And the Country Music Award Goes to...

WINNER
  • Morgan Wallen
NOMINEES
  • Luke Combs

  • Jelly Roll

  • Chris Stapleton

  • Lainey Wilson

WINNER NOMINEES
  • Deeper Well
  • Kacey Musgraves
    • PRODUCERS:
    • Ian Fitchuk
    • Kacey Musgraves
    • Daniel Tashian

    • MIX ENGINEER(S):
    • Shawn Everett
    • Konrad Snyder
    • Interscope Records / MCA Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville

  • Fathers & Sons
  • Luke Combs
    • PRODUCERS:
    • Luke Combs
    • Chip Matthews
    • Jonathan Singleton

    • MIX ENGINEER(S):
    • Chip Matthews
    • Seven Ridges Records / Columbia Nashville

  • Higher
  • Chris Stapleton
    • PRODUCERS:
    • Dave Cobb
    • Chris Stapleton
    • Morgane Stapleton

    • MIX ENGINEER(S):
    • Vance Powell
    • Mercury Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville

  • Whitsitt Chapel
    • PRODUCERS:
    • Andrew Baylis
    • Brock Berryhill
    • Zach Crowell
    • Jesse Frasure
    • David Garcia
    • Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft
    • Austin Nivarel
    • David Ray Stevens

    • MIX ENGINEER(S):
    • Jeff Braun
    • Jim Cooley
    • BBR Music Group / Stoney Creek Records

WINNER
  • Lainey Wilson
NOMINEES
  • Kelsea Ballerini

  • Ashley McBryde

  • Megan Moroney

  • Kacey Musgraves

WINNER
  • Chris Stapleton
NOMINEES
  • Luke Combs

  • Jelly Roll

  • Cody Johnson

  • Morgan Wallen

WINNER
  • Old Dominion
NOMINEES
  • Lady A

  • Little Big Town

  • The Red Clay Strays

  • Zac Brown Band

WINNER
  • Brooks & Dunn
NOMINEES
  • Brothers Osborne

  • Dan + Shay

  • Maddie & Tae

  • The War And Treaty

WINNER
  • Megan Moroney
NOMINEES
  • Shaboozey

  • Nate Smith

  • Mitchell Tenpenny

  • Zach Top

WINNER NOMINEES

WINNER
  • “White Horse”
  • Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
NOMINEES
  • “Burn It Down”
  • Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose

  • “Dirt Cheap”
  • Josh Phillips

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

  • “The Painter”
  • Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins

WINNER NOMINEES
  • “Cowboys Cry Too”
  • Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan)
    • Kelsea Ballerini
    • Alysa Vanderheym
    • Black River Entertainment

  • “I Had Some Help”
  • Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
    • Louis Bell
    • Charlie Handsome
    • Hoskins
    • Mercury Records / REPUBLIC / Big Loud Records

  • “I Remember Everything”
  • Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves)
    • Zach Bryan
    • Belting Bronco Records / Warner Records

  • “Man Made A Bar”
  • Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)
    • Joey Moi
    • Big Loud Records / Mercury Records / Republic Records / EMI Records Nashville / Universal Music Group Nashville

WINNER
  • “Wildflowers and Wild Horses”
  • Lainey Wilson
  • Director(s): Patrick Tracy
NOMINEES
  • “Dirt Cheap”
  • Cody Johnson
  • Director(s): Dustin Haney

  • “I Had Some Help”
  • Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
  • Director(s): Chris Villa

  • “I'm Not Pretty”
  • Megan Moroney
  • Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney

  • “The Painter”
  • Cody Johnson
  • Dustin Haney

WINNER
  • Charlie Worsham
  • GUITAR
NOMINEES
  • Tom Bukovac
  • GUITAR

  • Jenee Fleenor
  • FIDDLE

  • Paul Franklin
  • STEEL GUITAR

  • Rob McNelley
  • GUITAR