The Country Music Association heeft de 2e ronde van de line-up voor de 54ste CMA Awards vrijgegeven. De volgende artiesten zijn aan de line-up toegevoegd: Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, Jenee Fleenor, Little Big Town, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce & Lee Brice, Keith Urban en Morgan Wallen.

Eerder waren de volgende namen al bekend: Eric Church, Luke Combs, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris en Rascal Flatts, Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth, samen met samenwerkingen van Reba McEntire met Darius Rucker, Darius Rucker ft.. Lady A, Thomas Rhett ft. Reba McEntire en Hillary Scott met Chris Tomlin!

De CMA Awards,  gepresenteerd door Reba McEntire en Darius Rucker, wordt geopend met een eerbetoon aan de legendarische Charlie Daniels door Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Jenee Fleenor en Ashley McBryde.

De 54ste CMA Awards wordt op 11 november uitgezonden via ABC.

In Europa zijn de CMA Awards op donderdag 19 november van 23.00 – 24.00 in een samenvatting te bekijken op BBC Four en op woensdag 23 december via het duitse RTL Plus, uitzendtijd nog niet bekend.

Hieronder een overzicht van livestream concerten van een aantal artiesten. Alle vermelde tijden zijn amerikaanse tijden. (Nederlandse tijd = + 7 uur)

Zaterdag 31 oktober:

• Matt Stell, Coop’s Rockin’ Saturday Night at 7pm CT here.
• Clint Black and Steve Wariner, The Opry Livestream at 7pm CT here.

Maandag 2 november:

• Garth Brooks, Inside Studio G at 6pm CT here.
• Sara Evans, Closet Chaos at 7:30pm CT here.

Onderstaande concerten/interviews zijn terug te kijken:

• Dan + Shay dedicated a performance of “When I Pray For You” to Mooney’s sons, Asher and Ames, during CBS‘ Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy (10/29). Watch a clip here; the full special here.
• Kelsea Ballerini surprised Kyree Beachem, who has been in and out of the hospital for most of her young life, during a Halloween party thrown in her honor at UPMC Children’s Hospital by TJ Holmes here.
• Brothers Osborne played “All Night” on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (10/29) here.
• Chris Janson reflected on five years of “Buy Me A Boat” as the album of the same name earned gold certification here.
• Josh Turner was joined by Maddie & Tae and Runaway June for a special Country State Of Mind livestream here.
• Matt Stell performed “Everywhere But On” on Bussin’ With The Boys’ (Barstool Sports) Pickin’ With The Boys segment on Instagram here.
• Runaway June also played The Wolf’s Women of New Country Breast Cancer Awareness Virtual Concert Series here.
• Ryan Hurd released part two in his Panoramic series focused on production here.
• Cody Johnson released an acoustic video cover of Reba McEntire’s “Whoever’s In New England” here.
• Lauren Alaina shared why entering the music business at a young age was an advantage, how Martina McBride has been a huge mentor to her and more on On Land of the Bre Radio with Breland here.
• Cam joined Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen to talk about her latest single, “Classic,” collaborating with Jack Antonoff and writing “The Otherside” with Avicii here.
• Watch Radio.com Live with Hardy here.
• Jason Aldean and his family got into the Halloween spirit by recreating “I Saw A Tiger” here.

Country Top 25, Albums, 31 oktober 2020

1. Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get ↑
2. Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1
3. Luke Combs – This One’s For You ↔
4. Morgan Wallen – If I Know Me ↓
5. Kane Brown – Mixtape, Vol. 1 (EP) ↔
6. Chris Stapleton – Traveller ↔
7. Gabby Barrett – Goldmine ↔
8. Jason Aldean – 9 ↑
9. Hardy – A Rock ↑
10. Parker McCollum – Hollywood Gold (EP) *

