NASHVILLE—
“The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” has announced additional performances and collaborations by
Kelsea Ballerini,
Brooks & Dunn with
Brothers Osborne,
Garth Brooks with
Blake Shelton,
Dan + Shay,
Kacey Musgraves with
Willie Nelson,
Lady Antebellum and
Halsey,
Old Dominion,
Blake Shelton, and
Thomas Rhett. Country Music’s Biggest Night™, hosted by
Carrie Underwood with special guest hosts
Reba McEntire and
Dolly Parton, airs live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network.
Brooks & Dunn, an 18-time CMA Awards winner and two-time nominee this year, will perform their hit song “Hard Workin’ Man” with Brothers Osborne, the reigning CMA Vocal Duo of the Year and four-time nominee this year. Brooks & Dunn are also recent inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Brooks, an Entertainer of the Year nominee this year, and Shelton, a three-time nominee this year, will perform their CMA Musical Event of the Year nominated hit, “Dive Bar.”
Three-time nominee this year, Musgraves welcomes long-time friend and 10-time CMA Awards winner Nelson to the CMA stage to perform a heartwarming collaboration that fans will soon see has been decades in the making. Nelson last performed on the CMA Awards stage in 2012 in honor of receiving the inaugural CMA Lifetime Achievement Award. In a never-before-seen collaboration, Halsey makes her first-ever CMA Awards appearance, joining six-time CMA Awards winner Lady Antebellum to perform a genre-defying mashup.
Female Vocalist of the Year nominee this year, Ballerini is set to perform her latest hit single “homecoming queen?,” while Dan + Shay, a three-time nominee this year, will perform their CMA Single of the Year nominated song “Speechless” from their CMA Album of the Year nominated album
Dan + Shay. Old Dominion, reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year and nominee again this year in the category, will bring their hit “One Man Band” to the CMA Awards stage, while Thomas Rhett, a two-time nominee this year, will perform “Remember You Young” from his CMA Album of the Year nominated album
Center Point Road. In addition to his performance with Brooks, Shelton will also hit the stage to perform his three-time nominated single “God’s Country.”
Previously announced performers include
Eric Church,
Luke Combs,
Miranda Lambert,
Reba McEntire,
Maren Morris,
Dolly Parton with
for KING & COUNTRY and
Zach Williams,
P!NK and
Chris Stapleton,
Carrie Underwood, and
Keith Urban. Additional performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks.
"The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” is a production of the Country Music Association.
Robert Deaton is the Executive Producer,
Alex Rudzinski is the Director, and
David Wild is the Head Writer.
For more information on “The 53rd Annual CMA Awards,” please visit
CMAawards.com and follow CMA on
Facebook,
Instagram and
Twitter. Fans can listen to music featuring the CMA Awards nominees and performers, on
Amazon Music,
Apple Music,
Pandora,
Spotify,
Vevo and
YouTube. To celebrate "The 53rd Annual CMA Awards," the official merchandise line featuring tees, sweatshirts and other gifts is now available
online. Fans can order by
Tuesday, Nov. 5 to receive before the show. Merchandise will also be sold on-site at Bridgestone Arena on
Wednesday, Nov. 13.
About CMA AwardsThe first “CMA Awards Banquet and Show” was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA Awards was broadcast for the first time – making it the longest running, annual music awards program on network television. The CMA Awards have aired on ABC since 2006. ABC is the network home of the CMA Awards and CMA’s other two television properties, “CMA Fest” and “CMA Country Christmas.”
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