{"id":26151,"date":"2023-11-09T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=26151"},"modified":"2023-11-09T04:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:58:11","slug":"lainey-wilson-wins-big-at-cma-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2023\/11\/lainey-wilson-wins-big-at-cma-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Lainey Wilson Wins Big At CMA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lainey Wilson cleaned house at last night&#8217;s &#8220;57th Annual CMA Awards&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She won five awards, including Entertainer of the Year. Yes, you heard that right. She became the first female to win that award since Taylor Swift in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>She also won Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for &#8220;Bell Bottom Country&#8221;, and her song with Hardy, &#8220;Wait In the Truck&#8221; won Music Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x9IuLCGZJp8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Nobody else dominated, although Chris Stapleton seems to own the Male Vocalist of the Year category. He won his seventh.<\/p>\n<p>There was an early surprise when Luke Combs&#8217; &#8220;Fast Car&#8221; won Single of the Year, and then moments later, Song of the Year. The Internet wasn&#8217;t happy that a cover beat out songs written by country artists in BOTH of those categories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/niyJ7JgZOeE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XybeUBWpNY4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The night was filled with great performances. Jelly Roll opened the show with &#8220;Need A Favor&#8221;, and it got better when Wynonna Judd and her amazing voice joined him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M6xqPt1ovr0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Ashley McBryde quietly commanded the stage while performing &#8220;The Devil I Know&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BkWnesCGIjA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Same with Jordan Davis singing &#8220;Next Thing You Know&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqxGbFN9ytI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>While Cody Johnson was singing &#8220;The Painter&#8221;, a digital mural of his wife Brandi was on a giant screen behind him. It went from black &amp; white to color by the time song ended, and they showed her in the audience crying when it was over.<\/p>\n<p>There was a surprise when Morgan Wallen and Eric Church performed &#8220;Man Made a Bar&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u3jCpGsu9EU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s Chris Stapleton. He played lead guitar and sang &#8220;White Horse&#8221; . . . and it was amazing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AQcMM4xAzIA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The crowd gave Lainey Wilson a standing ovation before she even started her performance of &#8220;Wildflowers and Wild Horses&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The stage looked like she borrowed a scene from &#8220;Yellowstone&#8221; . . . with chaparral, billows of smoke, barbed wire . . . and all of it colored it red. There was even a ring of fire. As promised, it was electrifying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/avEpbzjfIMM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Jimmy Buffett tribute had Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally singing &#8220;A Pirate Looks at Forty&#8221;, then Zac Brown and Alan Jackson on &#8220;Adios, My Friend&#8221;, and then all four on &#8220;Margaritaville&#8221;. In the words of Kenny, &#8220;Thank you, Jimmy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T8_jYByttpc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fb_QDvqhT5Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>FULL LIST OF WINNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entertainer of the Year: Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n<p>Male Vocalist of the Year: Chris Stapleton<\/p>\n<p>Female Vocalist of the Year: Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n<p>Vocal Duo of the Year: Brothers Osborne<\/p>\n<p>Vocal Group of the Year: Old Dominion<\/p>\n<p>New Artist of the Year: Jelly Roll<\/p>\n<p>Album of the Year: &#8220;Bell Bottom Country&#8221;, Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n<p>Song of the Year: &#8220;Fast Car&#8221;, Luke Combs. It&#8217;s a songwriter&#8217;s award so he shares it with Tracy Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>Single of the Year: &#8220;Fast Car&#8221;, Luke Combs<\/p>\n<p>Musical Event of the Year: &#8220;Wait In the Truck&#8221;, Hardy and Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n<p>Music Video of the Year: &#8220;Wait In the Truck&#8221;, Hardy and Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lainey Wilson dominated the CMA Awards winning five awards. 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