Letzte Nacht wurden wieder einmal die begehrten Preise der Country Music Association in der Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN verliehen. In diesem Jahr führte Luke Bryan durch den Abend. Die Show wurde wieder live über ABC ausgestrahlt. Es besteht aber Hoffnung, daß wir hier im Countrymusic24-Land eine geschnittene Version davon zu sehen bekommen. der Sender RTL up hat aber noch keinen Sendetermin hierzu veröffentlicht.

Hier die Gewinner der einzelnen Kategorien:

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 – steel 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" - 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 (featuring 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 (featuring Kenny Chesney) - Director: Patrick Tracy
• “Younger Me” - Brothers Osborne - Director: Reid Long