0:00:05 > 0:00:07Hiya, folks. Welcome to Nashville.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10I'm here at the Bridgestone Arena
0:00:10 > 0:00:14for the 51st Annual Country Music Association Awards.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19MUSIC PLAYS
0:00:21 > 0:00:24This is the biggest night in the country music calendar
0:00:24 > 0:00:28and all the major country stars are here to perform
0:00:28 > 0:00:31and to collect the awards which include the really big one
0:00:31 > 0:00:33tonight, Entertainer Of The Year.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38It's going to be an amazing night,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42so let's join country music superstars, Brad Paisley and
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Carrie Underwood to introduce the
0:00:45 > 0:00:4851st Country Music Association Awards.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Are you ready for country music's biggest night?
0:01:12 > 0:01:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Now, Brad, I don't know if you've heard about this
0:01:21 > 0:01:27but the CMA has given us some guidelines with specific topics to
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- avoid, so...- What?- We can't be doing any of our silly little songs
0:01:30 > 0:01:34because this year's show is a politics free zone.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Are you kidding me? That's not fair.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40What are you doing, Brad?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Oh, I'm definitely not doing this.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48# Right now, he's probably in his PJs watching cable news
0:01:48 > 0:01:50# Reaching for his cellphone
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Really?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55# Right now, he's probably asking Siri
0:01:55 > 0:01:58# How in the hell do you spell Pocahontas?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04# Well, here we go
0:02:04 > 0:02:07# In the middle of the night from the privacy
0:02:07 > 0:02:11# Of a gold-plated White House toilet seat
0:02:11 > 0:02:14# He writes little Bob Corker NFL and Kofi
0:02:16 > 0:02:18# Kofi
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Kofeffee?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- Kofifi?- Kofeffee.- Kofifi.- Feffee. - Fifi.- Feff.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- Gesundheit.- Thank you.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29# And it's fun to watch it, that's for sure
0:02:29 > 0:02:32# Till little rocket man starts a nuclear war
0:02:32 > 0:02:39# And then many next time he'll think before he tweets. #
0:02:39 > 0:02:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:45 > 0:02:49# We were golden, we were fire we were magic
0:02:49 > 0:02:53# Yeah, and they all knew our names all over town
0:02:53 > 0:02:58# We had it made in the middle of the madness
0:02:58 > 0:03:02# We were neon in a grey crowd
0:03:02 > 0:03:06# Yeah, we wrote our own story
0:03:06 > 0:03:09# Full of blood, sweat, and heartbeats
0:03:11 > 0:03:15# We didn't do it for the fame or the glory
0:03:15 > 0:03:18# But we went down in history
0:03:19 > 0:03:22# Yeah, we were legends
0:03:22 > 0:03:26# Loving you baby, it was heaven
0:03:26 > 0:03:31# What everyone wondered, we never questioned
0:03:31 > 0:03:34# Closed our eyes and took on the world together
0:03:34 > 0:03:36# Do you remember?
0:03:36 > 0:03:43# We were crazy, tragic and epic, and so amazing
0:03:43 > 0:03:47# I'll always wear the crown that you gave me
0:03:47 > 0:03:53# We will always stay lost in forever, and they'll remember
0:03:53 > 0:03:56# We were legends
0:04:00 > 0:04:04# Like we were written down in permanent marker
0:04:04 > 0:04:08# Not even the brightest sun could ever fade
0:04:08 > 0:04:12# Come whichever, hell or high water
0:04:12 > 0:04:17# It was always me and you either way
0:04:17 > 0:04:21# Hey, we wrote our own story
0:04:21 > 0:04:24# Full of blood, sweat, and heartbeats
0:04:26 > 0:04:30# We didn't do it for the fame or the glory
0:04:30 > 0:04:34# We just did it for you and me
0:04:34 > 0:04:37# And that's why we were legends
0:04:37 > 0:04:41# Loving you baby, it was heaven
0:04:41 > 0:04:45# What everyone wondered, we never questioned
0:04:45 > 0:04:49# Closed our eyes and took on the world together
0:04:49 > 0:04:51# Do you remember?
0:04:51 > 0:04:58# We were crazy, tragic and epic, and so amazing
0:04:58 > 0:05:03# I'll always wear the crown that you gave me
0:05:03 > 0:05:09# We will always stay lost in forever, and they'll remember
0:05:09 > 0:05:11# We were legends
0:05:17 > 0:05:20# We were legends
0:05:20 > 0:05:22# Loving you baby,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24# It was heaven
0:05:24 > 0:05:25# What everyone wondered
0:05:25 > 0:05:28# We never questioned
0:05:28 > 0:05:32# Closed our eyes and took on the world together
0:05:32 > 0:05:36# Do you remember baby?
