{"id":144175,"date":"2025-11-20T04:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/144175\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T04:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:55:08","slug":"2025-cma-awards-the-complete-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/144175\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 CMA Awards: The Complete Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Country Music Association announced this year\u2019s winners at the 59th CMA Awards<\/a> on Wednesday night in Nashville. Zach Top won New Artist of the Year and took the stage with his beer can still in his hand. The Red Clay Strays<\/a> broke Old Dominion\u2019s years-long winning streak to be named Vocal Group of the Year, and Cody Johnson<\/a> ended Chris Stapleton\u2019s Male Vocalist of the Year run with his first-ever Male Vocalist victory.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, CMAs host Lainey Wilson<\/a> won Album of the Year for Whirlwind, and Ella Langley<\/a> and Riley Green<\/a>\u2018s \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d took home Single of the Year honors. Music Video of the Year also went to \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d while Brooks & Dunn repeated as Vocal Duo of the Year. Post Malone won the trophy for Musical Event of the Year for his song with Blake Shelton, \u201cPour Me a Drink.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the big award went to Wilson, who was named Entertainer of the Year for a second time. She first won in 2023; Morgan Wallen won the top prize last year. See the full list of winners\u00a0(in bold)\u00a0below.<\/p>\n

\n\tEntertainer of the Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tSingle of the Year
\u201c4x4xU,\u201d Lainey Wilson
\u201cAin\u2019t No Love in Oklahoma,\u201d Luke Combs
\u201cAm I Okay?,\u201d Megan Moroney
\u201cI Never Lie,\u201d Zach Top
\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Ella Langley & Riley Green<\/p>\n

\n\tAlbum of the Year
Am I Okay?, Megan Moroney
Cold Beer & Country Music, Zach Top
F-1 Trillion, Post Malone
I\u2019m the Problem, Morgan Wallen
Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tSong of the Year
\u201c4x4xU,\u201d Lainey Wilson (Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson)
\u201cAm I Okay?,\u201d Megan Moroney) (Songwriters: Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney
\u201cI Never Lie,\u201d Zach Top (Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top)
\u201cTexas,\u201d Blake Shelton (Songwriters: Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock)
\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Riley Green & Ella Langley (Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere)<\/p>\n

\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n

\n\tFemale Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tMale Vocalist of the Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Zach Top
Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n

\n\tVocal Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
The Red Clay Strays
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty<\/p>\n

\n\tMusical Event of the Year
\u201cDon\u2019t Mind If I Do,\u201d Riley Green (featuring Ella Langley)
\u201cHard Fought Hallelujah,\u201d Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
\u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You,\u201d Cody Johnson wWith Carrie Underwood)
\u201cPour Me a Drink,\u201d Post Malone (featuring Blake Shelton)
\u201cYou Had to Be There,\u201d Megan Moroney (featuring Kenny Chesney)<\/p>\n

\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n

\n\tMusician of the Year
Jenee Fleenor \u2013 Fiddle
Paul Franklin \u2013 Steel Guitar
Brent Mason \u2013 Guitar
Rob McNelley \u2013 Guitar
Derek Wells \u2013 Guitar<\/p>\n

\n\tMusic Video of the Year
\u201cAm I Okay?,\u201d Megan Moroney
\u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You,\u201d Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
\u201cSomewhere Over Laredo,\u201d Lainey Wilson
\u201cThink I\u2019m in Love With You,\u201d Chris Stapleton
\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Ella Langley & Riley Green
New Artist of the Year
Ella Langley
Shaboozey
Zach Top
Tucker Wetmore
Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Country Music Association announced this year\u2019s winners at the 59th CMA Awards on Wednesday night in Nashville.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[97215,12732,96306,12733,156,12734,157,111,139,69,97216,96305],"class_list":{"0":"post-144175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-brooks-dunn","9":"tag-cma-awards","10":"tag-cody-johnson","11":"tag-ella-langley","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-lainey-wilson","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-new-zealand","16":"tag-newzealand","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-red-clay-strays","19":"tag-riley-green"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}