It’s time to put your hands up for the country’s biggest and brightest stars! This year, the Country Music Association Awards were hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning. The two of them got to share the hosting duties for the award show that took place on November 9, 2022, Wednesday night.
Continue reading further to know whether your favorite celebrity took the prestigious award home or not.
All you need to know about CMA Awards 2022
For those of you who are unaware, let us share with you, the Country Music Association Awards featured plenty of star-studded performances and red carpet fashion. The award show was held on Wednesday night, November 9, 2022.
Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning served as the hosts for the award show. The star-studded award ceremony provided us many memorable and Oh My God moments as well.
The award show kicked off Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert with forming a trio to salute the late Loretta Lynn with a medley of many songs like You Ain’t Woman Enough, You’re Looking at Country, Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ and Coal Miner’s Daughter.
Soon after, Elle King and the Black Keys paid a homage to Jerry Lee Lewis. Brothers Osborne and the War and Treaty teased a forthcoming Rolling Stones all-star country tribute album on the show.
Who was the big winner of the night?
Luke Combs was honored with entertainer of the year award for the second time at the 56th annual Country Music Association Awards. It wasn’t the only trophy he received, he also bagged the award for album of the year.
At the end of the three-hour ABC telecast from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Combs said, “I want to thank country music for making my dreams come true. This is my fifth or sixth year being at this awards show, and country sounded a lot more country than it has in a long time.”
In addition to this, Lainey Wilson who led the list of nominees this year, took home the award for female artist of the year as well as best new artist, meanwhile Cody Johnson, nabbed the award for single of the year and video of the year for Til You Can’t.
Brothers Osborne won the award for vocal duo of the year for the fifth time, Old Dominion picked up the award for the vocal group award for a sixth time and Chris Stapleton nabbed the award for male vocalist of the year, also for the sixth time.
Old Dominion lead singer Matthew Ramsey also talked about Jeff Cook, the co-founder of the country band Alabama, who passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022 and he went on to say, “There’s nobody in this category that would be here without Alabama. Then, he looked at his two bandmates and further added, “I couldn’t imagine losing one of you guys.”
Take a look at the list of winners for the 2022 CMA Awards:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Luke Combs
- Miranda Lambert
- Chris Stapleton
- Carrie Underwood
- Morgan Wallen
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer
- “Buy Dirt” – Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan
Producer: Paul DiGiovanni
Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley - “Half of My Hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (feat. Kenny Chesney)
Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins
Mix Engineer: Dan Grech-Marguerat - “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore - WINNER: “’Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
Producer: Trent Willmon
Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke - “You Should Probably Leave” – Chris Stapleton
Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton
Mix Engineer: Vance Powell
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)
- WINNER: “Growin’ Up” – Luke Combs
Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
Mix Engineers: Jim Cooley, Chip Matthews - “Humble Quest” – Maren Morris
Producer: Greg Kurstin
Mix Engineer: Serban Ghenea - “Palomino” – Miranda Lambert
Producers: Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Mikey Reaves
Mix Engineer: Jason Lehning - “Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’” – Lainey Wilson
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineer: F. Reid Shippen - “Time, Tequila & Therapy” – Old Dominion
Producers: Shane McAnally, Old Dominion
Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank
SONG OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Songwriters
- WINNER: “Buy Dirt”
Songwriters: Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins - “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”
Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce - “Sand in My Boots”
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Michael Hardy, Josh Osborne - “Things a Man Oughta Know”
Songwriters: Jason Nix, Jonathan Singleton, Lainey Wilson - “You Should Probably Leave”
Songwriters: Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley, Chris Stapleton
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Miranda Lambert
- Ashley McBryde
- Carly Pearce
- Carrie Underwood
- WINNER: Lainey Wilson
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs
- Cody Johnson
- WINNER: Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Wallen
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Midland
- WINNER: Old Dominion
- Zac Brown Band
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
- Brooks & Dunn
- WINNER: Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- Locash
- Maddie & Tae
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s) and Producer(s)
- “Beers on Me” – Dierks Bentley with Breland & Hardy
Producers: Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman - “If I Didn’t Love You” – Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
Producer: Michael Knox - “Longneck Way to Go” – Midland (featuring Jon Pardi)
Producers: Dann Huff, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne - “Never Say Never” – Cole Swindell (with Lainey Wilson)
Producer: Zach Crowell - WINNER: “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle
- Paul Franklin, Steel guitar
- Brent Mason, Guitar
- Ilya Toshinskiy, Banjo
- Derek Wells, Guitar
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s) and Directors
- “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” – Taylor Swift (featuring Chris Stapleton)
Director: Blake Lively - “Longneck Way to Go” – Midland (featuring Jon Pardi)
Director: Harper Smith - “Never Say Never” – Cole Swindell (with Lainey Wilson)
Director: Michael Monaco - “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Director: Alexa Campbell - WINNER: “’Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
Director: Dustin Haney
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Hardy
- Walker Hayes
- Cody Johnson
- Parker McCollum
- WINNER: Lainey Wilson