0:05:36 > 0:05:43# We were crazy, tragic and epic, and so amazing
0:05:43 > 0:05:47# I'll always wear the crown that you gave me
0:05:47 > 0:05:53# We will always stay lost in forever, and they'll remember
0:05:53 > 0:05:58# We were legends
0:06:02 > 0:06:05# Yeah, we were legends
0:06:07 > 0:06:11# And we wrote our own story. #
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Reba, everybody.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:23 > 0:06:26She's a 13-time CMA Award winner, leading the way with
0:06:26 > 0:06:28five more nominations this year.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Here to show you why is Miranda Lambert.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55# To love her is to learn her
0:06:55 > 0:07:00# And see her at her worst
0:07:01 > 0:07:06# Dance with her when she's drinkin'
0:07:08 > 0:07:12# Hold her when she hurts
0:07:13 > 0:07:18# She'll be happy, you'll be sorry
0:07:19 > 0:07:25# Well, that's just how it works
0:07:26 > 0:07:30# To love her is to learn her
0:07:32 > 0:07:37# Some things you just can't learn
0:07:41 > 0:07:44# You'll meet her momma
0:07:44 > 0:07:45# You'll love her daddy
0:07:47 > 0:07:52# You'll know how much she's worth
0:07:53 > 0:07:58# You'll have Thanksgiving dinners
0:08:00 > 0:08:04# And Sunday morning church
0:08:06 > 0:08:12# You'll be true and you'll be tired
0:08:12 > 0:08:18# But the tables always turn
0:08:18 > 0:08:24# To love her is to learn her
0:08:24 > 0:08:29# Some things you just can't learn
0:08:55 > 0:08:59# It's a lesson, it's a blessing
0:09:01 > 0:09:05# You don't know everything
0:09:07 > 0:09:13# If you take her you might hate her
0:09:13 > 0:09:19# And be left with just a ray
0:09:20 > 0:09:24# To love her is to lose her
0:09:26 > 0:09:32# Hey, that's just how it works
0:09:32 > 0:09:38# To love her is to learn her
0:09:38 > 0:09:44# Some things you just can't learn
0:09:44 > 0:09:49# Oh to love her is to learn her
0:09:50 > 0:09:57# Some things you just can't learn. #
0:10:01 > 0:10:05CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:11 > 0:10:13He's a five-time Entertainer Of The Year,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15nominated again tonight, he's out on the road,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17breaking records this year.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Everybody put on your eclipse glasses.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Here to play his latest smash, the brightest star of all...
0:10:24 > 0:10:25- BOTH:- Garth Brooks.
0:10:34 > 0:10:41# You're stubborn as they come, you'll never settle down
0:10:41 > 0:10:46# You'll always be the one who doesn't stick around
0:10:48 > 0:10:53# You make all the rules, you're set in your ways
0:10:54 > 0:11:01# You gotta have your freedom, you gotta have your space
0:11:01 > 0:11:04# But one day you'll meet the girl you swore you'd never find
0:11:04 > 0:11:08# Start feeling things you never felt and spending all your time
0:11:08 > 0:11:11# Trying to figure out how she got this hold on you
0:11:14 > 0:11:18# And when you start to fall, you'll hold on to your pride
0:11:18 > 0:11:21# Start building up your walls and never let her get inside
0:11:21 > 0:11:25# You'll push her away cos that's all you know how to do
0:11:27 > 0:11:32# And then she'll leave and you won't beg her not to go
0:11:32 > 0:11:35# Ask me how I know
0:11:41 > 0:11:46# Go on and shake your head and tell me that I'm wrong
0:11:47 > 0:11:52# Say, "I'm just another fool and this is just another song"
0:11:54 > 0:11:59# But I know how you are cos I know how I am
0:12:00 > 0:12:05# And I'd give anything to go back and try again
0:12:07 > 0:12:10# But one day you'll meet the girl you swore you'd never find
0:12:10 > 0:12:14# Start feeling things you never felt and spending all your time
0:12:14 > 0:12:18# Trying to figure out how she got this hold on you
0:12:20 > 0:12:23# And when you start to fall, you'll hold on to your pride
0:12:23 > 0:12:27# Start building up your walls and never let her get inside
0:12:27 > 0:12:32# You'll push her away cos that's all you know how to do
0:12:33 > 0:12:39# And then she'll leave and you won't beg her not to go
0:12:39 > 0:12:41# Ask me how I know
0:12:44 > 0:12:50# And you best put this song on repeat
0:12:50 > 0:12:57# Maybe then you won't end up like me
0:12:59 > 0:13:02# But one day you'll meet the girl you swore you'd never find
0:13:02 > 0:13:05# Start feeling things you never felt and spending all your time
