CMT has announced the lineup for their upcoming event “CMT Smashing Glass: A Celebration of the Groundbreaking Women of Music.” The program looks to recognize the women who paved the way for today’s artists, as well as the women today who travel the path those icons cleared for them.

Patti LaBelle and Tanya Tucker will be honored with one-of-a-kind performances and presentations from Billie Jean King, Chris Janson, Clint Black, Fancy Hagood, Ledisi and The War & Treaty. LaBelle and Tucker will also take part in a special roundtable conversation with Sheryl Crow before each taking the stage for their own performances. Amber Riley, Lucie Silvas and Mickey Guyton will honor the late women of music with “Moments of Respect” and tribute medleys to Aretha Franklin, Sinead O’Connor and Tina Turner.

The star-studded event premieres Wednesday at 9 pm ET/PT on CMT.

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From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in a split second. Jelly Roll was on that rollercoaster ride Wednesday night at the CMA Awards. The country superstar opened the ceremony with his performance of “Need A Favor” with Wynonna; he closed the night with his performance of “Love Can Build A Bridge With K. Michelle. In between, he earned his very first CMA award for Newcomer of the Year. Those are some pretty lofty highs.

It would all come crashing down – literally. The singer apparently got a little careless with his CMA trophy backstage and dropped it. The trophy is made of crystal. You can guess the rest. A post to Twitter/X showed the damage, with the caption reading, “Guess who dropped and broke his best new artist #CMAawards? Yes, @JellyRoll615, but don’t worry, he will get a replacement. #JellyRoll”

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Last night, the 57th annual CMA Awards were held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and broadcast live on ABC. It was a night jam-packed with music, tributes and one-time collaborations – with some coveted awards thrown in for good measure. Lainey Wilson was the big winner on the evening, with five awards in all, including three big ones: Album of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. Check out our complete rundown of the night’s moments below, as well as the complete list of CMA Award winners:

• Before the show even started, Lainey Wilson and HARDY were named CMA Award winners earlier in the day. Announced yesterday morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the pair earned two trophies: CMA Musical Event of the Year and CMA Music Video of the Year. Both wins are for their duet “wait in the truck.”
• The festivities kicked off with Jelly Roll launching into “Need A Favor” backed by a gospel choir and joined on the second verse by country legend Wynonna as she walked in from the side of the stage.
• Hosts Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan followed, making a few Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce jokes before scanning the crowd to call out celebs like Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson.
• The first award of the night was for Single of the Year, and your winner: LUKE COMBS for “Fast Car.” Luke started off by thanking songwriter Tracy Chapman
• Sara Evans and Bill Anderson came out to present the award for Song of the Year. Winner: Tracy Chapman for “Fast Car”
• Craig Morgan then introduced Luke Bryan, who performed a medley of “Huntin’, Fishin And Lovin’ Everyday/One Margarita/That’s My Kind Of Night/Play It Again/Country Girl Shake It For Me”
• Ashley McBryde performed “Light On In The Kitchen”
• Cody Johnson followed with a performance of his new single, “The Painter”
• Next award – Vocal Duo of the Year. And your winner: Brothers Osborne (their sixth CMA in this category)
• Morgan Wallen and Eric Church then performed “Man Made A Bar”
• Luke Combs performed his new single, “Where The Wild Things Are”
• Chris Stapleton followed with a live performance of “White Horse”
• Jordan Davis then performed “Next Thing You Know”
• Next award: Vocal Group Of The Year. And the winner is…Old Dominion (their sixth win in the category)
• Lainey Wilson performed “Wildflowers And Wild Horses”
• Dan + Shay earned a standing “O” for their performance of “Save Me The Trouble”
• Kelsea Ballerini then took the stage to perform “Leave Me Again”
• The War and Treaty performed a soulful version of “That’s How Love Is Made”
• Next award – “New Artist Of The Year” And the winner is…Jelly Roll, and if he didn’t have a huge career in music, he could have definitely earned a good living from the pulpit, as his “thank you” speech almost turned into a fire-and-brimstone sermon about believing in oneself
• Up next, a tribute to Jimmy Buffett featuring Kenny Chesney and Mac MacAnally singing “A Pirate Looks At Forty.” Alan Jackson and Zac Brown followed with  “Margaritaville”
• Old Dominion and Megan Moroney performed “Can’t Break Up Now”
• The CMA Award for Album Of The Year goes to Lainey Wilson
• Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton performed their song “We Don’t Fight Anymore”
• The Female Vocalist Of The Year award went to Lainey Wilson (second win in this category)
• HARDY and Morgan Wallen performed Joe Diffie‘s “John Deere Green,” then Post Malone joined them for Diffie’s “Pickup Man”
• Little Big Town performed the first stanza of Tanya Tucker‘s “Delta Dawn” – before stopping down to give a brief history of the Country Music Hall Of Famer – then Tanya herself joined them for the rest of the song
• The award for Male Vocalist Of The Year went to…Chris Stapleton (his seventh win in this category)
• The CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year goes to…Lainey Wilson
• The show closed out with Jelly Roll and K. Michelle singing The Judds classic “Love Can Build A Bridge”

