The biggest night in country music kicked off Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee. The Country Music Awards are held in Music City to honor the year’s top artists and entertainers.

This year’s event was hosted by Luke Combs, former NFL stars Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson and was broadcast live on ABC. “Love Somebody” singer Morgan Wallen led the group with 7 nominations and ultimately won Entertainer of the Year despite not attending the awards.

Chris Stapleton and Cody Johnson each had five nominations, and Post Malone and Wilson had four.

View the full list of winners below.

Entertainer of the year

Single of the year

• “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey; Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry; Mixing 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; Mixing 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 year

• “Deeper Well” — Kacey Musgraves; Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian; Mixing engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder

• “Fathers & Sons” – Luke Kammen; 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

• “Whitt 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 year

• “Burn It Down” – Parker McCollum; Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose

• “Dirt Cheap” — Cody Johnson; Songwriter: Josh Phillips

• “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone with Morgan Wallen; Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters

• “The Painter” — Cody Johnson; Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins

• “White Horse” — Chris Stapleton; Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson

Female Singer of the Year

Male Singer of the Year

Vocal Group of the Year

Vocal Duo of the Year

Musical event of the year

• “Cowboys Cry Too” — Kelsea Ballerini featuring Noah Kahan; Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym

• “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone with Morgan Wallen; Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

• “I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves; Producer: Zach Bryan

• “Man Made a Bar” — Morgan Wallen with Eric Church; Producer: Joey Moi

• “you look like you love me” – Ella Langley with Riley Green; Producer: Will Bundy

Musician of the Year

Music Video of the Year

• “Dirt Cheap” — Cody Johnson; Director: Dustin Haney

• “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone with 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

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