{Editor’s Note:  As we told you recently, there are a few medical problems here at Country’s Chatter, which will keep us from posting daily for a while.  While we are not certain how long it will be before regular postings will begin again, we dd want to make sure we got the winners of this year’s CMA Awards posted, for any of you who may have missed the show.]

 

Ready, set … off we go!  Watching Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning take center stage to host t his year’s CMA Awards.  Thirty-on3 first time nominees…amazing!  I can think of a few that should have been there but aren’t.  Maybe next year.  It was a good show – I am a huge George Strait fan, so that was amazing for me.

Entertainer of the year

  • Luke Combs
  • Jelly Roll
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Morgan Wallen–WINNER
  • Lainey Wilson

Single of the year

  • “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 

Album of the year

  • “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 year

  • “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 Larkin
    “White Horse” – Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson–WINNER

Female vocalist of the year

  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Ashley McBryde
  • Megan Moroney
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Lainey Wilson–WUBBER

Male vocalist of the year

  • Luke Combs
  • Jelly Roll
  • Cody Johnson
  • Chris Stapleton–WINNER 
  • Morgan Wallen

Vocal group of the year

  • Lady A
  • Little Big Town
  • Old Dominion–WINNER 
  • The Red Clay Strays
  • Zac Brown Band

Vocal duo of the year

  • Brooks & Dunn–winner
  • Brothers Osborne
  • Dan + Shay
  • Maddie & Tae
  • The War and Treaty

Musical event of the year

  • “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 look like you love me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green) (Producer: Will Bundy)–WINNER

Musician of the year

  • Tom Bukovac – Guitar
  • Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
  • Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
  • Rob McNelley – Guitar
  • Charlie Worsham – Guitar–WINNER

Music video of the year

  • “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 year

  • Megan Moroney–WINNER 
  • Shaboozey
  • Nate Smith
  • Mitchell Tenpenny
  • Zach Top
  • Bailey Zimmerman
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{Editor's Note:  As we told you recently, there are a few medical problems here at Country's Chatter, which will keep us from posting daily for a while.  While we are not certain how long it will be before regular postings will begin again, we dd want to make sure...