2026 Grammy Awards (Country)
It was a lively crowd at the CMA award ceremony Sunday.
Unlike earlier award shows this year where the audience pretty much clapped from their seats, the Country Music Awards crowd often stood and even participated during the song presentations.
Up against such stars as Tyler Childers, “Nose On the Grindstone” and Shaboozey, “Good News,” Zach Top, “I Never Lie” and Lainey Wilson, “Somewhere Over Laredo,” it was Chris Stapleton, “Bad As I Used To Be” (From F1 The Movie) who won Best Solo Performance Sunday.
It was a night of stars where even some took the stage for comments such as Reba McEntire, who along with Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson, did not win for their “Trailblazer” but McEntire led the In Memoriam to fallen music industry greats and her son.
Jodie Jacobs
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