2019 Country Music Award Winners

The complete list of winners from the 2019 Country Music Awards, held on November 13, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Entertainer of the Year: Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks took home the coveted Entertainer of the Year prize at the 2019 Country Music Awards on Wednesday night (Nov. 13). It was his first CMA Entertainer win in 17 years and sixth overall, a record he now shares with Taylor Swift.

“Oh my gosh. I don’t even know what to say,” an emotional Brooks said after accepting the award from presenters Carrie Underwood and Dolly Parton. “This is surreal … I am the guy standing here because of you guys buying tickets, streaming songs, putting this thing we call country music No. 1.”

Brooks also paid tribute to his wife and country icon Trisha Yearwood, calling her “the wind beneath my wings every single day.”

Female Artist of the Year: Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood won Female Artist of the Year at the 2019 Country Music Awards. She is a seven-time Grammy winner and has sold more than 64 million records worldwide. Underwood has been nominated for Female Artist of the Year nine times and has won the award four times.

Male Artist of the Year: Keith Urban

Keith Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year. He found work as a session guitarist before starting a solo career in 1999 with the release of his self-titled debut album. The album’s first four singles all topped the Country Airplay chart, while “But for the Grace of God” and “Somebody Like You” also peaked at numbers two and three on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Somebody Like You became his first Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2002 and stayed at the top spot for five weeks, giving him his first USNumber One single

Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line

This was the third consecutive win for Florida Georgia Line in this category. They are also the only duo to have won this award more than once.

The duo, made up of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, has been credited with helping to popularize the bro-country genre of music. They have had nine No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, as well as six No. 1s on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Group of the Year: Old Dominion

On September 10, 2019, the 49th Annual Country Music Association Awards were held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to honor the biggest names in country music. The night’s big winner was Old Dominion, who took home the award for Group of the Year.

Old Dominion is a five-member group consisting of Matthew Ramsey (lead vocals), Trevor Rosen (guitar, keyboard), Brad Tursi (guitar), Geoff Sprung (bass guitar), and Whit Sellers (drums). The band has released three studio albums and one EP since their debut in 2014. Their most recent album, Happy Endings, was released in August 2017 and includes the singles “No Such Thing as a Broken Heart” and “Written in the Sand”.

The group was formed in Nashville in 2007 by Ramsey, Rosen, and Tursi. After years of playing together locally, they were signed to a record deal with Sony Music Nashville in 2013. Old Dominion has since become one of the biggest names in country music, with their songs appearing on several film and television soundtracks. They have also received nominations for several major awards, including Grammy Awards and ACM Awards.

New Artist of the Year: Luke Combs

Luke Combs is an American country music singer and songwriter. Combs has released two albums for Columbia Records Nashville, which have combined to produce seven singles, all of which have reached the top five on Billboard Country Airplay: “Hurricane”, “When It Rains It Pours”, “One Number Away”, “She Got the Best of Me”, “Beautiful Crazy”, “I Know Somebody”, and “Beer Never Broke My Heart”.

Album of the Year: Desperate Man by Eric Church

The 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards were held on April 7, 2018, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony recognized country music’s top artists for the year 2018. The show was hosted by Reba McEntire for the 16th time.

Congratulations to Eric Church!

Single of the Year: “Broken Halos” by Chris Stapleton

Congratulations to Chris Stapleton for winning Single of the Year at the 2019 Country Music Awards! “Broken Halos” is a beautiful song about hope and resilience, and we’re so happy that it’s being recognized with this prestigious award. Keep up the good work, Chris!

Song of the Year: “Tequila” by Dan + Shay

The song of the year award goes to the songwriter(s) of a track that was released during the eligibility period. Songs must have been released for airplay, digital download, or streaming and made available on an album, EP, or single. The eligibility period for the 2019 CMAs was July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019.

Some of the other nominees in the Song of the Year category included “Break Up in the End” by Cole Swindell, “Burning Man” by Dierks Bentley (featuring Brothers Osborne), “Girl” by Maren Morris, and “Rainbow” by Kacey Musgraves.

Music Video of the Year: “We Were Us” by Keith Urban ft. Miranda Lambert

The 2019 Country Music Association Awards were handed out Wednesday night (Nov. 13) in Nashville, with Luke Combs and Carrie Underwood coming out on top as the show’s biggest winners.

Combs was named Entertainer of the Year, taking home the top prize for the first time in his career. Combs also won Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year for “Beautiful Crazy,” Album of the Year for What You See Is What You Get and Musical Event of the Year for his collaboration with Brooks & Dunn on “Brand New Man.”

Other big winners included Underwood, who won Female Vocalist of the Year for the seventh time; Dan + Shay, who won Duo of the Year and Vocal Duo of the Year; and Ashley McBryde, who took home three awards, including New Artist of the Year.

Here is a complete list of this year’s winners:

Entertainer of the Year: Luke Combs

Male Vocalist of the Year: Luke Combs

Female Vocalist of the Year: Carrie Underwood

Vocal Group of the Year: Old Dominion

Duo of the Year: Dan + Shay
Vocal Duo of the Year: Dan + Shay
Music Video of the Year: “We Were Us” by Keith Urban ft. Miranda Lambert