Klik hier voor de volledige album Top 25

Country Top 50, Singles, 31 oktober 2020

1. Gabby Barrett – I Hope ↔
2. Jason Aldean – Got What I Got ↔
3. Lee Brice – One Of Them Girls ↔
4. Morgan Wallen – More Than My Hometown ↔
5. Jameson Rodgers – Some Girls ↔
6. Hardy ft. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson – One Beer ↔
7. Russell Dickerson – Love You Like I Used To ↑
8. Dan + Shay – I Should Probaby Go To Bed ↔
9. Parker McCollum – Pretty Heart ↑
10. Luke Combs – Loving On You ↓

Klik hier voor de volledige single Top 50

Bluegrass Top 15, Albums, 31 oktober 2020

1. Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass: Vo. 1 *
2. Steep Canyon Rangers – Arm In Arm *
3. G. Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers – 40th Anniversary Celebration ↓
4. Billy Strings – Home ↓
5. Mipso – Mipso *
6. Appalachian Road Show – Tribulation (re-entry)
7. Yo Yo-Yo Ma, S. Duncan, E. Meyer, C. Thile – Not Our First Goat Rodeo ↓
8. The SteelDrivers – Bad For You ↑
9. The Dead South – Sugar & Joy ↔
10. Gangstagrass – No Time For Enemies ↓

Klik hier voor de volledige Bluegrass Top 15

Americana/Folk Top 10, Albums, 31 oktober 2020

1. Sturgill Simpson – Cuttin’ Grass: Vol. 1 *
2. Chris Stapleton – Traveller ↓
3. Tyler Childers – Purgatory ↓
4. Hozier – Hozier ↓
5. The Lumineers – Cleopatra ↔
6. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour ↔
7. Simon & Garfunkel – Simon And Garfunkel Greatest Hits ↔
8. Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams ↔
9. James Taylor – Greatest Hits ↑
10. John Mayer- Continuum ↑

Klik hier voor de volledige Americana/Folk Top 25

De genomineerden voor de American Music Awards zijn gepubliceerd. Op 22 november worden de winnaars via ABC bekendgemaakt.

In de categorie Collaboration Of The Year zijn Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber met “10.000 Hours” genomineerd.

Hieronder een overzicht van de genomineerden in de categorie country:

Favorite Country Male Artist

• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs
• Morgan Wallen

Favorite Country Female Artist

• Gabby Barrett
• Miranda Lambert
• Maren Morris

Favorite Country Duo or Group

• Dan + Shay
• Florida Georgia Line
• Old Dominion

Favorite Country Album

• Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
• Blake Shelton, God’s Country
• Morgan Wallen, If I Know Me

Favorite Country Song

• Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours”
• Maren Morris, “The Bones”
• Blake Shelton (duet with Gwen Stefani), “Nobody But You”

Country Top 25, Albums, 24 oktober 2020

1. Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get ↑
2. Morgan Wallen – If I Know Me ↑
3. Luke Combs – This One’s For You ↑
4. Brothers Osborne – Skeleton *
5. Kane Brown – Mixtape, Vol. 1 (EP) ↑
6. Chris Stapleton – Traveller ↑
7. Gabby Barrett – Goldmine ↑
8. Carrie Underwood – My Gift ↑
9. Jason Aldean – 9 ↑
10. Dolly Parton – A Holly Dolly Christmas ↓

Klik hier voor de volledige album Top 25

Country Top 50, Singles, 24 oktober 2020

1. Gabby Barrett – I Hope ↔
2. Jason Aldean – Got What I Got ↑
3. Lee Brice – One Of Them Girls ↓
4. Morgan Wallen – More Than My Hometown ↔
5. Jameson Rodgers – Some Girls ↑
6. Hardy ft. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson – One Beer ↑
7. Luke combs – Loving On You ↓
8. Dan + Shay – I Should Probaby Go To Bed ↑
9. Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani – Happ Anywhere ↑
10. Parker McCollum – Pretty Heart ↑