0:13:05 > 0:13:09# Trying to figure out how she got this hold on you
0:13:12 > 0:13:15# And when you start to fall, you'll hold on to your pride
0:13:15 > 0:13:19# Start building up your walls and never let her get inside
0:13:19 > 0:13:23# You'll push her away cos that's all you know how to do
0:13:25 > 0:13:30# And then she'll leave and you won't beg her not to go
0:13:30 > 0:13:33# Ask me how I know
0:13:36 > 0:13:40# Ask me how I know
0:13:42 > 0:13:43# Because, man, I know. #
0:13:45 > 0:13:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:55 > 0:13:59She's the star of The Path and he's a seven-time NASCAR champion.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Please welcome Michelle Monaghan and Jimmie Johnson.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Thank you. It is so awesome to be here tonight and to be presenting
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- this award with Michelle.- Thank you, Jimmie.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I'm excited to be here in Nashville tonight
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and to be presenting this award with you.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21And it's not just any award we're presenting.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24The CMA Award for Female Vocalist Of The Year
0:14:24 > 0:14:27has gone to many of the most significant artists
0:14:27 > 0:14:28in country history.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Like Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37In that great tradition, here are five strong voices in music today.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44And the CMA Award goes to Miranda Lambert.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:48 > 0:14:52MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Thank you all so much.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07I just want to say that more than any other year I've ever been
0:15:07 > 0:15:12a part of the CMAs, I feel truly like there's a family in this room tonight.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I feel like we're bonded together and banded together more than
0:15:15 > 0:15:18we ever have been and I feel like country music is winning
0:15:18 > 0:15:21right now, so thank you CMA and thank you, fans.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25And thank you everybody in this room. Love all of you so much.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Thank you.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33They're the writing vocal duo and winners already today.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Brothers Osborne.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41What's up?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07# Blame the whisky on the beer
0:16:07 > 0:16:09# Blame the beer on the whisky
0:16:09 > 0:16:11# Blame the mornin' on the night
0:16:11 > 0:16:13# For whose lyin' here with me
0:16:13 > 0:16:15# Blame the bar for the band
0:16:15 > 0:16:17# Blame the band for the song
0:16:17 > 0:16:20# Blame the song for the party that went all night long
0:16:22 > 0:16:25# But it ain't my fault
0:16:25 > 0:16:27# No it ain't my fault
0:16:29 > 0:16:31# Mighta had a little fun
0:16:31 > 0:16:33# Lotta wrong I'd done
0:16:33 > 0:16:35# But it ain't my fault
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Everybody, get your hands up.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39# I got my hands up
0:16:39 > 0:16:41# I need an alibi
0:16:41 > 0:16:45# Find me a witness who can testify
0:16:45 > 0:16:47# You made a mistake
0:16:47 > 0:16:49# You got the wrong guy
0:16:49 > 0:16:52# I'm only guilty of a damn good time
0:16:52 > 0:16:55# No it ain't my fault
0:18:00 > 0:18:01# Blame my raisin' on my name
0:18:01 > 0:18:03# Blame my name on my raisin'
0:18:03 > 0:18:08# Blame my lack of knowing better on public education
0:18:08 > 0:18:09# Blame smoke on the fire
0:18:09 > 0:18:11# Blame fire on the smoke
0:18:11 > 0:18:15# Blame the fight on the bouncer that couldn't take a joke
0:18:15 > 0:18:20# But it ain't my fault
0:18:20 > 0:18:24# I got my hands up I need an alibi
0:18:24 > 0:18:27# Find me a witness who can testify
0:18:27 > 0:18:29# You made a mistake
0:18:29 > 0:18:31# You got the wrong guy
0:18:31 > 0:18:35# I'm only guilty of a damn good time
0:18:35 > 0:18:37# No it ain't my fault
0:18:39 > 0:18:41# No it ain't my fault
0:18:42 > 0:18:45# No it ain't my fault
0:18:45 > 0:18:53# Oh. #
0:19:05 > 0:19:08CMAs, thank you!
