CMA Award Winners 2021

The 55th annual CMA Awards took over Bridgestone arena in Nashville on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Here you’ll find all the information about the winners, as well as videos of some of the performances.

Miranda Lambert kicked off the show with a performance of some of her greatest hits. The crowd enjoyed a handful of collaborations, including Chris Young and Kane Brown, who brought a laugh to the audience as they displayed old yearbook photos and superlatives of the CMA talent in attendance.

Chris Stapleton took home the most CMA awards including CMA Album, Single, Song and Male Vocalist of the Year, while also being recognized for his work as a producer on his album and single. 

CMA Award Winners

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs    

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)   

  • “Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton  
    Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton   
    Mix Engineer: Vance Powell  

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)

  • Starting Over – Chris Stapleton   
    Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton   
    Mix Engineer: Vance Powell  

SONG OF THE YEAR  

Award goes to Songwriter(s)   

  • “Starting Over”    
    Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton   

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Carly Pearce   

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Chris Stapleton    

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Old Dominion

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

  • Brothers Osborne    

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR  

Award goes to Artist(s) and Producer(s)  

  • “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney)   
    Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins  

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 

  • Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle   

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR   

Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s)   

  • “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney)   
    Director: Patrick Tracy   

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

  • Jimmie Allen   

Performance Highlights

Miranda Lambert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAbwsMxqUc&list=PLSR1UreQHwa1XTjcVD_jkO-tnOvW56jk3&index=11

Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7_hsDAShE&list=PLSR1UreQHwa1XTjcVD_jkO-tnOvW56jk3&index=14

Eric Church

Blake Shelton

For more information about the CMA Award winners, visit CMAawards.com
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