CMA Awards 2021: See the full winners list

Chris Stapleton was the big winner at the 55th Country Music Association Awards, held Wednesday night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and hosted by Luke Bryan.

Heading into the awards show, Eric Church and Stapleton had the most nominations, with both musicians up for the same five awards: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Album, Single, and Song of the Year.

Following closely behind was singer Gabby Barrett, who was nominated for New Artist, Female Vocalist, Single, and Song of the Year (for "The Good Ones"). Mix engineer Jason Hall and producer Jay Joyce were also up for four awards.

In the end, it was Stapleton who walked away with the most awards with all but the Entertainer of the Year honors. Luke Combs took home that coveted award instead, while Jimmie Allen won New Artist of the Year.

Check out the list of winners below.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Eric Church
• WINNER: Luke Combs
• Miranda Lambert
• Chris Stapleton
• Carrie Underwood

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

• "Famous Friends" – Chris Young with Kane Brown
  Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young
  Mix Engineer: Sean Moffitt
• "The Good Ones" – Gabby Barrett
  Producers: Ross Copperman, Zach Kale
  Mix Engineers: Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin
• "Hell of a View" – Eric Church
  Producer: Jay Joyce
  Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
• "One Night Standards" – Ashley McBryde
  Producer: Jay Joyce
  Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
• WINNER: "Starting Over" – Chris Stapleton
  Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton
  Mix Engineer: Vance Powell

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• 29 – Carly Pearce
  Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, and Jimmy Robbins
  Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore

• Dangerous: The Double Album – Morgan Wallen
  Producers: Dave Cohen, Matt Dragstrem, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, and Joey Moi
  Mix Engineer: Joey Moi

• Heart – Eric Church
  Producer: Jay Joyce
  Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce

• Skeletons – Brothers Osborne
  Producer: Jay Joyce
  Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce

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

SONG OF THE YEAR Award goes to Songwriter(s)

• "Forever After All"
  Songwriters: Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford
• "The Good Ones"
  Songwriters: Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick
• "Hell of a View"
  Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell
• "One Night Standards"
  Songwriters: Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde
• WINNER: "Starting Over"
  Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

• Gabby Barrett
• Miranda Lambert
• Ashley McBryde
• Maren Morris
• WINNER: Carly Pearce

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

• Dierks Bentley
• Eric Church
• Luke Combs
• Thomas Rhett
• WINNER: Chris Stapleton

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Lady A
• Little Big Town
• Midland
• WINNER: Old Dominion
• Zac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

• Brooks & Dunn
• WINNER: Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Florida Georgia Line
• Maddie & Tae

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

• "Buy Dirt" – Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan
  Producer: Paul DiGiovanni
• "Chasing After You" – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
  Producers: Aaron Eshuis, Teddy Reimer
• "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" – Elle King and Miranda Lambert
  Producer: Martin Johnson
• "Famous Friends" – Chris Young with Kane Brown
  Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young
• WINNER: "Half of My Hometown" – Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney)
  Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

• WINNER: Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle
• Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar
• Aaron Sterling, Drums
• Ilya Toshinskiy, Banjo
• Derek Wells, Guitar

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s)

• "Chasing After You" – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
  Director: TK McKamy
• "Famous Friends" – Chris Young with Kane Brown
  Director: Peter Zavadil
• "Gone" – Dierks Bentley
  Directors: Wes Edwards, Travis Nicholson, Ed Pryor, Running Bear, Sam Siske
• WINNER: "Half of My Hometown" – Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney)
  Director: Patrick Tracy
• "Younger Me" – Brothers Osborne
  Director: Reid Long

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• WINNER: Jimmie Allen
• Ingrid Andress
• Gabby Barrett
• Mickey Guyton
• Hardy

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