The 60th CMA Awards air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu, the Country Music Association announced. Lainey Wilson hosts for the third straight year.
The first performers named are Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, The Red Clay Strays, Zach Top and Tucker Wetmore. Dolly Parton gets a special tribute. CMA says more performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks. CMA has staged the show every year since 1967, longer than any other annual music awards program on network TV.
How to watch
| Option | When | What you need |
|---|---|---|
| ABC | Live, 8 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. CT | An ABC station through an antenna, cable, satellite or a live TV streaming service |
| Disney+ | Live, at the same time as the broadcast | A Disney+ subscription |
| Hulu | Thursday, Nov. 19 | A Hulu subscription |
ABC's show page lists the broadcast as live on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and CMA bills it as "8/7c," which covers the Eastern and Central time zones, so a show that goes live from Nashville at 8 p.m. Eastern starts at 5 p.m. Pacific, and viewers in the Mountain and Pacific zones should check their local ABC listing or use the Disney+ stream to watch it as it happens.
CMA says a limited number of tickets to the show remain at CMAawards.com/tickets.
Who leads the nominations
Ella Langley leads this year's field with nine nominations, a year after she won three CMA Awards, while Miranda Lambert has seven, which brings her to 70 career nominations, the most for any female artist in CMA history. Musgraves has five and Johnson four, according to CMA. Nominees in the main categories, from the official list:
| Category | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Entertainer of the Year | Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Ella Langley, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson |
| Female Vocalist | Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson |
| Male Vocalist | Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Zach Top, Stephen Wilson Jr. |
| New Artist | Avery Anna, Carter Faith, Emily Ann Roberts, Tucker Wetmore, Stephen Wilson Jr. |
| Album | "Ain't In It For My Health" (Zach Top), "Dandelion" (Ella Langley), "Middle of Nowhere" (Kacey Musgraves), "Parker McCollum" (Parker McCollum), "The Way I Am" (Luke Combs) |
Wilson, the reigning Entertainer of the Year, is up for the top prize again while hosting. Stephen Wilson Jr. is in two races. Winners are chosen by CMA's professional voting members. This is also the last CMA Awards season for CMA chief executive Sarah Trahern, who hosted her final nominee dinner in October ahead of her retirement.
CMA's holiday special, "CMA Country Christmas," hosted by Lady A, airs Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 9/8c on ABC and streams the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
