Full 2026 CMA Awards winners and nominees
Every Country Music Association Awards category is listed below. Announced winners are marked. Categories still to come stay on the page so this 2026 CMA Awards winners list is complete on ceremony night, not only the morning after.
Entertainer of the Year
Pending
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Ella Langley
Chris Stapleton
Lainey Wilson
Single of the Year
Pending
Be Her
Ella Langley
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
I Knew It, I Knew You
Taylor Swift
Somewhere Over Laredo
Lainey Wilson
The Fall
Cody Johnson
Album of the Year
Pending
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
Song of the Year
PendingBe Her
Smith Ahnquist, Michael Hardy, Ella Langley, Jordan Schmidt
Beautiful Things
Jessi Alexander, Jessie Jo Dillon, Connie Harrington, Megan Moroney
Choosin' Texas
Luke Dick, Ella Langley, Miranda Lambert, Joybeth Taylor
Dry Spell
Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne
Gary
Stephen Wilson Jr.
Female Vocalist of the Year
Pending
Miranda Lambert
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson
Male Vocalist of the Year
PendingLuke Combs
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Zach Top
Stephen Wilson Jr.
Vocal Group of the Year
Pending
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
The Red Clay Strays
Vocal Duo of the Year
Pending
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Muscadine Bloodline
Thelma & James
Musical Event of the Year
Pending
If I Don't Leave I'm Gonna Stay
Carly Pearce & Riley Green
A Song To Sing
Miranda Lambert (with Chris Stapleton)
Horses and Divorces
Kacey Musgraves (feat. Miranda Lambert)
I Can't Love You Anymore
Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen
McArthur
HARDY, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen & Tim McGraw
Musician of the Year
Pending
Tom Bukovac
Guitar
Jenee Fleenor
Fiddle
Paul Franklin
Steel Guitar
Rob McNelley
Guitar
Charlie Worsham
Guitar
Music Video of the Year
Pending
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
Dry Spell
Kacey Musgraves
Gary
Stephen Wilson Jr.
White Horse
Chris Stapleton
The Fall
Cody Johnson
New Artist of the Year
Pending
Avery Anna
Carter Faith
Emily Ann Roberts
Tucker Wetmore
Stephen Wilson Jr.
How this CMA Awards winners list stays current
Award Party records the official winner for each category as the 2026 Country Music Association Awards are announced. This page is the public list: the same results that score prediction parties, published where people look up CMA Awards winners.
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