2020 CMA Awards: Complete Winners List
“Country Music’s Biggest Night” has come and gone and surely left fans with a few memories that will last long…
Eric Church and Maren Morris; Photo Courtesy of CMA
“Country Music’s Biggest Night” has come and gone and surely left fans with a few memories that will last long after the final award was handed out.
The 54th Annual CMA Awards brought members of the country music community together, in the same room, for the first time in months to celebrate the past year in country music.
Eric Church received the night’s top honor, Entertainer of the Year, while Maren Morris was the evening’s biggest winner, taking home three awards for CMA Single, Song and Female Vocalist of the Year. Luke Combs was also a top winner with two awards: CMA Album and Male Vocalist of the Year.
Old Dominion was crowned CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Dan + Shay was named CMA Vocal Duo of the Year and Morgan Wallen took home the CMA New Artist of the Year trophy.
Prior to tonight’s broadcast, Carly Pearce and Lee Brice won CMA Musical Event of the Year, Miranda Lambert won CMA Music Video of the Year, and Jenee Fleenor was named CMA Musician of the Year. Charley Pride was the recipient of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
“It was a privilege to bring the Country Music community together tonight,” says Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “We have worked tirelessly over the past few months to develop a safe environment that would allow us to deliver a show our fans have come to expect. We have followed all protocols established by the CDC, local health authorities and creative unions to ensure the safety of our staff, our crew and our artists at every turn. Every single person was tested prior to entering our footprint, with many individuals being tested repeatedly out of an abundance of caution. Our process enabled us to catch any positive test results immediately and before any of those individuals ever stepped foot into the venue. I am grateful for the grace and the patience shown to us during this process and to those individuals that were unable to join us tonight, you were greatly missed and we wish you and your families the very best.”
Trahern added, “I am so proud to be a part of this community. It has been a very difficult year with many of us having suffered tremendous loss. My hope is that with the help of our incredible community of artists, we were able to shine a bit of light into the world through the magic of Country Music.”
See the full list of CMA Awards winners below.
2020 CMA Awards Winners
Entertainer of the Year
Eric Church – WINNER
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Single of the Year
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s), and Mix Engineer
- “10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay (with Justin Bieber)
Producer: Dan Smyers
Mix Engineer: Jeff Juliano - “Beer Never Broke My Heart” – Luke Combs
Producer: Scott Moffatt
Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley - “Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
Producer: Jay Joyce
Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce - “The Bones” – Maren Morris – WINNER
Producer: Greg Kurstin
Mix Engineer: Greg Kurstin - “I Hope” – Gabby Barrett
Producers: Ross Copperman, Zach Kale
Mix Engineer: Buckley Miller
Album of the Year
Award goes to Artist and Producers
- Heartache Medication – Jon Pardi
Producers: Bart Butler, Ryan Gore, Jon Pardi - Never Will – Ashley McBryde
Producers: Jay Joyce, John Peets - Old Dominion – Old Dominion
Producers: Shane McAnally, Old Dominion - What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs – WINNER
Producer: Scott Moffatt - Wildcard – Miranda Lambert
Producer: Jay Joyce
Song of the Year
Award goes to Songwriters
- “Bluebird”
Songwriters: Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert - “The Bones” – WINNER
Songwriters: Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz - “Even Though I’m Leaving”
Songwriters: Luke Combs, Wyatt B. Durrette III, Ray Fulcher - “I Hope You’re Happy Now”
Songwriters: Luke Combs, Randy Montana, Carly Pearce, Jonathan Singleton - “More Hearts Than Mine”
Songwriters: Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis, Derrick Southerland
Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris – WINNER
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist of the Year
Eric Church
Luke Combs – WINNER
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion – WINNER
Rascal Flatts
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay – WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
Musical Event of the Year
Award goes to Artists and Producer(s)
- “10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay (with Justin Bieber)
Producer: Dan Smyers - “Be A Light” – Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban
Producer: Dann Huff - “The Bones” – Maren Morris with Hozier
Producer: Greg Kurstin - “Fooled Around And Fell In Love” – Miranda Lambert (feat. Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes & Caylee Hammack)
Producer: Jay Joyce - “I Hope You’re Happy Now” – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice – WINNER
Producer: busbee
Musician of the Year
Jenee Fleenor – WINNER
Paul Franklin
Rob McNelley
Ilya Toshinskiy
Derek Wells
Music Video of the Year
Award goes to Artist(s) and Director
- “10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay (with Justin Bieber)
Director: Patrick Tracy - “Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert – WINNER
Director: Trey Fanjoy - “Homemade” – Jake Owen
Director: Justin Clough - “I Hope You’re Happy Now” – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
Director: Sam Siske - “Second One To Know” – Chris Stapleton
Director: David Coleman
New Artist of the Year
Jimmie Allen
Ingrid Andress
Gabby Barrett
Carly Pearce
Morgan Wallen – WINNER
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