Klik hier voor de volledige single Top 50

Bluegrass Top 15, Albums, 24 oktober 2020

1. G. Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers – 40th Anniversary Celebation ↑
2. Billy Strings – Home ↓
3. Yo Yo-Yo Ma, S. Duncan, E. Meyer, C. Thile – Not Our First Goat Rodeo ↑
4. Chosen Road – Appalachian Worship: DeLuxe Edition ↑
5. Nickel Creel – Live From The Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
6. Gangstagrass – No Time For Enemies (re-entry)
7. The White Buffaloo – On The Widow’s Walk ↑
8. Hillary Klug – Howdy Y’all ↓
9. The Dead South – Sugar & Joy ↓
10. The SteelDrivers – Bad For You ↓

Klik hier voor de volledige Bluegrass Top 15

Americana/Folk Top 10, Albums, 24 oktober 2020

1. Chris Stapleton – Traveller ↔
2. Tyler Childers – Purgatory ↑
3. Hozier – Hozier ↑
4. Black Pumas – Black Pumas *
5. The Lumineers – Cleopatra ↑
6. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour ↔
7. Simon & Garfunkel – Simon And Garfunkel Greatest Hits ↑
8. Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams ↑
9. The Lumineers – The Lumineers ↑
10. John Mellencamp – The Best That I Could Do 1978 – 1988 ↑

Klik hier voor de volledige Americana/Folk Top 25

Hieronder een overzicht van livestream concerten van een aantal artiesten. Alle vermelde tijden zijn amerikaanse tijden. (Nederlandse tijd = + 7 uur)

Vrijdag 23 oktober:

• C2C Country Music Week lineup here.
• Matt Stell, KKGO/Los Angeles IG Live at 12pm CT here.
• Luke Combs, Full band livestream at 6pm CT here.
• Maren Morris, Verizon Up Atlanta show at 6pm CT and Dallas at 9pm CT.
• iHeartCountry Festival at 7pm CT here.

Onderstaande concerten/interviews zijn terug te kijken:

• Dan + Shay, Luke Bryan, Maren Morris, Luke Combs and Brooks & Dunn, Morgan Wallen, Sam Hunt, Shania Twain and more performed during the 2020 CMT Music Awards (10/21). Watch the performances here.
• Matt Stell joined WWYZ/Hartford on FB Live for the station’s Music Lounge series here.
• Avenue Beat were among the artists who performed during Hope On The Row to support homelessness relief efforts throughout Nashville here.
• Rayne Jonhson welcomed Haley & Michaels to Rayne’n & Pourin here.
• Drake White was joined by Lauren Jenkins for Wednesday Night Therapy here.

Woensdagavond 21 oktober zijn de winnaars bekendgemaakt van de 2020 CMT Music Awards. Carrie Underwood is tot tweevoudig winnaar verkozen door de fans, ze won in de categorieën Video Of The Year en Female Video Of The Year.

Hieronder een overzicht van de winnaars en genomineerden:

Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood – “Drinking Alone” – WINNER
Keith Urban – “Polaroid”
Kelsea Ballerini – “Homecoming Queen?”
Luke Combs – “Beer Never Broke My Heart”
Miranda Lambert – “Bluebird”
Tanya Tucker – “Bring My Flowers Now”

Female Video of the Year
Ashley McBryde – “One Night Standards”
Carrie Underwood – “Drinking Alone” – WINNER
Gabby Barrett – “I Hope”
Kelsea Ballerini – “Homecoming Queen?”
Maren Morris – “The Bones”
Miranda Lambert – “Bluebird”

Male Video of the Year
Jason Aldean – “Got What I Got”
Luke Bryan – “One Margarita” – WINNER
Luke Combs – “Even Though I’m Leaving”
Morgan Wallen – “Chasin’ You (Dream Video)”
Sam Hunt – “Hard To Forget”
Thomas Rhett – “Remember You Young”

Group Video of the Year
Lady A – “Champagne Night”
Little Big Town – “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
Midland – “Cheatin’ Songs (Live From the Palomino)”
Old Dominion – “One Man Band” – WINNER
The Chicks – “Gaslighter”
The Highwomen – “Crowded Table”

