Aus Streaming Service Stan Scores The TV Rights For CMA Awards

Australian television, film and live sport streaming service Stan has scored the television rights of this year’s CMA Awards, Mumbrella reports.

The longest-running country music award ceremony aired on Channel Nine since 2017, but before that, it aired exclusively on Foxtel.

Stan’s airing of the CMA Awards follows its recent ventures into award ceremonies, including a live stream of this year’s ARIA Awards (Wednesday, 15 November) and the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.

The 2023 CMA Awards are led by the most nominated artist of 2023, Lainey Wilson, as well as other famous stars, including Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Morgan Wallen, Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini. Luke Bryan is on hosting duties once again alongside NFL legend Peyton Manning.

Wilson is up for a jaw-dropping nine awards across seven categories. She’s nominated twice for Single Of The Year (thanks to her own track, Heart Like A Truck, as well as her similarly titled HARDY team-up Wait In The Truck) and Musical Event Of The Year (both for collaborative efforts, one being that HARDY joint and the other being Save Me with Jelly Roll), with singular nods for Entertainer Of The Year, Female Vocalist Of The Year, Album Of The Year (with Bell Bottom Country), Song Of The Year (with Heart Like A Truck), and Music Video Of The Year (with the HARDY joint).

The award ceremony will be held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, 8 November. Check out the complete list of nominees below. Australian viewers can watch the CMA Awards at 11 am AEDT on Thursday, 9 November, on Stan.

2023 CMA AWARDS

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Luke Combs – Fast Car
Lainey Wilson – Heart Like A Truck
Jelly Roll – Need A Favor
Jordan Davis – Next Thing You Know
HARDY – Wait In The Truck (featuring Lainey Wilson)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
Luke Combs – Gettin’ Old
Morgan Wallen – One Thing At A Time
Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up The Welcome Mat

SONG OF THE YEAR (SONGWRITERS)

Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson – Heart Like A Truck
Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill and Josh Osborne – Next Thing You Know
David Fanning, Paul Jenkins, Megan Moroney and Ben Williams – Tennessee Orange
Renee Blair, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps and Jordan Schmidf – Wait In The Truck

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carley Pearce
Lainey Wilson

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War And Treaty

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

Jelly Roll – Save Me (with Lainey Wilson)
Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina – She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Remix)
Kane Brown – Thank God (with Katelyn Brown)
HARDY – Wait In The Truck (featuring Lainey Wilson)
Carly Pearce – We Don’t Fight Anymore (featuring Chris Stapleton)

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Zach Bryan
Jelly Roll
Parker McCollum
Megan Moroney
Hailey Whitters

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Ashley McBryde – Light On In The Kitchen
Old Dominion – Memory Lane
Jelly Roll – Need A Favor
Jordan Davis – Next Thing You Know
HARDY – Wait In The Truck (featuring Lainey Wilson)