Wednesday 30 October 2019

The 53rd Annual CMA Awards announced additional performances and collaborations

NASHVILLE, TN - OCT 29, 2019

“The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” Adds Not-To-Be-Missed 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 Legend Willie Nelson Returns to the CMA Awards Stage for the First Time Since 2012 for a Special Performance with Kacey Musgraves
Country Music’s Biggest Night™ to Air Live from Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 13 on the ABC Television Network
“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, Kacey 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.

Kelsea Ballerini Photo Credit: Piper Ferguson
Female Vocalist of the Year nominee this year, Kelsea 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, Blake Shelton will also hit the stage to perform his three-time nominated single “God’s Country.”

Previously announced performers include Eric ChurchLuke CombsMiranda LambertReba McEntireMaren MorrisDolly Parton with for KING & COUNTRY and Zach WilliamsP!NK and Chris StapletonCarrie Underwood, and Keith Urban. Additional performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks.


 “The 53rd Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, broadcasts live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network.
Photo credit: Mark Seliger/ABC
















































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GREAT NEWS BBC 4 will be televising the CMA Awards!!
BBC Four will be broadcasting highlights (1 HOUR on BBC 4 on November 22 cmaawards.com/international/) from the CMA Awards which take place in November which will hosted by Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. CMA Awards Highlights 2019 is commissioned for BBC Four by James Stirling, Head of BBC Music and BBC Music Introducing.

OTHER COUNTRIES
Canada: LIVE simulcast on CTV2 on November 13 at 8PM ET
Australia: LIVE Simulcast on 9GEM on 14 November at 13:00; 2-Hour Airing on Nine on 23 November at 14:30
Germany, Switzerland and Austria: 2-Hour Airing on VOX on 26 November
Norway: 2-Hour Airing on NRK on TBD
Latin America (Excluding Brazil and Mexico): 2-Hour Airing on DirecTV on TBD

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Companies within the country music industry can also apply for CMA membership, though they are not eligible to vote for the CMA Awards.

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