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NASHVILLE – The Chicago Cubs
won the World Series, but “The 50th Annual CMA Awards” was a homerun
with more performances with more artists than any other CMA Awards in history.
And fans can still relive the greatest moments on demand.
ABC is making several full performances
from Wednesday’s milestone anniversary broadcast available now on ABC.com
and the ABC
app. The full show, which captures Country Music’s Biggest Night™, is
also available for verified viewers.
Highlights include:
- The star-packed show opener featuring 12 format legends
that culminated with the introduction of 2016 Country Music Hall of Fame member
Randy Travis singing the last line of “Forever and Ever, Amen,”
which moved many people to tears.
- Brad Paisley’s and Carrie
Underwood’s topical and hilarious opening monologue.
- Garth
Brooks and Trisha Yearwood trading vocals and stealing
hearts with a medley of Country classics. Brooks was later named CMA Entertainer
of the Year by a surprise presenter, former Entertainer of the Year Taylor
Swift. Brooks is now the most awarded Entertainer in CMA Awards history with five wins!
- Maren
Morris’ tearful acceptance speech after being named New Artist of the
Year and recalling that last year, she watched the CMA Awards from a bar down the street.
- A surprise
performance from Beyoncé with former CMA Entertainer of the
Year Dixie Chicks in a Texas throwdown of Beyoncé‘s “Daddy Lessons,”
which the Dixie Chicks perform on the road, as well as their song “Long Time Gone.”
- A collaboration
between two of the most awarded men in CMA Awards history, Alan Jackson
and George Strait, trading riffs and hits.
- A tribute to
Dolly Parton featuring five of the strongest female voices in
the format with Martina McBride, Kacey Musgraves,
Jennifer Nettles, Reba, and Underwood that was introduced
by Parton’s “9 to 5” co-star Lily Tomlin. Pentatonix
kicked it off with a cover of “Jolene” with Nettles.
“Wow, what a tribute,”
Parton said. “That was so touching. I would have cried, but I didn’t want to mess up my eyelashes.”
And there is so much more.
See for yourself at ABC.com or the ABC App!
For more information, visit CMAawards50.com.
About the CMA Awards:
The first “CMA Awards Banquet and Show” was held in 1967. The following year,
the CMA Awards was broadcast for the first time – making it the longest running,
annual music awards program on network television. The Awards have aired on ABC
since 2006. ABC will be the network home of the CMA Awards and CMA’s other two
television properties, “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” and
“CMA Country Christmas,” through 2021. CMA Awards ballots are tabulated by
the professional services organization Deloitte & Touche LLP. |
