On 10-NOV Luke Bryan will host the 55th Annual CMA Awards which will see five times nominees Eric Church and Chris Stapleton compete with Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert for the Entertainer Of The Year Award and performances by Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban or Thomas Rhett. Here is your ultimate Guide for Country Music’s Biggest Night.
The Nominations for the 55th CMA Awards:
Entertainer of the Year
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Single of the Year
Chris Young with Kane Brown – Famous Friends
Gabby Barrett – The Good Ones
Eric Church – Hell of a View
Ashley McBryde – One Night Standards
Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
Album of the Year
Carly Pearce – 29
Morgan Wallen – Dangerous: The Double Album
Eric Church – Heart
Brothers Osborne – Skeletons
Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
Song of the Year
Luke Combs – Forever After All
Gabby Barrett – The Good Ones
Eric Church – Hell of a View
Ashley McBryde – One Night Standards
Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
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
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old 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
Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan – Buy Dirt
Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris – Chasing After You
Elle King and Miranda Lambert – Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)
Chris Young with Kane Brown – Famous Friends
Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney) – Half of My Hometown
Music Video of the Year
Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris – Chasing After You
Chris Young with Kane Brown – Famous Friends
Dierks Bentley – Gone
Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney) – Half of My Hometown
Brothers Osborne – Younger Me
New Artist of the Year
Jimmie Allen
Ingrid Andress
Gabby Barrett
Mickey Guyton
Hardy
Musician of the Year
Jenee Fleenor, fiddle
Paul Franklin, steel guitar
Aaron Sterling, drums
Ilya Toshinskiy, banjo
Derek Wells, guitar
These are the scheduled performances:
Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood: If I Didn’t Love You
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert: If I Was A Cowboy
Old Dominion: I Was on a Boat That Day
Chris Stapleton: Cold
Chris Young and Kane Brown: Famous Friends
Jimmie Allen: Freedom Was A Highway
Brothers Osborne
Eric Church: Heart on Fire
Dan + Shay: I Should Probably Go To Bed
Mickey Guyton featuring Brittney Spencer and Madeline Edwards: Remember Her Name
Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde: Never Wanted to Be That Girl,
Blake Shelton: Come Back as a Country Boy
Gabby Barrett: The Good Ones.
Dierks Bentley feat. BRELAND and HARDY: Beers On Me
Luke Bryan: Up
Jennifer Hudson
Thomas Rhett: Country Again
Keith Urban: Wild Hearts
Zac Brown Band: Same Boat
These are the Hosts & Presenters:
Luke Bryan
Trace Adkins, Ingrid Andress, Kelsea Ballerini, Deana Carter, Lauren Daigle, Russell Dickerson, Faith Fennidy, Florida Georgia Line, Freddie Freeman, Amy Grant, Dulé Hill, Alan Jackson, Elle King, Lady A, Zachary Levi, Scotty McCreery, Hayley Orrantia, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Darius Rucker, Susan Sarandon, Saycon Sengbloh, Kurt Warner, Lainey Wilson, and Trisha Yearwood.
How to watch the 55th CMA Awards on TV:
USA: 10-NOV at 8:00 ET/7:00 on ABC
Eastern: 8pm (Airing Live)
Central: 7pm (Airing Live)
Mountain: 7pm
Pacific: 8pm
Alaska: 7pm
Hawaii: 7pm
Stream from 11-NOV on Hulu
Canada: 10-NOV at at 8:00 ET/7:00 on CTV2
Australia: 11-NOV at 10:00am on AEDT
Australia: 04-DEC at 2:00pm on Nine
UK: 19-NOV at 10:00pm on BBC 4
UK: 14-NOV Audio broadcast at 7pm on BBC Radio 2
Mexico: 21-NOV at 4:00pm on Multimedios
Germany, Switzerland, Austria: Airing on RTLup at TBD
Latin America: 17-DEC at 21:00 on DirecTV
Norway: Airing on NRK at TBD
Brazil: Airing TBD
