Order of Performances at The CMA Awards

The Country Music Association is set to honor its biggest and brightest stars tonight when the [...]

The Country Music Association is set to honor its biggest and brightest stars tonight when the 51st Annual CMA Awards air on ABC, beginning at 7pm Central | 8pm Eastern.

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be returning as hosts of the ceremony, which will broadcast live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.

The run of show is as follows:

7:00pm Eric Church
7:01pm Darius, KU, Lady A Performance
7:18pm Single of the Year Award
7:25pm Thomas Rhett
7:28pm Song of the Year Award
7:32pm Dierks, Flatts & Eddie Montgomery Performance
7:41pm Kelsea & Reba Performance
7:44pm Luke Bryan Performance
7:53pm Miranda Lambert
7:57pm New Artist of the Year Award

8:00pm Garth Brooks Performance
8:12pm Brothers Osborne Performance
8:15pm Album of the Year Award
8:19pm Tim & Faith Performance
8:29pm P!nk Performance
8:29pm Old Dominion Performance
8:40pm Little Big Town/Jimmy Webb Performance
8:43pm Vocal Duo of the Year Award
8:52pm Chris Stapleton Performance
8:56pm Maren Morris & Niall Horan Performance

9:07pm Carrie Underwood Performance
9:13pm Vocal Group of the Year Award
9:15pm Brad Paisley & Kane Brown Performance
9:19pm Jon Pardi Performance
9:28pm Keith Urban Performance
9:31pm Female Vocalist of the Year Performance
9:35pm Eric Church Performance
9:42pm Male Vocalist of the Year Award
9:46pm Alan Jackson Performance
9:54pm Entertainer of the Year Award
9:54pm Alan Jackson Performance

Here's the full list of nominees.

Two winners were already announced this morning on Good Morning America; some of the awards, including Musician of the Year, will be given out during a pre-ceremony hosted by LOCASH.

Entertainer of the Year

  • Garth Brooks
  • Luke Bryan
  • Eric Church
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year

  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Reba McEntire
  • Maren Morris
  • Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year

  • Dierks Bentley
  • Eric Church
  • Thomas Rhett
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Keith Urban

Vocal Group of the Year

  • Lady Antebellum
  • Little Big Town
  • Old Dominion
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Zac Brown Band

New Artist of the Year

  • Luke Combs
  • Old Dominion
  • Jon Pardi
  • Brett Young
  • Lauren Alaina

**Music Video of the Year

  • Little Big Town, "Better Man"
  • Keith Urban, "Blue Ain't Your Color"
  • Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris, "Craving You"
  • Miranda Lambert, "Vice"
  • Brothers Osborne, "It Ain't My Fault" (early winner, announced this morning on "Good Morning America.")

Vocal Duo of the Year

  • Dan + Shay
  • Florida Georgia Line
  • LOCASH
  • Maddie & Tae
  • Brothers Osborne

Single of the Year

  • "Better Man," Little Big Town
  • "Blue Ain't Your Color," Keith Urban
  • "Body Like A Back Road," Sam Hunt
  • "Dirt On My Boots," Jon Pardi
  • "Tin Man," Miranda Lambert

Album of the Year

  • "The Breaker," Little Big Town
  • "From A Room: Volume 1," Chris Stapleton
  • "Heart Break," Lady Antebellum
  • "The Nashville Sound," Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
  • "The Weight of These Wings," Miranda Lambert

Song of the Year

**Musical Event of the Year

  • "Craving You," Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris
  • "Funny How Time Slips Away," Glen Campbell with Willie Nelson (early winner, announced this morning on "Good Morning America.)
  • "Kill A Word," Eric Church featuring Rhiannon Giddens
  • "Setting the World on Fire," Kenny Chesney featuring Pink
  • "Speak to a Girl," Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Musician of the Year

  • Jerry Douglas (dobro)
  • Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
  • Dann Huff (guitar)
  • Mac McAnally (guitar)
  • Derek Wells (guitar)
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