The trophies are lined up, votes have been counted and finally it's Country Music's BIGGEST night! The 52nd annual CMA awards are tonight.
Chris Stapleton leads the pack with five nominations: male vocalist of the year, single of the year, album of the year, song of the year and the coveted entertainer of the year. Several artists received three nominations this year, including Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay and Florida Georgia Line.
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As voting members of the CMA's we each placed our ballot to choose tonight's winners. Here's how we each voted.
Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriters)
“Body Like A Back Road” – Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne “
Broken Halos” – Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton
“Drowns the Whiskey” – Songwriter: Brandon Kinney, Jeff Middleton, Josh Thompson
“Drunk Girl” – Songwriter: Scooter Carusoe, Tom Douglas, Chris Janson
“Tequila” – Songwriter: Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers
Ridder: “Drowns the Whiskey”
Scott: “Drowns the Whiskey”
Shannen: “Tequila”
Musical Event of the Year
“Burning Man” – Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne
“Dear Hate” – Maren Morris (Feat. Vince Gill)
“Drowns the Whiskey” – Jason Aldean (Feat. Miranda Lambert)
“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” – David Lee Murphy (with Kenny Chesney)
“Meant to Be” – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
Ridder: “Drowns the Whiskey”
Scott: “Burning Man”
Shannen: “Drowns the Whiskey”
Album of the Year
From A Room: Volume 2 – Chris Stapleton
Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
Graffiti U – Keith Urban
Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
The Mountain – Dierks Bentley
Ridder: The Mountain
Scott: The Mountain
Shannen: The Mountain
Single of the Year (Awarded to Singer, Producer and Engineer)
“Broken Halos” – Chris Stapleton
“Drinkin’ Problem” – Midland
“Drowns the Whiskey” – Jason Aldean (Feat. Miranda Lambert
“Meant to Be” – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia
“Tequila” – Dan + Shay
Ridder: “Drowns the Whiskey”
Scott: “Drinkin’ Problem”
Shannen: “Tequila”
New Artist of the Year
Lauren Alaina
Luke Combs
Chris Janson
Midland
Brett Young
Ridder: Luke Combs
Scott: Luke Combs
Shannen: Luke Combs
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
Sugarland
Ridder: Brothers Osborne
Scott: Brothers Osborne
Shannen: Dan + Shay
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
LANCO
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Ridder: Old Dominion
Scott: Midland
Shannen: Old Dominion
Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
Ridder: Miranda Lambert
Scott: Kacey Musgraves
Shannen: Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Ridder: Luke Combs
Scott: Luke Combs
Shannen: Luke Combs
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Ridder: Kenny Chesney
Scott: Jason Aldean
Shannen: Jason Aldean