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.

This isn’t Wilson’s first Entertainer of the Year triumph in 2025. In May, she won the award at the 60th annual ACM Awards. Along with CMA Entertainer of the Year, Wilson nabbed the trophy for two ...

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 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 ...

Veteran artist manager Jim Halsey will be honored with the CMA touring lifetime achievement award at the January ceremony.