Duo Video of the Year
Brothers Osborne – “All Night (Studio Performance)”
Dan + Shay – “I Should Probably Go to Bed” – WINNER
Florida Georgia Line – “Blessings”
LoCash – “One Big Country Song”
Maddie & Tae – “Die From A Broken Heart”

Breakthrough Video of the Year
Blanco Brown – “The Git Up”
Caylee Hammack – “Family Tree”
Gabby Barrett – “I Hope” – WINNER
Ingrid Andress – “More Hearts Than Mine”
Riley Green – “I Wish Grandpas Never Died”
Travis Denning – “After a Few”

Collaborative Video of the Year
Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani – “Nobody But You” – WINNER
Carly Pearce and Lee Brice – “I Hope You’re Happy Now”
Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber – “10,000 Hours”
Kane Brown featuring Nelly – “Cool Again”
Marshmello and Kane Brown – “One Thing Right”
Thomas Rhett featuring Jon Pardi – “Beer Can’t Fix”

CMT Performance of the Year
From CMT Artists of the Year: Ashley McBryde – “One Night Standards”
From CMT Crossroads: Brooks & Dunn and Luke Combs – “Brand New Man”
From CMT Artists of the Year: Chris Young – “Drowning” – WINNER
From CMT Crossroads: Halsey and Kelsea Ballerini – “Graveyard”
From CMT Artists of the Year: Sam Hunt – “Fancy”
From CMT Crossroads: Sheryl Crow and Chris Stapleton – “Tell Me When It’s Over”

Country Top 25, Albums, 17 oktober 2020

1. Dolly Parton – A Holly Dolly Christmas *
2. Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get ↔
3. Morgan Wallen – If I Know Me ↔
4. Luke Combs – This One’s For You ↔
5. Carrie Underwood – My Gift ↓
6. Kane Brown – Mixtape, Vol. 1 (EP) ↓
7. Chris Stapleton – Traveller ↔
8. Gabby Barrett – Goldmine ↔
9. Rascal Flatts – Twenty Years Of Rascal Flatts *
10. Hardy – Rock ↑

Klik hier voor de volledige album Top 25

Country Top 50, Singles, 17 oktober 2020

1. Gabby Barrett – I Hope ↔
2. Lee Brice – One Of Them Girls ↔
3. Jason Aldean – Got What I Got ↔
4. Morgan Wallen – More Than My Hometown ↑
5. Luke Combs – Lovin’ On You ↓
6. Jameson Rodgers – Some Girls ↔
7. Hardy ft. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson – One Beer ↑
8. Tim McGraw – I Called Mama ↑
9. Dan + Shay – I Should Probaby Go To Bed ↓
10. Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani – Happ Anywhere ↔

Klik hier voor de volledige single Top 50

Bluegrass Top 15, Albums, 17 oktober 2020

1. Nickel Creek – Live Fom The Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
2. Billy Strings – Home ↓
3. Hillary Klug – Howdy Y’all ↓
4. Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers – 40th Anniversary Celebation ↓
5. Yo Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile – Not Our First Goat Rodeo ↓
6. Appalachian Worship: DeLuxe Edition – Chosen Road (re-entry)
7. The Dead South – Sugar & Joy ↓
8. The SteelDrivers – Bad For You ↓
9. Steep Canyon Rangers – Norht Carolina Songbook (re-entry)
10. The White Buffaloo – On The Widow’s Walk ↑

Klik hier voor de volledige Bluegrass Top 15

Americana/Folk Top 10, Albums, 17 oktober 2020

1. Chris Stapleton – Traveller ↔
2. Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension ↑
3. Tyler Childers – Purgatory ↓
4. Hozier – Hozier ↑
5. Dawes – Good Luck With Whatever *
6. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour ↑
7. The Lumineers – Cleopatra ↔
8. Simon & Garfunkel – Simon And Garfunkel Greatest Hits ↑
9. Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams ↑
10. Fleet Foxes – Shore ↓

Klik hier voor de volledige Americana/Folk Top 25

De winnaars van de 2020 Billboard Music Awards zijn op 14 oktober vanuit The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles op NBC bekendgemaakt.