See the highlights from last night’s CMA Awards to the right.

And here is your list of the evening’s winners:

Entertainer of the Year

Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen
WINNER: Lainey Wilson

Male Vocalist of the Year

Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
WINNER: Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
WINNER: Lainey Wilson

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
Maddie & Tae
The War And Treaty

New Artist of the Year

Zach Bryan
WINNER: Jelly Roll
Parker McCollum
Megan Moroney
Hailey Whitters

Album of the Year (Award goes to Artist, Producers and Mix Engineers)

Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, Ashley McBryde, John Osborne, John Peets, Gena Johnson
WINNER: Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson, Jay Joyce, Jason Hall
Gettin’ Old, Luke Combs Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton, Michael H. Brauer, Jim Cooley,
One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi, Cameron Montgomery, Josh Ditty, Eivind Nordland
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym, Dan Grech-Marguerat

Single of the Year (Award goes to Artist, Producers and Mix Engineers)

WINNER: “Fast Car,” Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
“Heart Like A Truck,” Lainey Wilson, Jay Joyce, Jason Hall
“Need A Favor,” Jelly Roll, Austin Nivarel, Jeff Braun
“Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis, Paul DiGiovanni, Jim Cooley
“wait in the truck,” HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson), Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt, Derek Wells

Song of the Year (Award goes to Artist, Producers and Mix Engineers)

WINNER: “Fast Car,” Tracy Chapman
“Heart Like A Truck,” Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Lainey Wilson
“Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill, Josh Osborne
“Tennessee Orange,” David Fanning, Paul Jenkins, Megan Moroney, Ben Williams
“wait in the truck,” Renee Blair, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt

Music Video of the Year

“Light On In The Kitchen,” Ashley McBryde & director Reid Long
“Memory Lane,” Old Dominion & directors Mason Allen, Nicki Fletcher
“Need A Favor,” Jelly Roll & director Patrick Tohill
“Next Thing You Know,” Jordan Davis & director Running Bear
WINNER: “wait in the truck,” HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson) & director Justin Clough

Musician of the Year

WINNER: Jenee Fleenor
Paul Franklin
Rob McNelley
Derek Wells
Charlie Worsham

Musical Event of the Year (Award goes to Artists and Producers)

“Save Me,” Jelly Roll (with Lainey Wilson), Zach Crowell, David Ray Stevens
“She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Remix),” Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina, Zach Crowell
“Thank God,” Kane Brown (with Katelyn Brown), Dann Huff
WINNER: “wait in the truck,” HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson), Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt, Derek Wells
“We Don’t Fight Anymore,” Carly Pearce (featuring Chris Stapleton, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne

Kenny Chesney already has a lot of 2024 mapped out for himself, and for his fans. Yesterday the country star announced that he was hitting the road again next year for eighteen stadium dates. The “Sun Goes Down” tour will kick off April 20 in Tampa Florida and wrap up August 23 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Coming along for the ride next year: The Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker. Kenny jumped on Instagram to make the announcement.

“I wanted a name that suggested – obviously – when all the good stuff starts to happen. The one thing I’ve learned about No Shoes Nation and these stadium shows is they start the good times early and they just keep it going. But we all know, when the sun goes down, that’s when people really get loose and enjoy themselves. That was the thing about Uncle Kracker and my song. It captured a vibe and a moment so perfectly. No matter how much fun you’re having all day long, ‘everything gets hotter when the sun goes down…’ I know from years of experience that’s true. So, I can’t wait to get back out there, stadium-sized ’cause there’s nothing like 60,000 members of No Shoes Nation singing these songs. It’s gonna be awesome.”

Presale tickets are available next Monday, November 13, with general on-sale starting Friday, November 17. Check out Kenny’s website for tickets and info.

Source: WhiskeyRiff