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Her latest album, Beautiful Trauma, debuted at number one.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17We are seriously honoured that she is here in Nashville with us
0:19:17 > 0:19:20to make country music's biggest night even bigger,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22please welcome Pink.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:19:26 > 0:19:30GUITAR INTRO
0:19:37 > 0:19:41# Another day, another sin
0:19:41 > 0:19:43# Another day I'm late again
0:19:43 > 0:19:47# Oh, just like them my money's spent
0:19:47 > 0:19:50# Where did it all go?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53# Another night, another heart
0:19:53 > 0:19:55# Another one leaves in the dark
0:19:55 > 0:19:59# And I'm searching for my counterpart
0:20:01 > 0:20:03# Where did they all go?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06# And I lock every single door
0:20:06 > 0:20:10# And I look behind me even more
0:20:10 > 0:20:14# Now turned into someone that I swore
0:20:14 > 0:20:15# I would never be
0:20:17 > 0:20:24# I wish I could go back to playing Barbies in my room
0:20:24 > 0:20:31# They never say that you gotta grow up quite this soon
0:20:31 > 0:20:34# How fast things change
0:20:34 > 0:20:38# Now I'm here and all I want to do
0:20:38 > 0:20:41# Is go back to playing Barbies in my room
0:20:43 > 0:20:47# I see it on my father's face
0:20:47 > 0:20:50# Another line that comes with age
0:20:50 > 0:20:53# I know that time will have its way
0:20:53 > 0:20:56# Where did it all go?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59# They say that things were simple then
0:21:00 > 0:21:03# Although I don't remember when
0:21:03 > 0:21:05# I want to know what happens next
0:21:07 > 0:21:10# Where do we all go?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14# And I lock every single door
0:21:14 > 0:21:17# And I look behind me even more
0:21:17 > 0:21:22# And I've turned into someone that I swore I would never be
0:21:24 > 0:21:30# Oh, I wish I could go back to playing Barbies in my room
0:21:30 > 0:21:37# They never say that you gotta grow up quite this soon
0:21:37 > 0:21:43# How fast things change, and now I'm here
0:21:43 > 0:21:48# And all I want to do is go back to playing Barbies in my room
0:21:52 > 0:21:56# Pink canapes and grass-stained knees
0:21:56 > 0:22:00# Putting fireblind in a jar
0:22:00 > 0:22:05# Getting home before it's dark, ohhh
0:22:05 > 0:22:09# Scotch-taping posters on my wall
0:22:09 > 0:22:13# Rolling pixie sticks to smoke
0:22:13 > 0:22:18# Couldn't wait till I was older
0:22:18 > 0:22:26# But I wish I could go back to playing Barbies in my room
0:22:26 > 0:22:32# They never say that you gotta grow up quite this soon
0:22:32 > 0:22:38# How fast things change, and now I'm here
0:22:38 > 0:22:40# And all I want to do
0:22:40 > 0:22:43# Is go back to playing Barbies in my room
0:22:43 > 0:22:46# Back to playing Barbies in my...
0:22:46 > 0:22:49# I wish that I could go back
0:22:49 > 0:22:53# I wish that I could go back
0:22:53 > 0:22:56# I wish that I could go back
0:22:56 > 0:23:01# Back to playing Barbies in my room. #
0:23:01 > 0:23:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:16 > 0:23:21And now a great musician, he's still up tonight for Male Vocalist
0:23:21 > 0:23:23and Entertainer Of The Year.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- BOTH:- Chris Stapleton.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33# Seen my share of broken halos
0:23:33 > 0:23:38# Folded wings that used to fly
0:23:38 > 0:23:45# They've all gone wherever they go
0:23:45 > 0:23:50# Broken halos that used to shine
0:23:58 > 0:24:04# Angels come down from the heavens
0:24:04 > 0:24:10# Just to help us on our way
0:24:10 > 0:24:16# Come to teach us, then they leave us
0:24:16 > 0:24:22# And they find some other soul to save
0:24:22 > 0:24:28# Seen my share of broken halos
0:24:28 > 0:24:34# Folded wings that used to fly
0:24:34 > 0:24:41# They've all gone wherever they go
0:24:41 > 0:24:46# Broken halos that used to shine
0:24:48 > 0:24:52# Broken halos that used to shine
0:25:09 > 0:25:15# Don't go looking for the reasons
0:25:15 > 0:25:19# Don't go asking Jesus why
0:25:21 > 0:25:27# We're not meant to know the answers
0:25:27 > 0:25:32# They belong to the by and by
0:25:32 > 0:25:39# They belong to the by and by
0:25:39 > 0:25:46# Seen my share of broken halos
0:25:46 > 0:25:51# Folded wings that used to fly
0:25:51 > 0:25:58# They've all gone wherever they go
0:25:58 > 0:26:03# Broken halos that used to shine
0:26:03 > 0:26:09# Broken halos that used to shine
0:26:09 > 0:26:16# Broken halos that used to shine
0:26:16 > 0:26:21# Broken halos that used to shine. #
0:26:21 > 0:26:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I've got to say in all honesty that the warmth
0:26:42 > 0:26:45in this room tonight is amazing.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I love the way we have all come together,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I love being a part of this.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Is everyone having the time of their life tonight?
