Women Who Have Won The CMA’s Entertainer of the Year
On Wednesday night’s (11/9) 56th Annual CMA Awards, the most coveted honor is the Entertainer of the Year award, which is given out at the very end of the show….

On Wednesday night's (11/9) 56th Annual CMA Awards, the most coveted honor is the Entertainer of the Year award, which is given out at the very end of the show. This year, there are two female nominees in the category, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. If either one of them wins the honor, it will be only the tenth time in CMA history that a woman won Entertainer of the Year. The last woman to win the award was Taylor Swift in 2011. The first woman to win the honor was Loretta Lynn in 1972.
Miranda Lambert won the Entertainer trophy at the ACM Awards earlier this year, and is favored to win it at the CMAs. The other nominees are: Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, and Carrie Underwood. However, it could go to any one of the five.
As we gear up for what could become country music history being made on Wednesday (11/9), we look at the seven women who have taken home the CMA's biggest honor.
Loretta Lynn
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesLoretta Lynn won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1972.
Dolly Parton
Frank Micelotta/Getty ImagesDolly Parton won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1978.
Barbara Mandrell
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesBarbara Mandrell won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1980 and then again in 1981.
Reba McEntire
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesReba McEntire won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1986.
Shania Twain
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesShania Twain won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1999.
The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks)
Adele Starr/Getty ImagesDixie Chicks won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 2000.
Taylor Swift
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift won the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 2009 and then again in 2011.




