2024 CMA Awards: Here’s what you need to know, including how and where to see who’s nominated, who’s performing

LOS ANGELES — It’s almost time for Country Music’s Biggest Night! We’ve got everything you need to know about the 2024 CMA Awards.

That’s how you see

The 58th Annual CMA Awards will air live on ABC on Wednesday, November 20 at 8 PM ET/PT on ABC.

Where are the CMA Awards this year

The awards ceremony will be held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Who is nominated

Morgan Wallen tops the list with seven nominations, while other top nominees include Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with five nominations, and Post Malone and Lainey Wilson with four nominations each.

Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves each secured three nominations.

For the third year in a row, Wallen is up for both the top prize – entertainer of the year – and the male vocalist categories.

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Rounding out the entertainer of the year categories are Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.

Prior to the announcement of the nominations, some fans speculated that Beyoncé, whose seminal country-and-so-evocative “Cowboy Carter” was released during the eligibility window, could receive a nomination at the 2024 CMAs. She didn’t.

Earlier this year, the album hit no. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, making her the first black woman to top the chart since its inception in 1964.

Who will host the 2024 CMA Awards

A year after the “Heart Like a Truck” singer won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards, Lainey Wilson makes her hosting debut on the show this year, joining the familiar team of Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning as the third co-host. .

“I’m pumped!” Wilson told On The Red Carpet. “I mean even as a little girl, like watching the CMAs, it was like a big family party for us. I mean, we looked forward to it… We’d watch the rodeo or we’d watch the Country Music Awards!”

Click here for the full interview.

Who is performing

Two-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and three-time nominee this year, Luke Combs, will perform “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma.”

Three-time nominee this year, Megan Moroney, will perform her single “Am I Okay?”

Kacey Musgraves, also with three nominations this year, will sing “The Architect.”

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First-time nominee and performer Bailey Zimmerman takes the stage with “New to Country.”

The collaboration features this year’s two-time nominee Kelsea Ballerini and first-time nominee and performer Noah Kahan with their nominated duet, “Cowboys Cry Too.”

Brooks & Dunn, who are nominated for CMA Vocal Duo, welcome three-time this year nominee Jelly Roll to perform “Believe.”

First time artists, Ella Langley and Riley Green, will sing their hit “you look like you love me.”

Click here for a closer look at who will be performing at the CMA Awards.

Who presents

This year’s CMA Awards presenters include Simone Biles, Clint Black, Freddie Freeman, Don Johnson, Jackson Laux, Little Big Town, Katharine McPhee and more.

Watch the 58th Annual CMA Awards this year on Wednesday, November 20 at 8 PM ET/PT on ABC.

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