When: Wednesday September 20, 2024 at 8PM ET/7PM CST

Airing on ABC/Next Day on Hulu

From: Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN

Hosted By: Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson

 PERFORMING LIVE

  PRESENTERS

 THE NOMINEES

 Entertainer of the year

• Luke Combs
• Jelly Roll
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen
• Lainey Wilson

Single of the year

• "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey (Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry) (Mix Engineer: Raul Lopez)
• "Dirt Cheap" – Cody Johnson (Producer: Trent Willmon) (Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke)
• "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) (Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins) (Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore)
• "Watermelon Moonshine" – Lainey Wilson (Producer: Jay Joyce) (Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce)
• "White Horse" – Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton) (Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)

Album of the year

• "Deeper Well" – Kacey Musgraves (Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian) (Mix Engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder)
• "Fathers & Sons" – Luke Combs (Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton) (Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews)
• "Higher" – Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton) (Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
• "Leather" – Cody Johnson (Producer: Trent Willmon) (Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke)
• "Whitsitt Chapel" – Jelly Roll (Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens) (Mix Engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley)

Song of the year

• "Burn It Down" – Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
• "Dirt Cheap" – Songwriter: Josh Phillips
• "I Had Some Help" – Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post (aka Post Malone), Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters
• "The Painter" – Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins
• "White Horse" – Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson

Female vocalist of the year

• Kelsea Ballerini
• Ashley McBryde
• Megan Moroney
• Kacey Musgraves
• Lainey Wilson

Male vocalist of the year

• Luke Combs
• Jelly Roll
• Cody Johnson
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen

Vocal group of the year

• Lady A
• Little Big Town
• Old Dominion
• The Red Clay Strays
• Zac Brown Band

Vocal duo of the year

• Brooks & Dunn
• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Maddie & Tae
• The War and Treaty

Musical event of the year

• "Cowboys Cry Too" – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan) (Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym)
• "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) (Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins)
• "I Remember Everything" – Zach Bryan (feat. Kacey Musgraves) (Producer: Zach Bryan)
• "Man Made a Bar" – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church) (Producer: Joey Moi)
• "you look like you love me" – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green) (Producer: Will Bundy)

Musician of the year

• Tom Bukovac – Guitar
• Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
• Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
• Rob McNelley – Guitar
• Charlie Worsham – Guitar

Music video of the year

• "Dirt Cheap" – Cody Johnson (Director: Dustin Haney)
• "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) (Director: Chris Villa)
• "I'm Not Pretty" – Megan Moroney (Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney)
• "The Painter" – Cody Johnson (Director: Dustin Haney)
• "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" – Lainey Wilson (Director: Patrick Tracy)

New artist of the year

• Megan Moroney
• Shaboozey
• Nate Smith
• Mitchell Tenpenny
• Zach Top
• Bailey Zimmerman