Morgan Wallen Crowned Entertainer Of The Year At CMA Awards

Mary Varvaris

Check out the complete winners' list featuring Chris Stapleton, Megan Moroney, and more.

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In news that many fans have been waiting to hear, Morgan Wallen, who dominated the nominations with seven nods, has been crowned Entertainer of the Year at this year’s CMA Awards.

The awards were broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, 20 November, on ABC. This year, Lainey Wilson tried her hand at co-hosting the award show for the first time alongside Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning.

While Wallen won a CMA Award for New Artist of the Year in 2019, he hasn’t won an award at the CMAs since, despite his booming popularity. The most coveted award of the night, the Entertainer of the Year award, has previously gone to Lainey Wilson (2023), Luke Combs (2022 and 2021), Eric Church (2020), Garth Brooks, and others.

Morgan Wallen wasn’t the only big winner of this year’s CMA Awards. Chris Stapleton was named Male Artist of the Year for a fourth year running, Wilson received Female Artist of the Year for the third year in a row, Brooks & Dunn broke Brothers Osborne’s reign to win Vocal Duo of the Year, and Megan Moroney was named New Artist of the Year.

In another massive award, Album of the Year went to Cody Johnson with Leather. Chris Stapleton took home Single of the Year and Song of the Year with White Horse, while Old Dominion retained their reign to win Vocal Group of the Year.

You can find the complete winners’ list below. Winners’ names are bolded.

THE 58TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS 

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs

  • Jelly Roll

  • Chris Stapleton

  • WINNER: Morgan Wallen

  • Lainey Wilson

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey

  • Dirt Cheap – Cody Johnson

  • I Had Some Help – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)

  • Watermelon Moonshine – Lainey Wilson

  • WINNER: White Horse – Chris Stapleton

ALBUM OF THE YEAR  

  • Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves

  • Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs

  • Higher – Chris Stapleton

  • WINNER: Leather – Cody Johnson

  • Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll

SONG OF THE YEAR 

  • Burn It Down - Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose

  • Dirt Cheap - Songwriter: Josh Phillips

  • I Had Some Help - Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters

  • The Painter - Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins

  • WINNER: White Horse - Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR  

  • Kelsea Ballerini

  • Ashley McBryde

  • Megan Moroney

  • Kacey Musgraves

  • WINNER: Lainey Wilson

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs

  • Jelly Roll

  • Cody Johnson

  • WINNER: Chris Stapleton

  • Morgan Wallen

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Lady A

  • Little Big Town

  • WINNER: Old Dominion

  • The Red Clay Strays

  • Zac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR   

  • WINNER: Brooks & Dunn

  • Brothers Osborne

  • Dan + Shay

  • Maddie & Tae

  • The War And Treaty

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR  

  • Cowboys Cry Too – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan)

  • I Had Some Help – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)

  • I Remember Everything – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves)

  • Man Made A Bar – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)

  • WINNER: you look like you love me – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green)

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

  • Tom Bukovac – Guitar

  • Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle

  • Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar

  • Rob McNelley - Guitar

  • WINNER: Charlie Worsham – Guitar

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR  

  • Dirt Cheap – Cody Johnson

  • I Had Some Help – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)

  • I’m Not Pretty – Megan Moroney

  • The Painter – Cody Johnson

  • WINNER: Wildflowers and Wild Horses – Lainey Wilson

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: Megan Moroney

  • Shaboozey

  • Nate Smith

  • Mitchell Tenpenny

  • Zach Top

  • Bailey Zimmerman