Hieronder een overzicht van de winnaars in de categorie country:

Top Country Artist

• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs WINNER
• Dan + Shay
• Maren Morris
• Thomas Rhett

Top Country Male Artist

• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs WINNER
• Thomas Rhett

Top Country Female Artist

• Maren Morris WINNER
• Kacey Musgraves
• Carrie Underwood

Top Country Duo/Group

• Dan + Shay WINNER
• Florida Georgia Line
• Old Dominion

Top Country Tour

• Florida Georgia Line
• Eric Church
• George Strait WINNER

Top Country Album

• Experiment, Kane Brown
• What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs WINNER
• GIRL, Maren Morris
• Center Point Road, Thomas Rhett
• If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen

Top Country Song

• Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber “10,000 Hours” WINNER
• Maren Morris “The Bones”
• Old Dominion “One Man Band”
• Blake Shelton “God’s Country”

Hieronder een overzicht van livestream concerten van een aantal artiesten. Alle vermelde tijden zijn amerikaanse tijden. (Nederlandse tijd = + 7 uur)

Donderdag 15 oktober:

• CJ Solar, SET.Live at 7pm CT here.
• Lindsay Ell and Lainey Wilson, The Wolf’s Women of New Country Breast Cancer Awareness Virtual Concert Series at 8:30pm CT here.

Vrijdag 16 oktober:

• Matt Stell, KWBL/Denver IG Live at 11am CT here and Better Than That livestream at 5:30pm CT here.
• Tenille Arts, WIOV/Harrisburg, PA Virtual Happy Hour at 5pm CT here.

Onderstaande livestreams zijn terug te kijken:

• Tyler Smith, brother of and manager for Wheelhouse’s Granger Smith, made it through the debut of The Bachelorette on ABC last night (10/13).
• Watch how LoCash’s new song with the Gronkowski brothers, “Cloud Of Dust,” was written and recorded here.
• Danielle Bradbery went IG Live with OnePeloton for Country Happy Hour Chat here.
• In this week’s episode of CMT’s Pardi Time, Jon Pardi plays matchmaker, “Gentleman Jon” gives advice on how to keep your love life spicy and gives an exclusive house Pardi guitar tour here.
• Matt Stell and Ash Bowers participated in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Songwriter Session here followed by a Q&A on IG Live here.
• Michael Ray was joined by Terri Clark for Honkytonk Tuesday here.
• Sugarland played the Camping World Concert Series here.
• In the second episode of Baytown Diaries, RaeLynn offered a glimpse behind the song “Still Smokin’” here.
• Jana Kramer told Andy Cohen if she thinks there’ll be a One Tree Hill reboot here on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live! (10/14).
• Jordan Davis sang “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot” as a couple’s first dance … in a parking lot. Watch Good Morning America’s coverage here.
• Maren Morris discussed being mom-shamed on Red Table Talk alongside Jada Pinkett Smith, Jessica Alba and Ashley Graham here.
• Tyler Rich shared how his long-distance love inspired his debut album and discussed his Rich Rescues initiative on Hallmark’s Home & Family (10/15) here.
• Brothers Osborne performed live from the Sofar Listening Room here.
• Dan + Shay played an acoustic version of “I Should Probably Go To Bed” at Dan Smyers’ farm in the Nashville area here.
• Rayne Johnson went IG Live with The Boot and played a concert from his living room here.
• Drake White was joined by Chris Hennessee for Wednesday Night Therapy here.
• Steve Wariner resumed his weekly FB livestreams here.
• Justin Moore talked about getting back on stage for a full band show for the first time and welcomed Nashville venue owner Chris Cobb to the latest episode of his podcast here.
• Canaan Smith kicked off The Dock Sessions with his latest release, “Colder Than You,” here.