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See the complete list of country music award winners

The 58th annual Country Music Association Awards took place Wednesday night in Nashville, honoring this year’s best country music performances, songs and stars.

The evening’s top nominees, Morgan Wallen, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Post Malone, Lainey Wilson and many more, battled it out for the evening’s honors at Music City’s Bridgestone Arena.

During an evening full of musical entertainment and memorable moments, Megan Moroney won New Artist of the Year and Chris Stapleton took home Single of the Year, Song of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. Cody Johnson won Album of the Year for “Leather” and Lainey Wilson was named Female Vocalist of the Year.

The coveted title of Entertainer of the Year, the biggest prize of the evening, went to Morgan Wallen.

View the full winners list below.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs
  • Morgan Wallen
  • Laine Wilson
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Jelly roll

SINGLE OF THE YEAR – The prize goes to artist(s), producer(s) and mix engineer(s)

  • “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey, Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry, Mix Engineer: Raul Lopez
  • “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson, producer: Trent Willmon, mixing engineer: Jack Clarke
  • “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen), Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore
  • “Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson, Producer: Jay Joyce, Mixing Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
  • “White Horse” – Chris Stapleton, Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton, Mixing Engineer: Vance Powell

ALBUM OF THE YEARPrize goes to Artist, Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)

  • Deeper good – Kacey Musgraves, Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian, Mixing Engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder
  • Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs, Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton, Mixing Engineer: Chip Matthews
  • Higher – Chris Stapleton, Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton, Mixing Engineer: Vance Powell
  • Learn – Cody Johnson, Producer: Trent Willmon, Mixing Engineer: Jack Clarke
  • Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll, Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens, Mixing Engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley

SONG OF THE YEARPrize goes to Songwriter(s)

  • ‘Burn It Down’, songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
  • ‘Dirt Cheap’, songwriter: Josh Phillips
  • ‘I Had Some Help’, songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters
  • ‘The Painter’, songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins
  • ‘White Horse’, songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Ashley McBryde
  • Megan Moroney
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Laine Wilson

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs
  • Jelly roll
  • Cody Johnson
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Morgan Wallen

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Lady A
  • Small big city
  • Old rule
  • The red clay strays
  • Zac Brownband

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

  • Brooks & Dunn
  • Brothers Osborne
  • Zane + Shay
  • Maddie & Tae
  • The war and the treaty

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEARPrize goes to artists and producer(s)

  • “Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan), producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym
  • “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen), producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
  • “I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves), Producer: Zach Bryan
  • “Man Made A Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church), producer: Joey Moi
  • “You Look Like You Love Me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green), Producer: Will Bundy

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

  • Tom Bukovac – Guitar
  • Jenee Fleenor – Violin
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Rob McNelley – Guitar
  • Charlie Worsham – Guitar

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEARPrize goes to artist(s) and director(s)

  • “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson, director: Dustin Haney
  • “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen), director: Chris Villa
  • “I’m Not Beautiful” – Megan Moroney, directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney
  • “The Painter” – Cody Johnson, Director: Dustin Haney
  • “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson, director: Patrick Tracy

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  • Megan Moroney
  • Shaboozey
  • Nate Smith
  • Mitchell Tenpenny
  • Zach Top
  • Bailey Zimmerman

CMA BROADCAST AWARDS 2024 – FINALISTS FOR BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (by market size):

Weekly National

  • “American Country Countdown” (Kix Brooks) – Cumulus/Westwood One
  • “Country Gold with Terri Clark” (Terri Clark) – Westwood One
  • “Crook & Chase Countdown” (Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase) – Jim Owens Entertainment
  • “Highway Hot 30 with Buzz Brainard” (Buzz Brainard) – SiriusXM
  • “Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence” (Tracy Lawrence and Patrick Thomas) – Silverfish Media

Daily National

  • “The Bobby Bones Show” (Bobby Bones, Amy Brown, “Lunchbox” Dan Chappell, Eddie Garcia, Morgan Huelsman, “SZN Raymundo” Ray Slater, “Mike D” Rodriguez, Abby Anderson, “Kick Off Kevin” O’Connell, and Stephen “Scuba Steve” Spradlin) – iHeartMedia
  • “Michael J On Air” (Michael J. Stuehler) – iHeartMedia
  • “Nights with Elaina” (Elaina Smith) – Westwood One / Cumulus Media
  • “PickleJar up all night with Patrick Thomas” (Patrick Thomas) – PickleJar / Cumulus Media
  • “Steve Harmon Show” (Steve Harmon) – Westwood One / Cumulus Media

Big market

  • “The Andie Summers Show” (Andie Summers, Jeff Kurkjian, Donnie Black and Shannon Boyle) – WXTU, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • “Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Kia Becht and Sam Sansevere) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paulus, Min.
  • “Frito & Katy” (Tucker “Frito” Young and Katy Dempsey) – KCYY, San Antonio, Texas
  • “The Morning Wolfpack with Matt McAllister” (Matt McAllister, Gabe Mercer and “Captain Ron” Koons) – KKWF, Seattle, Washington.
  • “The Best Afternoons with Scotty Kay” (Scotty Kay) – WUSN, Chicago, Illinois.

Big market

  • Dale Carter Morning Show” (Dale Carter) – KFKF, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Heather Froglear” (Heather Froglear) – KFRG, Riverside-San Bernardino, California.
  • “Jesse & Anna” (Jesse Tack and Anna Marie) – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • “Mike & Amanda” (Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry) – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, NC
  • “On-Air with Anthony” (Anthony Donatelli) – KFRG, Riverside-San Bernardino, California.

Medium market

  • “Brent Michaels” (Brent Michaels) – KUZZ, Bakersfield, California.
  • “Joey & Nancy” (Joey Tack, Nancy Barger and Karly Duggan) – WIVK, Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • “New Country Mornings with Nancy and Woody” (Nancy Wilson and Aaron “Woody” Woods) – WHKO, Dayton, Ohio
  • “Scott and Sarah in the Morning” (Scott Wynn and Sarah Kay) – WQMX, Akron, Ohio
  • “Steve & Gina In The Morning” (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton) – KXKT, Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa

Small market

  • “Dan Austin Show” (Dan Austin) – WQHK, Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • “Dave and Jenn” (Dave Roberts and Jenn Seay) – WTCR, Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.
  • “The Eddie Foxx Show” (Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx) – WKSF, Asheville, NC
  • “Hilley & Hart” (Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart) – KATI, Columbia, Mo.
  • “Agent Don & DeAnn” (“Agent Don” Evans and DeAnn Stephens) – WBUL, Lexington-Fayette, Ky.

CMA BROADCAST AWARDS 2024 – FINALISTS FOR RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (by market size):

Big market

  • KCYY – San Antonio, Texas
  • KKBQ – Houston, Texas
  • KYGO – Denver, Colorado.
  • WXTU-Philadelphia, PA.
  • WYCD – Detroit, MI.

Big market

  • WIRK – West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Florida.
  • WMIL – Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.
  • WQDR – Raleigh-Durham, NC
  • WSIX – Nashville, Tenn.
  • WWKA – Orlando, FL.

Medium market

  • KXKT – Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
  • WBEE – Rochester, NY
  • WIVK – Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • WLFP – Memphis, Tenn.
  • WUSY – Chattanooga, Tenn.

Small market

  • WCOW – La Crosse, Wis.
  • WKML – Fayetteville, NC
  • WKXC – Augusta, Georgia.
  • WXFL – Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala.
  • WYCT – Pensacola, FL.