No mention was made of the recent, well-reported social media altercation between Jason Aldean and Maren Morris, in which Aldean's wife, the influencer Brittany, uploaded an Instagram video that Morris slammed as transphobic. They were all there even though Morris had previously indicated she may not show up. (Aldean and Morris each had a single nomination but did not take home any hardware.)
No one brought up politics or current events, even though co-host Luke Bryan issued an explanation for inviting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) onstage at a recent concert last week. However, Peyton Manning joked that Bryan's campaign slogan could be "A candidate who will never plead the Fifth, but he will drink the Fifth."
Both Cody Johnson and Lainey Wilson, who are both relatively new to the music scene, won two awards, tying them with Combs. Johnson won both the single and music video awards for his incredibly catchy single "Til You Can't," while Wilson won both the new artist and female vocalist awards. Both Old Dominion and Brothers Osborne maintained their momentum as the top group and duet in the business, while Jordan Davis's most recent hit, "Buy Dirt" (which included Bryan, his labelmate), earned song of the year.
Here are some of the evening's highlights, as well as a complete list of winners and nominations.
Loretta Lynn's death at the age of 90 last month shocked many in the country music industry, who were mourning the loss of a pioneer who opened doors for many women. First, archival video from 1972, when Lynn became the first woman to win the CMA's artist of the year award, was played, followed by a tribute performance by Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and Reba McEntire.You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) by Underwood, Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) by Lambert, You're Looking at Country by McEntire, and "Coal Miner's Daughter" by all three were performed in a scintillating medley of some of Lynn's best singles. Both Underwood and Lambert walked home empty-handed, despite the fact that it would have been proper for a woman to win entertainer of the year for the first time since Taylor Swift won the prize in 2011.
For fans of country music from the '90s, this was the moment they had been anticipating for years: When Jo Dee Messina and Cole Swindell took the stage together to perform "She Had Me At Heads Carolina," a reinvention of Messina's 1996 hit "Heads Carolina, Tails California," the crowd went wild.Swindell, who has had numerous successful songs in the past, saw this one explode during the summer and autumn, spending five weeks at the top of the radio charts (because, as everyone in Nashville knows, the '90s nostalgia phenomenon is real and overpowering). This week, just in time for their CMAs performance, Swindell and Messina released a remix of the song they worked on together.
From: Ecomhao.com
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