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Chris Stapleton and Luke Combs were the toast of country music at the CMA Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday night.
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The Starting Over singer earned four honors, including Album of the Year and Male Artist of the Year, while Combs earned the big trophy of the night for Artist of the Year.
There were also multiple wins for Kelsea Ballerini, who garnered pre-ceremony awards for Video of the Year and Music Event of the Year, both for her collaboration with Kenny Chesney, Half of My Hometown.
Miranda Lambert celebrated her 38th birthday by opening the 55th annual CMA Awards with a mix of successes.
The country star donned a blue jumpsuit with red fringes as she ripped apart with her 2005 hit Kerosene, and followed it up with 2019’s Mama’s Broken Heart and Bluebird.
Lambert is the most nominated woman in CMA awards history, but there were no trophies to take home this year.
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Her ex-husband, Blake Shelton, was also among the night’s entertainers, while Stapleton endorsed Jennifer Hudson on her CMA awards debut. Other standout performances included Eric Church and Carrie Underwood’s duet with Jason Aldean on If I Didn’t Love You.
Luke Bryan hosted the event at Bridgestone Arena.
The complete list of winners is:
ANIMATOR OF THE YEAR:
Luke combs
SOLE OF THE YEAR:
Start Over – Chris Stapleton
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Start Over – Chris Stapleton
SONG OF THE YEAR:
Starting Over – Composers, Mike Henderson and Chris Stapleton
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Carly pearce
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Chris stapleton
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Old Domain
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR:
Osborne Brothers
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR:
Half of My Hometown – Kelsea Ballerini (with Kenny Chesney)
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR:
Jenee fleenor
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Half of My Hometown – Kelsea Ballerini (with Kenny Chesney) / Director, Patrick Tracy
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Jimmie Allen
Reference-torontosun.com