2023 CMA Awards: Complete Winners List

Ahead of tonight’s 57th annual CMA Awards, the Country Music Association has announced winners in two categories. “Wait in the Truck,” the revenge rocker collab between Hardy and Lainey Wilson, was named Musical Event of the Year, while the video for the song won Music Video of the Year.

“Wait in the Truck” will also compete for Single of the Year and Song of the Year when the 2023 CMAs air Wednesday night on ABC live from Nashville. Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning return to host the show.

Wilson, who just announced her Country’s Cool Again Tour for 2024, enters this year’s CMAs as the most nominated artist, with nine total nominations, including her first nomination in the Entertainer of the Year category. On Tuesday night, she paid tribute to songwriter Matraca Berg at the annual BMI Awards in Nashville by singing “Strawberry Wine,” a 1996 hit for Deana Carter written by Berg.

Wilson recently told RS how that song influenced her own ballad of young romance, “Watermelon Moonshine.” “When I think of my high school days, the song that I think about is Deana Carter’s ‘Strawberry Wine,'” she said. “When we were writing the song, we wanted people to be like, ‘I remember when nothing else mattered.’…I wanted to go back in time and feel all those crazy feelings all over again and bottle them up just for a few minutes.”

The 57th CMA Awards winners list:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEARLuke CombsChris StapletonCarrie UnderwoodMorgan WallenLainey Wilson

SINGLE OF THE YEAR“Fast Car,” Luke Combs“Heart Like a Truck,” Lainey Wilson“Need a Favor,” Jelly Roll“Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis“Wait in the Truck,” Hardy (feat. Lainey Wilson)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR  Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, Ashley McBrydeBell Bottom Country, Lainey WilsonGettin’ Old, Luke CombsOne Thing at a Time, Morgan WallenRolling Up the Welcome Mat, Kelsea Ballerini

SONG OF THE YEAR “Fast Car,” Luke Combs (Songwriter: Tracy Chapman)“Heart Like a Truck,” Lainey Wilson (Songwriters: Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Lainey Wilson)“Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis (Songwriters: Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill, Josh Osborne)“Tennessee Orange,” Megan Moroney (Songwriters: David Fanning, Paul Jenkins, Megan Moroney, Ben Williams)“Wait in the Truck,” Hardy (feat. Lainey Wilson) (Songwriters: Renee Blair, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt) Editor’s picks

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Kelsea BalleriniMiranda LambertAshley McBrydeCarly PearceLainey Wilson

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEARLuke CombsJelly RollCody JohnsonChris StapletonMorgan Wallen

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEARLady ALittle Big TownMidlandOld DominionZac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR  Brooks and DunnBrothers OsborneDan + ShayMaddie and TaeThe War and Treaty

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR   “Save Me,” Jelly Roll (with Lainey Wilson)“She Had Me at Heads Carolina (Remix),” Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina“Thank God,” Kane Brown (with Katelyn Brown)“Wait in the Truck,” Hardy (feat. Lainey Wilson) – WINNER“We Don’t Fight Anymore,” Carly Pearce (feat. Chris Stapleton)

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR  “Light On in the Kitchen,”Ashley McBryde“Memory Lane,”Old Dominion“Need a Favor,” Jelly Roll“Next Thing You Know,”Jordan Davis“Wait in the Truck,” Hardy (feat. Lainey Wilson) – WINNER Trending

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEARZach BryanJelly RollParker McCollumMegan MoroneyHailey Whitters

MUSICIAN OF THE YEARJenee FleenorPaul FranklinRob McNelleyDerek WellsCharlie Worsham