55th CMA Awards: Who Won?

by Cindy Watts

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Chris Stapleton and Eric Church are the main nominees on the fifty fifth CMA Awards, which is able to air stay 7 p.m. CT Wednesday from Nashville’s Bridgestone Enviornment on ABC.

Hosted by Luke Bryan, the award present’s different main nominees embody Gabby Barrett, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris and Chris Younger.

The fifty fifth CMA Awards performers embody many nominees and Blake Shelton and Jennifer Hudson, the latter of which is able to honor Aretha Franklin.

To maintain tabs on who’s successful, comply with our working listing. Search for winners’ names in daring. A few of them have already been introduced!

fifty fifth CMA Awards winners:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
• Eric Church
• Luke Combs  
• Miranda Lambert   
• Chris Stapleton
• Carrie Underwood  

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Combine Engineer(s) 
• “Well-known Associates” – Chris Younger with Kane Brown 
Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Younger 
Combine Engineer: Sean Moffitt
• “The Good Ones” – Gabby Barrett 
Producers: Ross Copperman, Zach Kale
Combine Engineers: Buckley Miller
• “Hell Of A View” – Eric Church 
Producer: Jay Joyce 
Combine Engineers: Jason Corridor, Jay Joyce  
• “One Night time Requirements” – Ashley McBryde 
Producer: Jay Joyce 
Combine Engineers: Jason Corridor, Jay Joyce  
• “Beginning Over” – Chris Stapleton
Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton 
Combine Engineer: Vance Powell

ALBUM OF THE YEAR   
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Combine Engineer(s)
• 29 – Carly Pearce
Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Jimmy Robbins 
Combine Engineer: Ryan Gore 
• Harmful: The Double Album – Morgan Wallen 
Producers: Dave Cohen, Matt Dragstrem, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Good-looking and Joey Moi 
Combine Engineer: Joey Moi 
• Coronary heart – Eric Church 
Producer: Jay Joyce
Combine Engineers: Jason Corridor, Jay Joyce
• Skeletons – Brothers Osborne 
Producer: Jay Joyce 
Combine Engineers: Jason Corridor, Jay Joyce
• Beginning Over – Chris Stapleton 
Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton 
Combine Engineer: Vance Powell

SONG OF THE YEAR  
Award goes to Songwriter(s) 
• “Eternally After All”  
Songwriters: Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford 
• “The Good Ones”  
Songwriters: Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick
• “Hell Of A View”  
Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell 
• “One Night time Requirements”  
Songwriters: Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde
• “Beginning Over”  
Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton

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
• Woman A 
• Little Huge City  
• Midland  
• Outdated Dominion   
• Zac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR  
• Brooks & Dunn  
• Brothers Osborne  
• Dan + Shay   
• Florida Georgia Line  
• Maddie & Tae

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR  
Award goes to Artist(s) and Producer(s) 
• “Purchase Dust” – Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan 
Producer: Paul DiGiovanni 
• “Chasing After You” – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris 
Producers: Aaron Eshuis, Teddy Reimer
• “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go House)” – Elle King & Miranda Lambert 
Producer: Martin Johnson and Brandon Paddock
• “Well-known Associates” – Chris Younger with Kane Brown 
Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Younger
• “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (that includes Kenny Chesney) 
Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR  
• Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle 
• Paul Franklin, Metal Guitar 
• Aaron Sterling, Drums 
• Ilya Toshinskiy, Banjo 
• Derek Wells, Guitar 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR  
Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s) 
• “Chasing After You” – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
Director: TK McKamy 
• “Well-known Associates” – Chris Younger with Kane Brown 
Director: Peter Zavadil 
• “Gone” – Dierks Bentley
Administrators: Wes Edwards, Travis Nicholson, Ed Pryor, Working Bear, Sam Siske
• “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (that includes Kenny Chesney) 
Director: Patrick Tracy 
• “Youthful Me” – Brothers Osborne 
Director: Reid Lengthy 

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR  
• Jimmie Allen  
• Ingrid Andress  
• Gabby Barrett  
• Mickey Guyton
• HARDY

“THE fifty fifth ANNUAL CMA AWARDS” – FINALISTS FOR BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR:   

Weekly Nationwide
• “American Nation Countdown” (Kix Brooks) – Westwood One
• “Nation Countdown USA” (Lon Helton) – Westwood One (WINNER)
• “Nation Gold” (Terri Clark) – Westwood One
• “The Criminal & Chase Countdown” (Lorianne Criminal and Charlie Chase) – iHeartMedia
• “Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence” (Tracy Lawrence and Patrick Thomas) – Compass Media Networks

