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The Winners Of The 2025 CMA Awards Have Been Revealed

After months of anticipation, the winners of the 2025 CMA Awards have finally been announced!

The nominees for this year’s CMA Awards were revealed on September 8. Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, and Lainey Wilson tied for the most nominations, with six. Zach Top followed with five nominations, while Cody Johnson and Riley Green earned four.

Multiple nominees stood the chance to make history if they won, and several did exactly that!

Most of the winners for the 2025 CMA Awards were announced live during the ceremony on Wednesday, November 19. The program aired at 8/7c on ABC, and was hosted by multi-nominee Lainey Wilson.

Wilson is only the third female artist to solo-host the CMA Awards, following Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. She co-hosted 2024’s ceremony with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, who both stepped down this year after three years of hosting.

RELATED: ALL THE DETAILS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2025 CMA AWARDS

Two of the awards, Music Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year, were announced early on GMA on November 19, before the main ceremony. Scroll to see who won those awards and the other categories at the CMA Awards this year.

We’ll update this list throughout the night as new winners are announced, so keep checking back for the latest information!

See The 2025 CMA Awards Winners Below…

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

• Jenee Fleenor
• Paul Franklin **WINNER**
• Brent Mason
• Rob McNelley
• Derek Wells

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Ella Langley
• Shaboozey
• Zach Top **WINNER**
• Tucker Wetmore
• Stephen Wilson Jr.

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

• Brooks & Dunn **WINNER**
• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Maddie & Tae
• The War and Treaty

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Lady A
• Little Big Town
• Old Dominion
• Rascal Flatts
• Red Clay Strays **WINNER**

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Award goes to artist(s) and director(s)

• “Am I Okay?” by Megan Moroney
  • DIRECTOR(S): Alexandra Gavillet, Megan Moroney
• “I’m Gonna Love You” by Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood
  • DIRECTOR(S): Dustin Haney
• “Somewhere Over Laredo” by Lainey Wilson
  • DIRECTOR(S): TK McKamy
• “Think I’m in Love With You” by Chris Stapleton
  • DIRECTOR(S): Running Bear
• “you look like you love me” by Ella Langley and Riley Green **WINNER**
  • DIRECTOR(S): Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

Award goes to artists and producer(s)

• “Don’t Mind If I Do” by Riley Green featuring Ella Langley
  • PRODUCER(S): Scott Borchetta, Jimmy Harnen, Dann Huff
• “Hard Fought Hallelujah” by Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
  • PRODUCER(S): Micah Nichols
• “I’m Gonna Love You” by Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood
  • PRODUCER(S): Trent Willmon
• “Pour Me a Drink” by Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton **WINNER**
  • PRODUCER(S): Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome
• “You Had to Be There” by Megan Moroney featuring Kenny Chesney
  • PRODUCER(S): Kristian Bush

SONG OF THE YEAR

Award goes to songwriter(s)

• “4x4xU” by Lainey Wilson
  • SONGWRITER(S): Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson
• “Am I Okay?” by Megan Moroney
  • SONGWRITER(S): Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney
• “I Never Lie” by Zach Top
  • SONGWRITER(S): Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top
• “Texas” by Blake Shelton
  • SONGWRITER(S): Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock
• “you look like you love me” by Ella Langley and Riley Green **WINNER**
  • SONGWRITER(S): Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Award goes to artist(s), producer(s) and mix engineer(s)

• “4x4xU” by Lainey Wilson
  • PRODUCER(S): Jay Joyce
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
• “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” by Luke Combs
  • PRODUCER(S): Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Chip Matthews
• “Am I Okay?” by Megan Moroney
  • PRODUCER(S): Kristian Bush
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Justin Niebank
• “I Never Lie” by Zach Top
  • PRODUCER(S): Carson Chamberlain
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Matt Rovey
• “you look like you love me” by Ella Langley and Riley Green **WINNER**
  • PRODUCER(S): Will Bundy
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Jim Cooley

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Award goes to artist, producer(s) and mix engineer(s)

• Am I Okay? by Megan Moroney
  • PRODUCER(S): Kristian Bush
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Justin Niebank
• Cold Beer & Country Music by Zach Top
  • PRODUCER(S): Carson Chamberlain
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Matt Rovey
• F-1 Trillion by Post Malone
  • PRODUCER(S): Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Ryan Gore
• I’m the Problem by Morgan Wallen
  • PRODUCER(S): Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi
• Whirlwind by Lainey Wilson **WINNER**
  • PRODUCER(S): Jay Joyce
  • MIX ENGINEER(S): Jason Hall, Jay Joyce

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

• Luke Combs
• Cody Johnson **WINNER**
• Chris Stapleton
• Zach Top
• Morgan Wallen

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

• Kelsea Ballerini
• Miranda Lambert
• Ella Langley
• Megan Moroney
• Lainey Wilson **WINNER**

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Luke Combs
• Cody Johnson
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen
• Lainey Wilson **WINNER**

Here are a few fun stats worth noting about this year’s winners!

Lainey Wilson made history in multiple ways. She became only the third female artist to win Entertainer of the Year twice, following Taylor Swift and Barbara Mandrell. Additionally, she became the third female artist to win Female Vocalist of the Year in four consecutive years. Miranda Lambert and Reba McEntire previously accomplished this feat. Third, her win for Album of the Year made her the second female artist to ever win the category twice, with Miranda Lambert being the other.

Brooks & Dunn‘s victory gave them 20 total career wins, making them the most-awarded artist in CMA history.

The Red Clay Strays earned their first CMA Award. They also broke Old Dominion’s seven-year run of winning Vocal Group of the Year.

Steel guitar player Paul Franklin finally won his first Musician of the Year award after being nominated 32 times prior. He’s also the most-nominated person in any one category in CMA history.

Ella Langley and Riley Green’s “you look like you love me” made history as the first track to win Single, Song, Music Video, and Musical Event of the Year. It won the first three awards this year and the latter one in 2024.

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees at the 2025 CMA Awards!

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