Lainey Wilson has been appointed to host for 2025 Country Music Association Awards At ABC-handled, this information itself this year, after being developed as one of three co-hosts for the previous year.
Producers who choose Country Star to be Telecasten’s only pilot is a sign of how fast her star has risen and how dominant she is as an ambassador for country music right now. When that happens, this will mark a rare occurrence of an artist nominated for the most trophies on a TV award that also hosts that show. Enters this year’s CMAS, Wilson is tied with Ella Langley and Megan Moroney for most nomswith six each.
This is only the second time in the last 22 years that CMAS has gone with a solo host. The previous instance came when Luke Bryan took the reins alone for TeleCast 2021. Before that, it had not happened since Vince Gill was the only values for the long term that lasted in 1994 to 2003.
In 2024, Wilson came on board as a third member of the host team and joined Bryan and Football -Great Peyton Manning, which had been connected as a duo for the previous two years.
“I grew up and watched CMA Awards As it was Super Bowl, Wilson said in a statement, “so hosting a second year is a real honor. I am humble that CMA has trusted me with this role, and I can’t wait to love this genre that has given me so much. “
The 59th annual show will be broadcast live at ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 19 at. 20 et. It will be available for streaming the next day at Hulu.
If Wilson were to remain as host for many years to come, she has a couple of role models whose boots she can follow in, as far as having many consecutive years in front of the broadcast.
The aforementioned Gill had a long stint hosting with his 10-year driving. But the hosts who took up the largest number of years in the role were Carrie Underwood, who adopted the role during a dozen years from 2008 to 2019, followed by Brad Paisley, which hosted with Underwood during the first 11 of these 12 years. (During his 13th year, Underwood hosted Reba Mentire and Dolly Parton.)
Prices Wilson are up for this year include the top prize, the entertainer of the year, which she previously won in a surprise victory in 2023, the first time she was nominated. She is regarded as a leading favorite to take back this time, given her latest success that sells her first tour for headlining arenatur. (Last year she was nominated for the top prize a second time but lost to Morgan Wallen, which did not show up to claim the price.)
In addition to being on entertainers of the year again, Wilson’s other five nominations this year are in the categories for the female singer of the year; Single of the Year and Song Song (both for “4x4xu”); This year’s album (for “Whirlwind”); And this year’s music video (for “somewhere over Laredo”, a single that is part of the Deluxe version of “Whirlwind”).
“Whirlwind” is just Wilson’s third major-label album, after she started her career climbing with 2021’s “Sayin ‘What Ir Thinkin’.” A small recurring role in the hit -TV series “Yellowstone” gave a boost in her rise to fame. She has had eight top 5 hits on the Country Airplay diagram over the past five years, five of them as a solo artist and three as a presented duet partner.
