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Dolly Parton Defends CMAs After Beyoncé Snub
The Country Music Awards person recovered a deeper good of winners.
Indeed, state music’s biggest nighttime commenced Nov. 20 astatine Bridgestone Arena successful Nashville, and immoderate of the 58th CMA Awards attendees whitethorn request a pickup motortruck to get location with each the hardware they’ve received.
Take Ella Langley and Riley Green, who took location the trophy for Musical Event of the Year for their collaboration "you look similar you emotion me."
And they're not the lone artists who basal to triumph large going into the ceremony. Morgan Wallen led the battalion of nominees with 7 nods—and he'll beryllium pugnacious to bushed this year. After all, Wallen dominated the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks with his and Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” arsenic good arsenic his ain “Love Somebody” taking the apical spot for a week earlier this month.
Closely down him, though, are different formidable favorites including Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with 5 nods each. Meanwhile, Post—who was featured connected some Beyoncé and Taylor Swift’s 2024 albums, arsenic good arsenic launching his ain vocation into the state stratosphere with his ain 2024 medium F-1 Trillion—and CMAs co-host Lainey Wilson each earned 4 nods each.
On apical of state artists receiving their respective honors, the 2024 CMAs ceremony—also hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning—will see performances of immoderate of this year’s astir fashionable tracks. For starters, Post opened the amusement with a duet with the “Tennessee Whiskey” singer.
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Later on, Shaboozey—who is up for New Artist of the Year alongside Megan Moroney, Nate Smith, Mitchell Tenpenny, Zach Top and Bailey Zimmerman—will besides instrumentality the stage, arsenic good arsenic Ashley McBryde, Luke and Lainey.
As for 1 state icon missing from each the action? Beyoncé. Although the “Texas Hold ‘Em” vocalist did a afloat genre displacement into the state sphere with Cowboy Carter, she was not recognized for immoderate nods astatine this year’s CMAs ceremony.
Still, Beyoncé did receive the stamp of support from 1 of country’s biggest stars, Dolly Parton, who has 10 CMA Awards of her own, including the ceremony’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.
“I was precise arrogant of her album," Dolly told E! News successful May. “I thought she did a large occupation successful state music, and I thought it was great. And I was conscionable blessed she did ‘Jolene.’”
Dolly and different fans of Cowboy Carter volition hopefully spot the medium get its flowers soon enough, but successful the meantime, support speechmaking for each different state prima who has shown retired astatine the 2024 CMAs.
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Entertainer of the Year
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
Single of the Year
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
“Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson
“White Horse” – Chris Stapleton
Album of the Year
Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs
Higher – Chris Stapleton
Leather – Cody Johnson
Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll
Song of the Year
“Burn It Down” Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
“Dirt Cheap” Songwriter: Josh Phillips
“I Had Some Help” Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters
“The Painter” Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins
“White Horse” Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
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Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley McBryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson
Male Vocalist of the Year
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
The Red Clay Strays
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War And Treaty
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Musical Event of the Year
“Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan)
Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
“I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves)
Producer: Zach Bryan
“Man Made A Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)
Producer: Joey Moi
[WINNER] “you look similar you emotion me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green)
Producer: Will Bundy
Musician of the Year
Tom Bukovac – Guitar
Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Rob McNelley – Guitar
Charlie Worsham – Guitar
Music Video of the Year
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson, Director: Dustin Haney
“I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen), Director: Chris Villa
“I’m Not Pretty” – Megan Moroney, Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney
“The Painter” – Cody Johnson, Director: Dustin Haney
“Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson, Director: Patrick Tracy
New Artist of the Year
Megan Moroney
Shaboozey
Nate Smith
Mitchell Tenpenny
Zach Top
Bailey Zimmerman
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