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Blake Ells
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Chris Stapleton Wins Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards
Competition in this category was fierce.
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Zac Brown Band Joins Forces With Marcus King for ‘Out in the Middle’ at 2022 CMA Awards
They rocked the house!
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Carrie Underwood Stuns With New Single ‘Hate My Heart’ at 2022 CMA Awards
She supplied a dramatic and captivating performance of "Hate My Heart" at the 2022 CMA Awards.
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Cody Johnson Brings Inspiring ‘Til You Can’t’ to 2022 CMA Awards
The performance marked a milestone moment in Johnson's career.
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Conner Smith’s ‘I Hate Alabama’ Had Divine Timing [Listen]
The 21-year-old singer now finds himself in the musical big leagues thanks to some uncanny timing.
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George Strait Returns to Las Vegas: 5 Things We Realized at His Two Shows
The pair of performances, which have recurred on a semi-regular basis since 2016, were the King of Country Music’s first at the venue since February of 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the live entertainment business.
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Ty Herndon Inspired By Next Generation of LGBTQ+ Artists: ‘They’re Fearless’
Herndon publicly came out in 2014, but his story begins in Decatur, Ala., nearly 40 years earlier.