Lainey Wilson opened the show<\/a> with a medley of country favorites, including Brooks & Dunn\u2019s Hillbilly Deluxe, Miranda Lambert\u2019s Gunpowder and Lead, and Gretchen Wilson\u2019s Redneck Woman.<\/p>\nShe went into the night with six nominations and hosted the ceremony.<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t break Lambert\u2019s all-time CMA record, but she did score wins in three categories, including Entertainer of the Year.<\/p>\n
Winners and Nominees of the CMAs<\/strong><\/p>\nEntertainer of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Luke Combs
\u2022 Cody Johnson
\u2022 Chris Stapleton
\u2022 Morgan Wallen
\u2022 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\nAlbum of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Am I Okay? \u2013 Megan Moroney
\u2022 Cold Beer & Country Music \u2013 Zach Top
\u2022 F-1 Trillion \u2013 Post Malone
\u2022 I’m the Problem \u2013 Morgan Wallen
\u2022 Whirlwind \u2013 Lainey Wilson<\/strong> – WINNER<\/p>\nFemale Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Kelsea Ballerini
\u2022 Miranda Lambert
\u2022 Ella Langley
\u2022 Megan Moroney
\u2022 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\nMale Vocalist of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Luke Combs
\u2022 Cody Johnson – <\/strong>WINNER
\u2022 Chris Stapleton
\u2022 Zach Top
\u2022 Morgan Wallen<\/p>\nVocal Group of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Lady A
\u2022 Little Big Town
\u2022 Old Dominion
\u2022 Rascal Flatts
\u2022 The Red Clay Strays – <\/strong>WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\nVocal Duo of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Brooks & Dunn – <\/strong>WINNER<\/strong><\/strong>
\u2022 Brothers Osborne
\u2022 Dan + Shay
\u2022 Maddie & Tae
\u2022 The War and Treaty<\/p>\nNew Artist of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Ella Langley
\u2022 Shaboozey
\u2022 Zach Top<\/strong> \u2013 WINNER
\u2022 Tucker Wetmore
\u2022 Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\nSong of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 \u201c4x4xU\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson
\u2022 \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney
\u2022 \u201cI Never Lie\u201d \u2013 Zach Top
\u2022 \u201cTexas\u201d \u2013 Blake Shelton
\u2022 \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley and Riley Green<\/strong> \u2013 WINNER<\/p>\nSingle of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 \u201c4x4xU\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson
\u2022 \u201cAin\u2019t No Love in Oklahoma\u201d \u2013 Luke Combs
\u2022 \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney
\u2022 \u201cI Never Lie\u201d \u2013 Zach Top
\u2022 \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley and Riley Green<\/strong> \u2013 WINNER<\/p>\nMusic Video of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney
\u2022 \u201cI’m Gonna Love You\u201d \u2013 Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood
\u2022 \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson
\u2022 \u201cThink I’m in Love With You\u201d \u2013 Chris Stapleton
\u2022 \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley and Riley Green<\/strong> \u2013 WINNER<\/p>\nMusical Event of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 \u201cDon\u2019t Mind If I Do\u201d \u2013 Riley Green feat. Ella Langley
\u2022 \u201cHard Fought Hallelujah\u201d \u2013 Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
\u2022 \u201cI’m Gonna Love You\u201d \u2013 Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood
\u2022 \u201cPour Me a Drink\u201d \u2013 Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton<\/strong> \u2013 WINNER
\u2022 \u201cYou Had to Be There\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney feat. Kenny Chesney<\/p>\nMusician of the Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Jenee Fleenor \u2013 Fiddle
\u2022 Paul Franklin \u2013 Steel Guitar<\/strong> \u2013 WINNER
\u2022 Brent Mason \u2013 Guitar
\u2022 Rob McNelley \u2013 Guitar
\u2022 Derek Wells \u2013 Guitar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Top was named New Artist of the Year at the 2025 Country Music Association Awards, walking on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":391948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,186339,115623,171,115624,186338,1229,67,132,68,95298],"class_list":{"0":"post-391947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-cma-awards-2025","10":"tag-ella-langley","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-lainey-wilson","13":"tag-music-section","14":"tag-tennessee","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-zach-top"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115581404350159662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}