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Here are the biggest winners, the best performances, and all the top highlight moments from the 2023 CMA Awards.

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00:00 Lainey Wilson wins big, host Malone goes country,

00:03 and Jelly Roll teams up with Winona.

00:05 Hey, I'm Lindsay Havens here in Nashville

00:07 for the 57th Annual CMA Awards,

00:09 and we're breaking down the night's biggest moments.

00:11 Luke Bryan and NFL star Peyton Manning

00:16 returned as hosts for the evening.

00:18 - We're back, and you know what that means.

00:21 - Yep, Travis and Taylor weren't available.

00:23 - Yep, exactly.

00:25 - And Luke performed some of his greatest hits

00:27 like "One Margarita" and "Play It Again."

00:29 ♪ She was like, oh my God, this is my song ♪

00:33 ♪ I've been listening to the radio all night long ♪

00:37 - New Artist of the Year winner Jelly Roll

00:38 made multiple appearances on the stage,

00:40 including opening the show

00:42 with a performance of "Need a Favor"

00:43 with surprise guest Winona Judd.

00:45 ♪ So who the hell am I to ask you ♪

00:50 - We caught up with him on the carpet,

00:51 and he said this about his performance with Winona.

00:54 - Man, I tell you what, the person I called,

00:55 nobody thought was gonna say yes.

00:57 I mean, I don't wanna throw nobody under the bus,

00:59 but some of the industry award people,

01:02 I mean, lots of people were like,

01:03 "That'd be awesome, but I'm not sure."

01:06 And I was like, "Let me just try."

01:07 - Billboard chart-topper Morgan Wallen

01:09 performed not once, but twice tonight,

01:11 including with Hardy and the one and only Post Malone

01:14 for a tribute to Joe Diffie.

01:15 ♪ You started playing me with a kiss ♪

01:17 ♪ And I began to understand ♪

01:19 ♪ Something in me like about a pick of mine ♪

01:22 - Tributes to the Country Music Hall of Fame inductee

01:25 Tanya Tucker and the late Jimmy Buffett

01:27 brought everyone singing the classics.

01:29 ♪ To take you to his mansion in the sky ♪

01:34 - And it was a good night to be Laini Wilson,

01:36 who took home the most awards with five,

01:38 including Entertainer of the Year.

01:40 - I've been in this town for 12 and a half years,

01:42 and it finally feels like country music

01:44 is starting to love me back.

01:46 - She performed her single "Wildflowers and Wild Horses."

01:49 ♪ Wildflowers and wild horses ♪

01:53 - Plus, Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car"

01:56 won him Single of the Year.

01:57 Brothers Osborne took home Vocal Duo of the Year

01:59 for the sixth time.

02:01 And Chris Stapleton was the Male Vocalist of the Year winner.

02:04 What an incredible night.

02:05 For more on the 57th Annual CMA Awards,

02:07 head to billboard.com.

02:09 I'm Lindsay Havens for Billboard News.

02:10 (upbeat music)

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