The Top 10 Looks From The 57th Annual CMA Awards
Known as Country Music’s Biggest Night™, Lainey Wilson takes home the top award and new singers are also honored.
Tonight the 57th annual CMA Awards, hosted by the Country Music Association took place in Nashville from the Bridgestone Arena, and was aired live on Hulu. Hosting together again this year were Luke Bryan and Payton Manning, a duo that’s known for their onstage banter.
While everyone looked stunning, these are our top ten looks from the red carpet.
Chapel Heart Band
The trio stunned in mainly red and black accents, of different sartorial styles of short length and calf length dresses.
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Paula Abdul
The former American Idol judge shimmered in a gold and silver ensemble with a shiny gold belt that stuck out as she walked the red carpet.
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Mickey Guyton
The singer stunned in a short yellow dress that hugged her curves, with a look that popped on the red carpet.
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Cynthia Erivo
The actress stunned in a strapless dress with purple, blue, and yellow tone print Louis Vuitton dress by its creative director Nicolas Ghesquiere.
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Nicole Combs
The wife of singer Luke Combs, Nicole also wore red, and she wore a silhouette that she normally doesn’t wear. The first of the dress was cut above the knee, while the back flowed to the floor.
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Dustin Lynch
The singer had a Country-Western ensemble, but what stood out was the burnt orange double-breasted fitted jacket, contrasted with his black pants, shirt, and cowboy hat.
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Morgan Wallen
Also opting for all black, Wallen wore a reddish-orange toned jacket and kept things simple.
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Kelsea Ballerini
Who can forget the singer’s dress last year, where she wore the same blue Balenciaga gown, and later changed into a Tony Ward look. This year she looked feminine in a blush pink fitted one-shoulder Christian Siriano gown, with thigh-high slit.
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Ashley McBryde
The singer, who performed on stage wore a Solace London red gown with crisscross detailing around the neck. Not that she didn’t look good before, but after dropping several pounds, McBryde fit into the red dress that hugged all her curves.
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Lainey Wilson
As usual the singer wore bell bottoms on the red carpet and she looked great. Ruffled and layered, the jumpsuit part of her pants matched well with the off-the-shoulder bodice, which highlighted the silver necklace and large earrings she wore.
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The show
Starting the evening was Jelly Roll and Wynonna Judd, who sang his song, Need A Favor. Tanya Tucker and Little Big Town sang Delta Dawn, a song that has touched Country Music lovers since Tucker was a teenager. Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band and Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally all remembered singer Jimmy Buffett, who died this year. Hardy, Morgan Wallen, and Post Malone sang hits by the late Joe Diffie, John Deere Green and Pickup Man. And, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Jordan Davis, Cody Johnson, Ashley McBryde, Stapleton, and The War And Treaty sang solo performances.
Lainey Wilson took home the most awards, five in total which included Entertainer Of The Year, while Jelly Roll took home New Artist Of The Year. “There is something poetic about a 39-year-old man winning New Artist of the Year. I don't know where you're at in your life, or what you're going through, but I want to tell you to keep going, baby,” he said when giving his speech. Tracy Champan, who’s song Fast Car is covered by Luke Combs won in the Songwriter category. Chris Stapelton won Male Vocalist Of The Year and Old Dominion won Vocal Group Of The Year. All ballots are tabulated by Deloitte.
The CMA’s first aired in 1967. It is the longest running annual music awards show on network TV. This year’s production was helmed by Robert Deaton, the Executive Producer, Alan Carter, the Director and Jon Macks, the Head Writer. If you missed the show, you can catch it on Hulu or watch the acts on YouTube.