And the CMA goes to…

If you didn’t get a chance to watch the CMA Awards last night we’re highly recommending you make an effort to watch it. ABC has posted the entire show on YouTube!

Country Music Awards 2015 – Full Show

But even without the surprises of the award winners, this is an awards show that shouldn’t be missed by country music fans anywhere.

There were some amazing collaborations and some spectacular performances. And today everyone is talking about the Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake performance. Watch it now and see why!

Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton Live at the 2015 CMA Awards!

And now, without any further ado, here are your 2015 CMA major award winners. Congrats to everyone, especially the big winners of the evening, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town!

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Luke Bryan

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Stapleton
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Stapleton
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Traveller, Chris Stapleton

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“Girl Crush” – Little Big Town
SONG OF THE YEAR (AWARDED TO SONGWRITERS)
“Girl Crush” – Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey and Liz Rose – Little Big Town
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Little Big Town

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Florida Georgia Line

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
“Raise ‘Em Up” – Keith Urban feat. Eric Church

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Girl in a Country Song” – Maddie & Tae

Other performances to not miss are Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban and John Mellencamp, Thomas Rhett and Fall Out Boy and of course Reba and Brooks and Dunn!

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood were amazing hosts and I’m giving them the Comedy Duo of the Year award. Don’t miss their performances as well as Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini, Florida Georgia line… did we miss anyone? Kudos to ABC they’re all over the broadcast and have everything you could want to see on their YouTube page.

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