{"id":395030,"date":"2025-11-21T16:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/395030\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:47:19","slug":"arizona-to-see-cma-awards-entertainer-of-the-year-in-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/395030\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona to see CMA Awards\u2019 Entertainer of the Year in April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLainey Wilson accepts the Entertainer of the Year Award onstage during the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 19, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Lainey Wilson was in the spotlight in multiple ways at the CMA Awards on Nov. 19. With eight outfit changes in her role as show host, she made the award show into a country <\/a>\u2018fashion week\u2019 event. Worth noting over the run of gorgeous \u2018fits is that she\u2019s the first woman to act as solo host for the show. Last year, she co-hosted. <\/p>\n

Wilson also took home several awards at the Country Music Association\u2019s 59th annual program, including Entertainer of the Year; she had a total of nine already before the 2025 event. She also turned in some lively performances, including an opening number that married covers by performers like Gretchen Wilson and Riley Green. She boosted that by finding the songs\u2019 original artists in the audience and doing little impromptu duets with them.<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll be headed to Arizona in April as one of the headliners of the massive Country Thunder <\/a>festival. Brooks & Dunn, who won Best Vocal Duo this year and Zach Top, who nabbed the Best New Artist title, are also on the bill. <\/p>\n

\"\"Lainey Wilson performs onstage during the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. <\/p>\n

Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a list of CMA Awards winners in 2025:<\/p>\n

Entertainer Of The Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Luke Combs
\u2022 Cody Johnson
\u2022 Chris Stapleton
\u2022 Morgan Wallen
\u2022 Lainey Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Single Of The Year<\/strong>
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)
\u2022 \u201c4x4xU\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
\u2022 \u201cAin\u2019t No Love in Oklahoma\u201d \u2013 Luke Combs
Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews
\u2022 \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney
Producer: Kristian Bush
Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank
\u2022 \u201cI Never Lie\u201d \u2013 Zach Top
Producer: Carson Chamberlain
Mix Engineer: Matt Rovey
\u2022 \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley & Riley Green<\/strong>
<\/strong>Producer: Will Bundy<\/strong>
Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley<\/p>\n

Album Of The Year<\/strong>
Award goes to Artist, Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)
\u2022 \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney
Producer: Kristian Bush
Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank
\u2022 \u201cCold Beer & Country Music\u201d \u2013 Zach Top
Producer: Carson Chamberlain
Mix Engineer: Matt Rovey
\u2022 \u201cF-1 Trillion\u201d \u2013 Post Malone
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore
\u2022 \u201cI\u2019m the Problem\u201d \u2013 Morgan Wallen
Producers: Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi
Mix Engineers: Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi
\u2022 \u201cWhirlwind\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson<\/strong>
<\/strong>Producer: Jay Joyce<\/strong>
<\/strong>Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce<\/strong><\/p>\n

Song Of The Year<\/strong>
Award goes to Songwriter(s)
\u2022 \u201c4x4xU\u201d
Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson
\u2022 \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d
Songwriters: Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney
\u2022 \u201cI Never Lie\u201d
Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top
\u2022 \u201cTexas\u201d
Songwriters: Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock
\u2022 \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d<\/strong>
<\/strong>Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere<\/strong><\/p>\n

Female Vocalist Of The Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Kelsea Ballerini
\u2022 Miranda Lambert
\u2022 Ella Langley
\u2022 Megan Moroney
\u2022 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

Male Vocalist Of The Yea<\/strong>r
\u2022 Luke Combs
\u2022 Cody Johnson<\/strong>
\u2022 Chris Stapleton
\u2022 Zach Top
\u2022 Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n

Vocal Group Of The Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Lady A
\u2022 Little Big Town
\u2022 Old Dominion
\u2022 Rascal Flatts
\u2022 The Red Clay Strays<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vocal Duo Of The Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Brooks & Dunn<\/strong>
\u2022 Brothers Osborne
\u2022 Dan + Shay
\u2022 Maddie & Tae
\u2022 The War and Treaty<\/p>\n

Musician Of The Year<\/strong>
\u2022 Jenee Fleenor \u2013 Fiddle
\u2022 Paul Franklin \u2013 Steel Guitar<\/strong>
\u2022 Brent Mason \u2013 Guitar
\u2022 Rob McNelley \u2013 Guitar
\u2022 Derek Wells \u2013 Guitar<\/p>\n

Music Video Of The Year<\/strong>
Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s)
\u2022 \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney
Directors: Alexandra Gavillet, Megan Moroney
\u2022 \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You\u201d \u2013 Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
Director: Dustin Haney
\u2022 \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson
Director: TK McKamy
\u2022 \u201cThink I\u2019m in Love With You\u201d \u2013 Chris Stapleton
Director: Running Bear
\u2022 \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley & Riley Green<\/strong>
<\/strong>Directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Artist Of The Year
\u2022 Ella Langley
\u2022 Shaboozey
\u2022 Zach Top<\/strong>
\u2022 Tucker Wetmore
\u2022 Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lainey Wilson accepts the Entertainer of the Year Award onstage during the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":395031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,132130,3988,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-395030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-concert-previews","12":"tag-country-music","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115588710588652174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395030","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=395030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}