Country music’s biggest stars will be honored at the 56th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday night.
Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning will co-host the 2022 Awards Ceremony at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The star-studded show airs he live on ABC at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific.
Going into the big night, Rainie Wilson leads with six nominations, followed closely by Ashley McBride, Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton and Shane McAnally with five nominations each.
Prior to the awards ceremony, the winners in the Music Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year categories were unveiled exclusively on Good Morning America.
Cody Johnson wins Music Video of the Year for ‘Till You Can’t’; Carly Pearce and Ashley McBride at music event for ‘Never Wanted to Be That Girl’・Won the award of the year.
Check out everything you need to know before the show here.
Check out the full list of winners below. It is continuously updated through telecasts.
song of the year
- “Buy Dirt” – Songwriters: Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins – Winner
- “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” – Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Ashley McBride, Carly Pearce
- “Sand In My Boots” – Songwriters: Ashley Gorey, Michael Hardy, Josh Osborne
- “Things A Man Oughta Know” – Songwriters: Jason Nicks, Jonathan Singleton, Rainie Wilson
- “You Should Probably Leave” – Songwriters: Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley, Chris Stapleton
Vocal Duo of the Year
- brooks & dun
- Brothers Osborne – Winner
- Dan + Shay
- locache
- Maddie & Tae
music video of the year
- “I Bet You Think About Me” (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) — Taylor Swift (featuring Chris Stapleton) (Director: Blake Lively)
- “Longneck Way To Go” — Midland (feat. John Purdy) (Director: Harper Smith)
- “Never Say Never” — Cole Swindell (with Rainie Wilson) (Director: Michael Monaco)
- “Never Want To Be That Girl” — Carly Pearce and Ashley McBride (directed by Alexa Campbell)
- “‘Til You Can’t” — Cody Johnson (Director: Dustin Haney) – Winner
music event of the year
- “Beers On Me” — Deeks Bentley with BRELAND & HARDY (Producers: Deeks Bentley, Ross Copperman)
- “If I Don’t Love You” — Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood (Producer: Michael Knox)
- “Longneck Way To Go” — Midland (featuring Jon Pardi) (Producers: Dann Huff, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne)
- “Never Say Never” — Cole Swindell (with Lainey Wilson) (Producer: Zach Crowell)
- “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” — Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde (Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne) – WINNER
Entertainer of the Year
- Luke Combs
- Miranda Lambert
- Chris Stapleton
- carrie underwood
- Morgan Warren
Single of the Year
- “Buy Dirt” — Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan (Producer: Paul DiGiovanni, Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley)
- “half of my hometown” — Kelsea Ballerini (feat. Kenny Chesney) (Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins, Mix Engineer: Dan Grech-Marguerat)
- “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” — Carly Pierce and Ashley McBride (Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore)
- “‘Til You Can’t” — Cody Johnson (Producer: Trent Willmon, Mix Engineer: Jack Clark)
- “You Should Probably Leave” — Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
album of the year
- “Growin’ Up” — Luke Combs (Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton, Mix Engineers: Jim Cooley, Chip Matthews)
- “Humble Quest” — Maren Morris (Producer: Greg Kurstin, Mix Engineer: Serban Ghenea)
- “Palomino” — Miranda Lambert (Producers: Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Mikey Reeves, Mix Engineer: Jason Lehning)
- “Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin'” — Rainie Wilson (Producer: Jay Joyce, Mix Engineer: F. Reed Shippen)
- “Time, Tequila & Therapy” — Old Dominion (Producers: Shane McAnally, Old Dominion, Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank)
female vocalist of the year
- Miranda Lambert
- Ashley McBride
- carly pierce
- carrie underwood
- Rainie Wilson
male vocalist of the year
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs
- Cody Johnson
- Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Warren
Vocal Group of the Year
- Lady A
- little big town
- Midland
- old dominion
- zak brown band
Musician of the Year
- Jenny Flener, fiddle
- Paul Franklin, steel guitar
- Brent Mason, guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky, Banjo
- Derek Wells, guitar
new artist of the year
- Hardy
- Walker Hayes
- Cody Johnson
- Parker McCallum
- Rainie Wilson