The 2024 Country Music Awards passed off on November 20 on the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Hosted by Peyton Manning, Lainey Wilson, and Luke Bryan, the occasion celebrated one of the best in nation music. Ahead of the present, the 48-year-old nation star Luke Bryan shared in a press release to USA Today: “Hosting the CMA Awards is such an honor, and it’s loopy after I understand that is my fourth yr again.” He added, “Peyton and I’ve actually labored to construct off one another and now including Lainey to the combination will simply carry one other enjoyable factor to the evening. Celebrating Country Music by no means will get outdated to me.”
The evening’s large winners included Morgan Wallen, who was a prime nominee for his music “I Had Some Help” that includes Post Malone, and one of many hosts even took house an award. Below is the total listing of winners.
Entertainer of the yr
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen – WINNER
Lainey Wilson
Vocal duo of the yr
Brooks & Dunn – WINNER
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty
Album of the yr
“Deeper Well” – Kacey Musgraves (Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian) (Mix Engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder)
“Fathers & Sons” – Luke Combs (Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton) (Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews)
“Higher” – Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton) (Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
“Leather” – Cody Johnson (Producer: Trent Willmon) (Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke) – WINNER
“Whitsitt Chapel” – Jelly Roll (Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens) (Mix Engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley)
Song of the yr
“Burn It Down” – Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
“Dirt Cheap” – Songwriter: Josh Phillips
“I Had Some Help” – Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post (aka Post Malone), Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters
“The Painter” – Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins
“White Horse” – Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson – WINNER
Single of the yr
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry) (Mix Engineer: Raul Lopez)
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson (Producer: Trent Willmon) (Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke)
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) (Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins) (Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore)
“Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson (Producer: Jay Joyce) (Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce)
“White Horse” – Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton) (Mix Engineer: Vance Powell) – WINNER
Musical occasion of the yr
“Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan) (Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym)
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) (Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins)
“I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (feat. Kacey Musgraves) (Producer: Zach Bryan)
“Man Made a Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church) (Producer: Joey Moi)
“you appear like you’re keen on me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green) (Producer: Will Bundy) – WINNER
Female vocalist of the yr
Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley McBryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson – WINNER
Male vocalist of the yr
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Morgan Wallen
Vocal group of the yr
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion – WINNER
The Red Clay Strays
Zac Brown Band
Music video of the yr
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson (Director: Dustin Haney)
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) (Director: Chris Villa)
“I’m Not Pretty” – Megan Moroney (Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney)
“The Painter” – Cody Johnson (Director: Dustin Haney)
“Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson (Director: Patrick Tracy) – WINNER
New artist of the yr
Megan Moroney – WINNER
Shaboozey
Nate Smith
Mitchell Tenpenny
Zach Top
Bailey Zimmerman
Musician of the yr
Tom Bukovac – Guitar
Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Rob McNelley – Guitar
Charlie Worsham – Guitar – WINNER