Performers Announced For The 60th Annual CMA Awards
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The Country Music Association is planning an unforgettable night for the 60th annual CMA Awards celebration.
Returning on Wednesday, November 18th, the CMA Awards are widely regarded as country music’s biggest night. Lainey Wilson will host the ceremony solo for the second time and for the third time overall. CMA CEO Sarah Trahern endorsed Lainey and shared:
“Lainey is such a perfect person to host the show this year because she’s the reigning entertainer of the year and is continuing to be an international growth artist and is out there playing, but she also has such a deep, deep love of the history.”
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Nominees Revealed For 2026 CMA Awards
On September 10th, this year’s nominees were announced in two waves: first, select categories were revealed live on Good Morning America. Later, Lee Ann Womack and American Idol Season 24 champion Hannah Harper hosted a livestream from Nashville, where they announced the remaining nominees.
Ella Langley leads with nine nominations. Other top nominees include Miranda Lambert with seven, Kacey Musgraves and Ben West with five, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, and Stephen Wilson Jr. with four, and Dave Clauss, Luke Combs, and Lainey Wilson with three nominations.
The full list of 2026 CMA Awards nominees can be found here.
CMA Awards Performers Announced
On Thursday, November 5th, the first wave of performers for the 2026 ceremony was revealed. Celebrating six decades of the awards, the lineup was curated to “bring together genre icons and the artists shaping its future.”
Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, The Red Clay Strays, Zach Top, and Tucker Wetmore will all take the CMA stage to perform during the ceremony. Each of these artists has received one or more nominations this year.
Additionally, there will be a special tribute to country music icon Dolly Parton, who passed away on August 25th at the age of 80.
Be sure to tune in live for the CMA Awards on November 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT. Viewers can watch on ABC and Disney+, or stream on Hulu the following day.