Day by day Nationwide
• “The Huge D and Bubba Present” (Derek Haskins, Sean Powell, Patrick Thomas and Carsen Humphreville) – Compass Media Networks
• “The Bobby Bones Present” (Bobby Bones, Amy Brown, “Lunchbox” Dan Chappell, Eddie Garcia, “Morgan #2” Huelsman, “Raymundo” Ray Slater, “Scuba Steve” Stephen Spradlin, “Mike D” Rodriguez and “Utility Hillary” Borden) – Premiere Networks
• “CMT After Midnite” (Cody Alan) – Premiere Networks (WINNER)
• “The Lia Present” (Lia Knight) – Westwood One
• “The Music Row Blissful Hour” (Buzz Brainard and Ania Hammar) – Sirius XM Satellite tv for pc Radio

Main Market
• “Angie Ward” – WUBL, Atlanta, Ga.
• “Double-L” (Lois Lewis) – KNIX, Phoenix, Ariz. (WINNER)
• “Hawkeye within the Morning with Hawkeye and Michelle” (“Hawkeye” Mark Louis Rybczyk and Michelle Rodriguez) – KSCS, Dallas-Ft. Value, Texas
• “The Morning Bull: George, Mo & Cowboy Dave” (George Lindsey, “Mo” Monica Lunsford and “Cowboy Dave” Bayless) – KILT, Houston, Texas
• “Tampa Bay’s Morning Krewe with J.R., Launa and Kevin” (“J.R.” Jon Jaus, Launa Phillips and Kevin Ebel) – WQYK, Tampa Bay, Fla.

Massive Market
• “Jesse Tack” – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio
• “Jim, Deb & Kevin” (Jim Denny, Deborah Honeycutt and Kevin Freeman) – WFMS, Indianapolis, Ind.
• “Lexi & Banks” (“Lexi” Elena Abatgis and “Banks” Jared Danielson) – KUBL, Salt Lake Metropolis-Ogden-Provo, Utah
• “Ridder, Scott and Shannen” (“Ridder” Shaun Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin, and Shannen Oesterreich) – WMIL, Milwaukee-Racine, Wis. (WINNER)
• “The Wayne D Present” (“Wayne D” Danielson and Taylor Rosenberg) – WSIX, Nashville, Tenn.

Medium Market
• “Brent Michaels” – KUZZ, Bakersfield, Calif.
• “Ellis and Bradley Present” (Invoice Ellis and Beth Bradley) – WSSL, Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.
• “Julie and DJ within the Morning” (“Julie Ok” Kansy and “D.J. Thee Trucker” Dale Sellers) – WPCV, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.
• “Mo & StyckMan” (“Mo” Melissa Wagner and “StyckMan” Greg Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn. (WINNER)
• “Steve & Gina In The Morning” (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton) – KXKT, Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa

Small Market
• “Barrett, Fox & Berry” (Invoice Barrett, Tim Fox and Tracy Berry) – KKNU, Eugene-Springfield, Ore.
• “Dr. Shane and Tess within the Morning” (Shane Collins and Tess Connell) – WPAP, Panama Metropolis, Fla.
• “KTTS Morning Present with Nancy & Rick” (Nancy Simpson and Rick Moore) – KTTS, Springfield, Mo.
• “Liz & Scotty within the Morning” (Liz Del Grosso and Scotty Cox) – KCLR, Columbia, Mo.
• “Steve, Ben and Nikki” (Steve Stroud, Ben Walker and Nikki Thomas) – WXBQ, Johnson Metropolis-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va. (WINNER)

“THE fifty fifth ANNUAL CMA AWARDS” – FINALISTS FOR RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (by market measurement):   

Main Market
• KNIX – Phoenix, Ariz.
• KNUC – Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
• KYGO – Denver-Boulder, Colo. (WINNER)
• WNSH – New York Metropolis, N.Y.
• WXTU – Philadelphia, Pa.
• WYCD – Detroit, Mich.

Massive Market
• WFMS – Indianapolis, Ind.
• WMIL – Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.
• WQDR – Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
• WSIX – Nashville, Tenn.
• WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio (WINNER)

Medium Market
• KATM – Modesto, Calif.
• KXKT – Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
• KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif. (WINNER)
• WQMX – Akron, Ohio
• WXCY – Wilmington, Del.

Small Market
• KCLR – Columbia, Mo. (WINNER)
• KTTS – Springfield, Mo.
• WBYT – South Bend, Ind.
• WXBQ – Johnson Metropolis-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.
• WXFL – Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala.
• WYCT – Pensacola, Fla.