The biggest night in country music is fast approaching. The CMA Awards 2025, which will take place at Nashville\u2019s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, will welcome some of country\u2019s biggest, brightest stars for an evening of celebration.<\/p>\n
Hosted by Lainey Wilson, a nine-time Country Music Award winner, Wednesday night\u2019s awards show marks a historic occasion for the CMAs: It\u2019s the first time three solo female country artists \u2014 Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Wilson \u2014 are tied for the most nominations. Langley, Moroney and Wilson are each up for six awards, including Female Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year and Music Video of the Year. All three women are also set to perform during the show.<\/p>\n
Close behind in nominations is Zach Top, who has five, followed by Cody Johnson and Riley Green, who have four nods apiece.<\/p>\n
The 59th annual awards show will also be filled with star-studded performances by notable country names, including Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Brandi Carlile, Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert. Among this year\u2019s CMA Award presenters are Grey\u2019s Anatomy actress Jessica Capshaw, Austin Powers actress Elizabeth Hurley, Tell Me Lies star Grace Van Patten and R&B superstar Ne-Yo.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Country Music Awards airs live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET and will be available to stream the following day on Hulu.<\/p>\n
See the full list of nominations below.<\/p>\n
Entertainer of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Luke Combs<\/p>\n
Cody Johnson<\/p>\n
Chris Stapleton<\/p>\n
Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n
Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n
Album of the Year<\/p>\n
Megan Moroney, Am I Okay?<\/p>\n
Zach Top, Cold Beer & Country Music<\/p>\n
Post Malone, F-1 Trillion\u00a0<\/p>\n
Morgan Wallen, I\u2019m the Problem\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lainey Wilson, Whirlwind\u00a0<\/p>\n
Female Vocalist of the Year<\/p>\n
Kelsea Ballerini<\/p>\n
Miranda Lambert<\/p>\n
Ella Langley<\/p>\n
Megan Moroney<\/p>\n
Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n
Male Vocalist of the Year<\/p>\n
Luke Combs<\/p>\n
Cody Johnson<\/p>\n
Chris Stapleton<\/p>\n
Zach Top<\/p>\n
Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n
Vocal Group of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lady A<\/p>\n
Little Big Town<\/p>\n
Old Dominion<\/p>\n
Rascal Flatts<\/p>\n
The Red Clay Strays<\/p>\n
Vocal Duo of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brooks & Dunn<\/p>\n
Brothers Osborne<\/p>\n
Dan + Shay<\/p>\n
Maddie & Tae<\/p>\n
The War and Treaty<\/p>\n
New Artist of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ella Langley<\/p>\n
Shaboozey<\/p>\n
Zach Top<\/p>\n
Tucker Wetmore<\/p>\n
Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\n
Single of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lainey Wilson, \u201c4x4xU\u201d<\/p>\n
Luke Combs, \u201cAin\u2019t No Love in Oklahoma\u201d<\/p>\n
Megan Moroney, \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
Zach Top, \u201cI Never Lie\u201d<\/p>\n
Ella Langley and Riley Green, \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d<\/p>\n
Song of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson, \u201c4x4xU\u201d<\/p>\n
Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney, \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top, \u201cI Never Lie\u201d<\/p>\n
Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock, \u201cTexas\u201d<\/p>\n
Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere, \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d<\/p>\n
Musical Event of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley Green featuring Ella Langley, \u201cDon\u2019t Mind If I Do\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll, \u201cHard Fought Hallelujah\u201d<\/p>\n
Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton, \u201cPour Me a Drink\u201d<\/p>\n
Megan Moroney featuring Kenny Chesney, \u201cYou Had to Be There\u201d<\/p>\n
Music Video of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan Moroney, \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood, \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You\u201d<\/p>\n
Lainey Wilson, \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d<\/p>\n
Chris Stapleton, \u201cThink I\u2019m in Love With You\u201d<\/p>\n
Ella Langley and Riley Green, \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d<\/p>\n
Musician of the Year<\/p>\n
Jenee Fleenor<\/p>\n
Paul Franklin<\/p>\n
Brent Mason<\/p>\n
Rob McNelley<\/p>\n
Derek Wells<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest night in country music is fast approaching. The CMA Awards 2025, which will take place at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7954,7957,16132,87118,146,85,46,7950,7951,7952,40640,40639,2073,409,87119,48336],"class_list":{"0":"post-140937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-chris-stapleton","9":"tag-cody-johnson","10":"tag-country-music","11":"tag-ella-langley","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-kelsea-ballerini","16":"tag-lainey-wilson","17":"tag-luke-combs","18":"tag-megan-moroney","19":"tag-miranda-lambert","20":"tag-morgan-wallen","21":"tag-music","22":"tag-riley-green","23":"tag-zach-top"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}