Lainey ensured the CMA Awards started with a bang, and the three-hour broadcast ended with a personal high for her: She was crowned 2025 CMA Entertainer of the Year. That's in addition to her Female ...

Lainey didn't just host and open the CMA Awards, but she was also honored at the event, earning six nominations for the night.

Lainey Wilson welcomed the crowd of the 2025 CMA Awards in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena with a musical monologue that set the stage—literally. While Luke Combs opened the 59th CMA Awards with his ...

The 59th annual Country Music Awards opened with a thunderous standing ovation with Luke Combs’ opening performance of “Back in the Saddle,” setting an electric tone for what is often called country ...

The 59th CMA Awards felt shiny and new on Wednesday night. Credit that to an influx of exciting fresh faces like Ella Langley, Zach Top, Stephen Wilson Jr., and the Red Clay Strays, and a new host in ...

The best dressed on the 2025 CMA Awards red carpet offer style, originality and plenty of confidence. These pictures show dozens of artists unabashedly themselves ahead of Wednesday night's (Nov. 19) ...

After stars including Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll and the Entertainer of the Year-nominated Morgan Wallen skipped the 2025 CMA ...