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.
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