First-time nominees like Post Malone, Shaboozey, and Teddy Swims from crossover genres are set to take the stage at the upcoming Country Music Association Awards.
- Nov 7, 2024
AceShowbiz - The 2024 CMA Awards telecast will be filled with performers who have had crossover success on different charts this year, including Post Malone, Shaboozey, and Teddy Swims, as well as stalwarts of the genre like Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, and Luke Bryan. Wilson and Bryan, who were already announced as co-hosts along with Peyton Manning, will also perform.
Other big country names to come up in the first round of performers included Dierks Bentley, Thomas Rhett, and Ashley McBryde.
The CMAs have already announced what these performers will be doing when they take to the Bridgestone Arena stage in just under two weeks, including some star-powered duets or medleys.
Among these collaborations, Post Malone and Stapleton will perform "California Sober" together. Rhett and Swims will do a mashup of "Something 'Bout a Woman" and "Lose Control," their recent respective hits. And Bentley will be joined by some top roots performers - Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes - to bring Tom Petty's "American Girl" to countrified life.
Among the solo performances slated, Shaboozey will do a medley of his still-Hot-100-topping "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" and the new single "Highway." Wilson will sing her current single, "4x4xU," and her co-host Bryan will perform "Love You, Miss You, Mean It." Malone and Stapleton will both get solo turns in the spotlight as well as their duet, with Malone singing "Yours" from his recent all-country album and Stapleton performing "What Am I Gonna Do."
More performers and this year's presenters will be announced in the coming weeks. Morgan Wallen leads the nominations with seven total nods, including Single of the Year, Song of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year. Lainey Wilson, who is co-hosting the show, is up for three awards, including Female Vocalist. The CMA Awards will air on November 20, 2024, on ABC.