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CMA Awards 2023 Recap: Biggest Winners, Best Performances & More | Billboard News
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11/9/2023
Here are the biggest winners, the best performances, and all the top highlight moments from the 2023 CMA Awards.
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Lainey Wilson wins big, host Malone goes country,
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and Jelly Roll teams up with Winona.
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Hey, I'm Lindsay Havens here in Nashville
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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
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returned as hosts for the evening.
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- We're back, and you know what that means.
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- Yep, Travis and Taylor weren't available.
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- Yep, exactly.
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- And Luke performed some of his greatest hits
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like "One Margarita" and "Play It Again."
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♪ She was like, oh my God, this is my song ♪
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♪ I've been listening to the radio all night long ♪
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- 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.
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♪ So who the hell am I to ask you ♪
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- We caught up with him on the carpet,
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and he said this about his performance with Winona.
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- Man, I tell you what, the person I called,
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nobody thought was gonna say yes.
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I mean, I don't wanna throw nobody under the bus,
00:59
but some of the industry award people,
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I mean, lots of people were like,
01:03
"That'd be awesome, but I'm not sure."
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And I was like, "Let me just try."
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- Billboard chart-topper Morgan Wallen
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performed not once, but twice tonight,
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including with Hardy and the one and only Post Malone
01:14
for a tribute to Joe Diffie.
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♪ You started playing me with a kiss ♪
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♪ And I began to understand ♪
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♪ Something in me like about a pick of mine ♪
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- 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.
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- She performed her single "Wildflowers and Wild Horses."
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♪ Wildflowers and wild horses ♪
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- Plus, Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car"
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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.
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What an incredible night.
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For more on the 57th Annual CMA Awards,
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head to billboard.com.
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I'm Lindsay Havens for Billboard News.
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