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Lainey Wilson, HARDY Are Early CMA Winners

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

As is tradition, two CMA Awards winners have been announced this morning, the day of the 57th Annual CMA Awards. Lainey Wilson and HARDY are already two-time CMA winners today (11/8). The two won both the Musical Event and Music Video of the Year for “Wait In The Truck.”

The CMA [psted new of the early winners on CMA’s Instagram. They wrote, “JUST ANNOUNCED on @GoodMorningAmerica! Congratulations @HARDY (feat. @LaineyWilson) on winning #CMAawards Musical Event of the Year for “wait in the truck”! This is HARDY’s FIRST-EVER. #CMAawards win!”

Fans and friends piped in on the news, with one writing, “Way to go @hardy and @laineywilson.” Another die-hard country music lover and Wilson fan said, “Yesss! 1 down, let’s get the rest, @laineywilson.” One more fan commented, “LOVE this song!”

In the second winners post, the CMAs wrote, “Introducing your #CMAawards Music Video of the Year winner… @HARDY (feat. @LaineyWilson) for “wait in the truck”! Congratulations! Find out who else takes home the rest of the awards TONIGHT at 8/7c on @ABCNetwork!”

Many fans reacted to the news on Instagram, including one who wrote, “Yes, well deserved!!” Another fan commented, “Saw @hardy and @laineywilson in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; they were amazing and definitely deserve those CMAs.” One more fan said, “That’s right, baby!”

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Lainey is up for seven more awards this evening, including Single and Song of the Year nods twice for “Heart Like A Truck” and “Wait In The Truck.” She is also nominated for Album of the Year for Bell Bottom Country, Female Vocalist of the Year, and, for the first time in her career, she is nominated for Entertainer of the Year. This also makes Lainey’s fourth and fifth CMA Awards to date, as she won two awards at last year’s 56th CMA Awards. She said backstage when she won the Female Vocalist in 2022, she’d been dreaming about winning this award for years.

HARDY joins Wilson in being nominated for Single and Song of the Year for “Wait In The Truck.”

The 57th Annual CMA Awards will be hosted by Luke Bryan and football legend Peyton Manning and will begin tonight (11/8) at 8 PM ET and air live on ABC.

Five 2023 CMA Awards Lainey Wilson Should Win

  • Female Vocalist of the Year

    This is an award she won in 2022 from the CMA, and in this category, the CMA often repeats if a particular star has had such a good year as Lainey has. Let’s not forget Miranda Lambert took this award home seven times. Reba McEntire won the honor four times in the 1980s and 1990s. It feels like Wilson is a shoo-in for this win.

  • Album of the Year

    Having won the Academy of Country Music’s 2022 award for Album of the Year, Lainey can also win this from the CMA. The album was one of the year’s biggest and has spawned two number-one songs, including “Heart Like A Truck” and “Watermelon Moonshine.” She told us when the album was released, “Sure, I love a good pair of bell bottoms, but Bell Bottom Country to me has always been about the flare and what makes someone unique—I have really embraced mine, and I hope y’all can hear that across this project.”

  • Video of the Year For "Wait In The Truck" with Hardy

    This epic video has already won Collaborative Music Video of the Year at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. It also won the Visual Media Award (basically Video of the Year) at the 2022 ACM Awards in May. With its hard-core storyline and great acting from both HARDY and Lainey, it would be wrong if it did not win Video of the Year from the CMA.

  • Musical Event With Jelly Roll for "Save Me"

    Jelly Roll and Lainey are both so very hot in country music right now, so a win here would be no surprise at all. Also, the song is solid and a fan favorite for sure. Even though Wilson is nominated against herself in this category with the Musical Event with HARDY and “Wait In The Truck,” there is a good chance her collaboration with Jelly will be the winner.

  • Entertainer of the Year

    Yep, I said it. Lainey should take the biggest award of the evening and the most coveted honor of Entertainer of the Year. Let’s be honest: she dominated country music in 2023 with several tours, big hit songs, and many other awards from other award shows. It always seems a little soon for someone like Wilson, whose rise in country music seemed to happen so quickly, to win this one. However, she really deserves this one, and I would be surprised if she didn’t take it home on CMA Award show night.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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