Chris Stapleton wins 4 CMA Awards but Morgan Wallen named entertainer of the year

[ad_1] Chris Stapleton took dwelling 4 Nation Music Affiliation Awards and hardly left the stage on Wednesday evening, whereas an absent Morgan Wallen was shut out all night till taking the evening's largest prize, entertainer of the 12 months.

Stapleton's wins included track of the 12 months and single of the 12 months for "White Horse," and he took the stage on the Bridgestone Enviornment in Nashville, Tennessee, 3 times to carry out in the course of the ABC telecast, together with a show-opening duet with Publish Malone.

"I am actually honored for this, thanks very a lot," the at all times subdued nation traditionalist Stapleton mentioned as he accepted the male vocalist of the 12 months award for a record-extending eighth time.

Chris Stapleton accepts the male vocalist of the 12 months award onstage in the course of the 58th annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Enviornment on Nov. 20, 2024 in Nashville. Getty Photographs

For a lot of the evening it appeared the main nominee, Wallen, who was up for seven, could be shut out, till presenter Jeff Bridges gave a botched rendering of his title as "Morgan Waylon" when he introduced entertainer of the 12 months.

4 of Wallen's nominations got here for his hit collaboration with Malone, "I Had Some Assist," although the track, and the first-time nominee Malone, went winless.

However the rapper-singer Malone was all smiles all evening on the CMAs after releasing his first nation album earlier within the 12 months. With Stapleton, he sang his track "California Sober" in full cowboy regalia, together with a bolo tie as huge as a belt buckle. He later took the stage solo to sing the emotional "Yours," which he devoted to his younger daughter.

Stapleton later carried out his personal "What Am I Gonna Do" together with his spouse Morgane, and carried out but once more as a part of an all-star tribute to George Strait, who acquired the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Final 12 months's entertainer of the 12 months, Lainey Wilson, hosted the present together with Luke Bryan and NFL nice Peyton Manning and received two CMAs - feminine vocalist of the 12 months and greatest music video for "Wildflowers and Wild Horses."

For some time it appeared Stapleton would get a sweep, however he misplaced out on album of the 12 months to a shocked Cody Johnson, who took the trophy for "Leather-based."

"I assumed Chris Stapleton or Jelly Roll was going to win," Johnson mentioned.

Outdated Dominion received vocal group of the 12 months for a report seventh straight time, surpassing the six received by Little Large City.

The Stapleton-Malone opening and far of the evening have been a celebration of a time of crossover and collaboration in nation.

The telecast, out there on Hulu for streaming Thursday, featured performances from artist combos together with Brooks & Dunn, representing the Nineties and 2000s, with Jelly Roll, representing nation's present second. They gave an emotional gospel-style efficiency of Brooks & Dunn's 2005 track "Consider."

Brooks & Dunn adopted it up by profitable vocal duo of the 12 months for the fifteenth time and the primary time since 2006.

Shaboozey introduced the gang to its ft with a solo efficiency that started with a little bit of his extra sober single "Freeway" earlier than launching into one of many 12 months's defining hits, "A Bar Track (Tipsy)."

However he misplaced out on greatest new artist to Megan Moroney, who received minutes after her personal efficiency.

"Thanks Jesus for placing this dream on my coronary heart," Moroney, a 27-year-old from Georgia, mentioned with misty eyes as she accepted the award.

Wilson opened the tribute to Strait by singing a part of his greatest remembered hit, "Amarillo by Morning."

She was adopted by Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Stapleton and Strait modern Clint Black, who carried out items of Strait hits together with "Troubadour" and "Honky Tonk Corridor of Fame"

Stapleton handed the 72-year-old Strait the award beforehand received by Dolly Parton, Johnny Money, Charley Delight and Nelson himself, calling Strait "true nation music royalty, the king of nation."

A smiling Strait thanked everybody for the robust renditions of his songs.

"I am glad I bought 'em first," he mentioned.

The CMA Awards are nominated and voted on by members of the Nation Music Affiliation, which incorporates music executives, artists, publicists, songwriters and different trade professionals.