The 59th annual CMA Awards present is being telecast reside by ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Enviornment. Scroll right down to see the 2025 winners as they’re named over the course of the three-hour present.
Ella Langley obtained off to a quick begin, successful the primary award to be broadcast over the air Wednesday evening, as her duet with Riley Inexperienced, “You Look Like You Love Me,” gained single of the yr. That really put the tally for Langley and Inexperienced at two apiece to start out off with, as they’d already been introduced previous to the telecast as winners of the music video of the yr prize.
Brooks & Dunn gained vocal duo of the yr for a sixteenth time. “I heard earlier within the evening, ‘You ever get sick of this?’ Hell no!” exclaimed Kix Brooks.
In lieu of a comedic monologue, host Lainey Wilson sang a medley of contemporary nation classics, approaching the originators of the songs within the viewers — together with Brooks & Dunn throughout a snippet of “Hillbilly Deluxe,” Langley throughout “You Look Like You Love Me,” Gretchen Wilson on “Redneck Girl,” Woman A on “Want You Now,” Shaboozey on “Tipsy.” When Lainey got here as much as Little Large City, they stunned the viewers by pulling out mics to take over their track “Woman Crush,” and again on stage, Keith City introduced out his guitar to jam with Wilson on “The place the Blacktop Ends.”
Wilson is the only host this yr after co-hosting with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning in 2024. She joked about receiving texts from each males, together with Bryan supposedly cluelessly writing her: “Lainey, what evening is the present?”
Luke Combs and Megan Moroney gave the primary two full performances of the telecast.
Here’s a full checklist of the 2025 nominations, with the winners’ names showing in daring because the classes are introduced:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
• Luke Combs
• Cody Johnson
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen
• Lainey Wilson
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Combine Engineer(s)
• “4x4xU” – Lainey Wilson
Producer: Jay Joyce
Combine Engineers: Jason Corridor, Jay Joyce
• “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” – Luke Combs
Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
Combine Engineer: Chip Matthews
• “Am I Okay?” – Megan Moroney
Producer: Kristian Bush
Combine Engineer: Justin Niebank
• “I By no means Lie” – Zach Prime
Producer: Carson Chamberlain
Combine Engineer: Matt Rovey
• “You Look Like You Love Me” – Ella Langley & Riley Inexperienced
Producer: Will Bundy
Combine Engineer: Jim Cooley
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist, Producer(s) and Combine Engineer(s)
• “Am I Okay?” – Megan Moroney
Producer: Kristian Bush
Combine Engineer: Justin Niebank
• “Chilly Beer & Nation Music” – Zach Prime
Producer: Carson Chamberlain
Combine Engineer: Matt Rovey
• “F-1 Trillion” – Put up Malone
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking, Hoskins
Combine Engineer: Ryan Gore
• “I’m the Drawback” – Morgan Wallen
Producers: Jacob Durrett, Charlie Good-looking, Joey Moi
Combine Engineers: Charlie Good-looking, Joey Moi
• “Whirlwind” – Lainey Wilson
Producer: Jay Joyce
Combine Engineers: Jason Corridor, Jay Joyce
SONG OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Songwriter(s)
• “4x4xU”
Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson
• “Am I Okay?”
Songwriters: Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney
• “I By no means Lie”
Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Prime
• “Texas”
Songwriters: Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock
• “You Look Like You Love Me”
Songwriters: Riley Inexperienced, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Miranda Lambert
• Ella Langley
• Megan Moroney
• Lainey Wilson
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
• Luke Combs
• Cody Johnson
• Chris Stapleton
• Zach Prime
• Morgan Wallen
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
• Woman A
• Little Large City
• Previous Dominion
• Rascal Flatts
• The Purple Clay Strays
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
• Brooks & Dunn
• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Maddie & Tae
• The Struggle and Treaty
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artists and Producer(s)
• “Don’t Thoughts if I Do” – Riley Inexperienced (that includes Ella Langley)
Producers: Scott Borchetta, Jimmy Harnen, Dann Huff
• “Onerous Fought Hallelujah” – Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
Producer: Micah Nichols
• “I’m Gonna Love You” – Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
Producer: Trent Willmon
• “Pour Me a Drink” – Put up Malone (feat. Blake Shelton)
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Good-looking
• “You Needed to Be There” – Megan Moroney (feat. Kenny Chesney)
Producer: Kristian Bush
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
• Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
• Paul Franklin – Metal Guitar
• Brent Mason – Guitar
• Rob McNelley – Guitar
• Derek Wells – Guitar
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s)
• “Am I Okay?” – Megan Moroney
Administrators: Alexandra Gavillet, Megan Moroney
• “I’m Gonna Love You” – Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
Director: Dustin Haney
• “Someplace Over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson
Director: TK McKamy
• “Assume I’m in Love With You” – Chris Stapleton
Director: Operating Bear
• “You Look Like You Love Me” – Ella Langley & Riley Inexperienced
Administrators: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
• Ella Langley
• Shaboozey
• Zach Prime
• Tucker Wetmore
• Stephen Wilson Jr.
