{"id":11236,"date":"2020-11-12T04:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/eric-church-wins-entertainer-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T04:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:40:51","slug":"eric-church-wins-entertainer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2020\/11\/eric-church-wins-entertainer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Church Wins CMA Entertainer Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6QjK2pZ2wtU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Eric Church was named Entertainer of the Year for the first time during the 54th annual CMA Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The show was hosted by Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker and held at Nashville&#8217;s Music City Center before a very limited, socially distanced audience made up mostly of nominees and performers.<\/p>\n<p>He has been nominated in this category three times prior.<\/p>\n<p>Maren Morris took home three of the four awards for which she was nominated &#8212; Female Vocalist and both Song and Single for &#8220;The Bones,&#8221; which she also performed live.<\/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\/8rgk2L8RbFs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Luke Combs was the night&#8217;s other multiple award-winner, taking home his second consecutive Male Vocalist win, as well as Album of the Year for What You See Is What You Get.<\/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\/lPq0wcfReoA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Some of the night&#8217;s big news was who wasn&#8217;t at the CMA Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled performers Lady A and Rascal Flatts were last-minute dropouts after family or band members tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Both acts shared the news on social media right before the live broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes to Charlie Daniels, Joe Diffie, and Kenny Rogers were sprinkled throughout the show.<\/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\/g-TRyrsu6K0\" 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\/2sUGvWhF5Oo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Another highlight performance was Charley Pride singing &#8220;Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'&#8221; with Jimmie Allen before being presented with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p>[twitter id=&#8221;1326727382175277057&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>New Artist nominee Ingrid Andress gave an emotional performance of her hit single &#8220;More Hearts Than Mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She burst into tears towards the end of the song but managed to pull it together to finish.<\/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\/avBckeg3Dp8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Here is the list of CMA Awards winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Entertainer of the Year<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eric Church<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Single of the Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Bones,&#8221; Maren Morris<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Album of the Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Song of the Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Bones,&#8221; 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