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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

🔥CMA Awards 2025: Lainey Wilson Repeats as Entertainer of the Year as Cody Johnson & Red Clay Strays Shock the Night — Full Winners List

Wilson reclaims Entertainer of the Year; Langley & Green’s breakout duet sweeps major categories; Zach Top wins Best New Artist; Paul Franklin finally ends decades-long drought.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. | The 59th Annual CMA Awards delivered a night of seismic shifts in country music’s power structure on Wednesday (Last Week), with Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley, and Riley Green emerging as the evening’s top winners, each securing three trophies. Wilson closed out the show by reclaiming the Entertainer of the Year title while also hosting the ceremony solo. This double milestone defined a night steeped in both tradition and transformation.

But it was the surprises that electrified the crowd inside Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Cody Johnson toppled long-standing category favorite Chris Stapleton to win Male Vocalist of the Year, while The Red Clay Strays, in their first-ever nomination, dethroned Old Dominion’s multi-year hold on Vocal Group of the Year. Rising talent Zach Top capped his breakout year with a coveted Best New Artist win.
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