COUNTRY MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT IS TONIGHT 8PM ON ABC
53RD ANNUAL CMA AWARDS
The show will open with an all-female medley . . . and wow! We're talking Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Terri Clark, Sara Evans, Crystal Gayle, Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles, Tanya Tucker, Gretchen Wilson, The Highwomen, Maren Morris, and more!
Performers: Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Dolly Parton with for King & Country and Zach Williams, Pink and Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, and more.
The CMAs announced some big-time collaborations for the show. Blake Shelton and Garth Brooks will perform "Dive Bar" . . . Brothers Osborne will join Brooks & Dunn to do "Hard Workin' Man" . . . Willie Nelson and Kacey Musgraves will be doing a "heartwarming collaboration" . . . and Halsey will join Lady Antebellum for a "genre-defying mashup."
MAREN MORRIS - SIX NOMINATIONS
Single of the Year (GIRL)
Album of the Year (GIRL)
Song of the Year (GIRL)
Female Vocalist of the Year
Musical Event of the Year (All My Favorite People)
Music Video of the Year (GIRL)
BROTHERS OSBORNE - FOUR NOMINATIONS
Single of the Year (Burning Man)
Vocal Duo of the Year
Musical Event of the Year (All My Favorite People)
Music Video of the Year (Burning Man)
DIERKS BENTLEY - THREE NOMINATIONS
Single of the Year (Burning Man)
Male Vocalist of the Year
Music Video of the Year (Burning Man)
ERIC CHURCH - THREE NOMINATIONS
Entertainer of the Year
Album of the Year (Desperate Man)
Music Video of the Year (Some Of It)
LUKE COMBS - THREE NOMINATIONS
Song of the Year (Beautiful Crazy)
Male Vocalist of the Year
Musical Event of the Year (Brand New Man)
DAN + SHAY - THREE NOMINATIONS
Single of the Year (Speechless)
Album of the Year (Dan + Shay)
Vocal Duo of the Year
BLAKE SHELTON - THREE NOMINATIONS
Single of the Year (God's Country)
Musical Event of the Year (Dive Bar)
Music Video of the Year (God's Country)
CHRIS STAPLETON - THREE NOMINATIONS
Entertainer of the Year
Single of the Year (Millionaire)
Male Vocalist of the Year
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - THREE NOMINATIONS
Entertainer of the Year
Album of the Year (Cry Pretty)
Female Vocalist of the Year