The upcoming 60th annual CMA Awards performer lineup is set to include a string of hitmakers, fan favorites, and a newly minted Country Music Hall of Famer.
The first round of CMA Awards performers includes Kacey Musgraves, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, The Red Clay Strays, Zach Top and Tucker Wetmore, as well as Ella Langley, whose “Choosin’ Texas” has dominated the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 this year. The initial performer lineup reveal also features Tim McGraw, who was just inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame last month.
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The CMAs will also pay tribute to late Country Music Hall of Fame member Dolly Parton, who died in August.
Reigning CMA entertainer of the year Lainey Wilson will host the CMA Awards for a third consecutive year. The awards show will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 18, on ABC and Disney+ and will be available the following day on Hulu.
Langley leads this year’s nominees with nine nods, including entertainer, album (Dandelion), female vocalist, musical event and music video of the year, as well as two nominations for single and song of the year.
Johnson, the reigning CMA male vocalist of the year, is up for four CMA Awards trophies, including entertainer, male vocalist, single and music video of the year. Lambert has seven nominations this year, among them two for single of the year and her 19th nomination for female vocalist of the year (with 70 career nominations, Lambert also holds the record for the most CMA Awards nominations by a female artist). Musgraves has five nominations heading into the awards ceremony, among them album (Middle of Nowhere), female vocalist and song of the year.
The Red Clay Strays are the reigning vocal group of the year and look to retain their title this year. Zach Top, the reigning new artist of the year, is nominated twice heading into this year’s awards ceremony, including male vocalist of the year and album of the year (Ain’t In It for My Health). Wetmore picks up his second CMA Awards nomination this year in the new artist of the year category.
Last year’s CMA Awards winners also included Wilson taking home album of the year for Whirlwind, Langley and Riley Green’s “You Look Like You Love Me” earning song and single of the year, and the Post Malone and Blake Shelton collaboration “Pour Me a Drink” being named musical event of the year.
