{"id":149534,"date":"2025-11-20T04:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/149534\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T04:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:57:07","slug":"cma-awards-2025-the-complete-list-of-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/149534\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA Awards 2025: The Complete List of Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLainey Wilson<\/a>, Ella Langley<\/a> and Riley Green each scored three honors at the 59th annual CMA Awards<\/a> show Wednesday night, with Wilson taking away the most coveted prize, entertainer of the year. <\/p>\n

\n\tSurprises were in order in some of the categories considered long held by intractable repeat winners, Cody Johnson won for best male vocalist, finally moving Chris Stapleton out of that position, while the Red Clay Strays won vocal group of the year, supplanting the seemingly indomitable Old Dominion.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson, the show\u2019s host, won for album of the year \u2014 for \u201cWhirlwind\u201d \u2014 and female vocalist as well as entertainer of the year. <\/p>\n

\n\tLangley and Green were duet partners whose teaming on \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d landed both of them wins single of the year, song of the year and music video of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was just so tickled to be hosting this thing tonight,\u201d Wilson said upon winning the climactic award, assuring the crowd she would\u2019ve been OK with a loss, given what a win her first solo hosting gig turned out to be. After giving her speech, she laughed upon remembering that it was her duty to provide closing remarks for the show, too. \u201cI forgot I was hosting this thing,\u201d she admitted. \u201cThank you for letting me run my mouth on this legendary stage and celebrate the best genre in the world, country dang music.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMama, daddy, look, check it out,\u201d Wilson said while receiving an earlier award. \u201cI wrote this during a time of my life that was constantly changing like a lot of y\u2019all down here. And i just remember being that little 11-year-old girl who would come home from school and pick up my guitar and pour my heart and soul into that guitar, and that\u2019s how I navigated and communicated. And that\u2019s exactly what I did these last two years of my life, when I felt my life was changing but I still felt exactly the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElla Langley was an early leader with three wins out of her six nominations. She and duet partner Riley Green won two categories on the broadcast for their hit \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d \u2014 single of the year and song of the year \u2014 on top of music video of the year, which was announced prior to the telecast. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis song is the gift that keeps on giving,\u201d said Langley, picking up the song of the year trophy. \u201cHow cool is it that a song with talking verses won song of the year? That\u2019s country music,\u201d said Green.<\/p>\n

\n\tZach Top was another big winner early in the telecast, taking the highly contested trophy for best new artist \u2014 and in the process, denying Langley at least one prize. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Red Clay Strays were a surprise winner for vocal group of the year, in the rock-oriented band\u2019s first time being nominated, after a long reign by Old Dominion.<\/p>\n

\n\tCody Johnson also won for the first time in the male vocalist category. He expressed his appreciation for the mainstay in the category, saying \u201cto be in a vocalist category with Chris Stapleton, who\u2019s one of the greatest vocalists of all time in any genre, thanks for paving the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLangley, Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney<\/a> came in tied with six nominations each, closely followed by Top with five.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrooks & Dunn won vocal duo of the year for a 16th time. \u201cI heard earlier in the night, \u2018You ever get sick of this?\u2019 Hell no!\u201d exclaimed Kix Brooks.<\/p>\n

\n\tSteel guitar player Paul Franklin provided what felt like both an inevitability and an upset when he won his first award for musician of the year after being nominated a staggering 33 times since 1989.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn lieu of a comedic monologue, host Lainey Wilson sang a medley of modern country classics, approaching the originators of the songs in the audience \u2014 including Brooks & Dunn during a snippet of \u201cHillbilly Deluxe,\u201d Langley during \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Gretchen Wilson on \u201cRedneck Woman,\u201d Lady A on \u201cNeed You Now,\u201d Shaboozey on \u201cTipsy.\u201d When Lainey came up to Little Big Town, they surprised the audience by pulling out mics to take over their song \u201cGirl Crush,\u201d and back on stage, Keith Urban brought out his guitar to jam with Wilson on \u201cWhere the Blacktop Ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson is the sole host this year after co-hosting with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning in 2024. She joked about receiving texts from both men, including Bryan supposedly cluelessly writing her: \u201cLainey, what night is the show?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Combs and Megan Moroney gave the first two full performances of the telecast. Stephen Wilson Jr. got the night\u2019s first standing ovation with a solo acoustic cover of the classic \u201cStand by Me.\u201d Kenny Chesney also got the audience on its feet with a medley of two signature hits, \u201cAmerican Kids\u201d and \u201cWhen the Sun Goes Down.\u201d Vince Gill was the subject of a tribute performance by two great voices from inside and outside the genre, Brandi Carlile and Patty Loveless, who joined forces on a Gill song completely in the vein of the most classic country, \u201cWhen I Call Your Name\u201d (with instrumentalist winner Paul Franklin on pedal steel).<\/p>\n

\n\tHere is a full list of the 2025 nominations, with the winners\u2019 names appearing in bold:<\/p>\n

\n\tENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
\u2022 Luke Combs
\u2022 Cody Johnson
\u2022 Chris Stapleton
\u2022 Morgan Wallen
\u2022 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tSINGLE OF THE YEAR
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
Producer: Will Bundy
Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley<\/p>\n

\n\tALBUM OF THE YEAR
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
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce<\/p>\n

\n\tSONG OF THE YEAR
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
Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere<\/p>\n

\n\tFEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
\u2022 Kelsea Ballerini
\u2022 Miranda Lambert
\u2022 Ella Langley
\u2022 Megan Moroney
\u2022 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
\u2022 Luke Combs
\u2022 Cody Johnson
\u2022 Chris Stapleton
\u2022 Zach Top
\u2022 Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n

\n\tVOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
\u2022 Lady A
\u2022 Little Big Town
\u2022 Old Dominion
\u2022 Rascal Flatts
\u2022 The Red Clay Strays<\/p>\n

\n\tVOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
\u2022 Brooks & Dunn
\u2022 Brothers Osborne
\u2022 Dan + Shay
\u2022 Maddie & Tae
\u2022 The War and Treaty<\/p>\n

\n\tMUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artists and Producer(s)
\u2022 \u201cDon\u2019t Mind if I Do\u201d \u2013 Riley Green (featuring Ella Langley)
Producers: Scott Borchetta, Jimmy Harnen, Dann Huff
\u2022 \u201cHard Fought Hallelujah\u201d \u2013 Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
Producer: Micah Nichols
\u2022 \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You\u201d \u2013 Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
Producer: Trent Willmon
\u2022 \u201cPour Me a Drink\u201d \u2013 Post Malone (feat. Blake Shelton)
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome
\u2022 \u201cYou Had to Be There\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney (feat. Kenny Chesney)
Producer: Kristian Bush<\/p>\n

\n\tMUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
\u2022 Jenee Fleenor \u2013 Fiddle
\u2022 Paul Franklin \u2013 Steel Guitar
\u2022 Brent Mason \u2013 Guitar
\u2022 Rob McNelley \u2013 Guitar
\u2022 Derek Wells \u2013 Guitar<\/p>\n

\n\tMUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
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
Directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney<\/p>\n

\n\tNEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
\u2022 Ella Langley
\u2022 Shaboozey
\u2022 Zach Top
\u2022 Tucker Wetmore
\u2022 Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley and Riley Green each scored three honors at the 59th annual CMA Awards show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9288,9289,93,61,60,9290,9291,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-149534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-cma-awards","9":"tag-ella-langley","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-lainey-wilson","14":"tag-megan-moroney","15":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}