the composer (s)
“Forever after all”
Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford
“The good ones”
Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick
“A view from hell”
Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell
“One night’s standards”
Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde
**“Restart” – WINNER
Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
The prize goes to artists and producers
‘Buy dirt’ | Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan | MCA Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville
Producer: Paul DiGiovanni
“Chasing you” | Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris | Arista Nashville
Producers: Aaron Eshuis and Teddy Reimer
“Drunk (and I don’t want to go home)” | Elle King & Miranda Lambert | RCA Records / Columbia Nashville
Producer: Martin Johnson
“Famous Friends” | Chris Young with Kane Brown | RCA Nashville
Producers: Corey Crowder and Chris Young
**“Half of my hometown” | Kelsea Ballerini (with Kenny Chesney) | Entertainment in Rivière Noire – WINNER
Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman and Jimmy Robbins
MUSICAL VIDEO OF THE YEAR
The prize is awarded to artists and directors
“Chasing you” | Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
Director: TK McKamy
“Famous Friends” | Chris Young with Kane Brown
Director: Peter Zavadil
“Party” | Dierks Bentley
Directors: Wes Edwards, Travis Nicholson, Ed Pryor, Running Bear and Sam Siske
**“Half of my hometown” | Kelsea Ballerini (with Kenny Chesney) – WINNER
Director: Patrick Tracy
“Me younger” | Osborne Brothers
Director: Reid Long