0:26:56 > 0:27:01She has three nominations this year including Female
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Vocalist Of The Year and his debut solo album, Flicker,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05went right to number one.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Here together for the first time, Maren Morris and Niall Horan.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12CHEERING
0:27:14 > 0:27:19# Give me a sing or a rhyme or a reason
0:27:19 > 0:27:24# Just something that I can believe in
0:27:24 > 0:27:28# I could use a love song
0:27:28 > 0:27:31BOTH: # That takes me back just like that
0:27:31 > 0:27:36# A love song to a time that I would roll my eyes
0:27:36 > 0:27:41# At a guy and a girl Who make it work in a world
0:27:41 > 0:27:47# That for me so far just seems to go so wrong
0:27:47 > 0:27:49# Yeah, I could use
0:27:49 > 0:27:55# Yeah, I could use a love song
0:28:02 > 0:28:10# I have seen, I've seen it all in paper dreams
0:28:10 > 0:28:16# I watch it unfold on the screen
0:28:16 > 0:28:19# But I never understood
0:28:23 > 0:28:26BOTH: # I have heard
0:28:26 > 0:28:32# I've heard you speak a million words
0:28:32 > 0:28:37# Now you're talking to me first
0:28:37 > 0:28:39# I never thought you would
0:28:43 > 0:28:46# Oh, my my
0:28:46 > 0:28:49# You just took me by surprise
0:28:49 > 0:28:52# And I can't believe my eyes
0:28:52 > 0:28:53# Oh, I must be seeing blind
0:28:53 > 0:28:55# Oh, no, I
0:28:55 > 0:28:58# You're too good to be all mine
0:28:58 > 0:29:00# Now I'm looking in your eyes
0:29:00 > 0:29:04# Oh, I must be seeing blind
0:29:04 > 0:29:12# I was young, my heart was always on the run
0:29:12 > 0:29:17# But you make loving fun
0:29:17 > 0:29:21# I never knew it could be
0:29:21 > 0:29:24# Yeah, yeah, yeah
0:29:24 > 0:29:27BOTH: # And I see you
0:29:27 > 0:29:32# From a different point of view
0:29:32 > 0:29:38# Feels too good to be true
0:29:38 > 0:29:41# I found my missing piece
0:29:41 > 0:29:43# Yay!
0:29:45 > 0:29:47# Oh, my my
0:29:47 > 0:29:51# You just took me by surprise and I can't believe my eyes
0:29:51 > 0:29:55# Oh, I must be seeing blind
0:29:55 > 0:29:57# Oh, no, I
0:29:57 > 0:29:59# You're too good to be all mine
0:29:59 > 0:30:01# Now I'm looking in your eyes
0:30:01 > 0:30:05# Oh, I must be seeing blind
0:30:10 > 0:30:12# Oh, no
0:30:15 > 0:30:19# Oh, my, my When I look into your eyes
0:30:19 > 0:30:25# It's a sight I can't describe Oh, I must be seeing blind
0:30:25 > 0:30:29# Oh, my, my You just took me by surprise
0:30:29 > 0:30:35# And I can't believe my eyes Oh, I must be seeing blind
0:30:35 > 0:30:40# Oh, no, I You're too good to be all mine
0:30:40 > 0:30:46# Now I'm looking in your eyes Oh, I must be seeing blind
0:30:46 > 0:30:49# Hey
0:30:49 > 0:30:52# Hey-ey
0:30:53 > 0:30:59# Oh, I must be seeing blind. #
0:31:00 > 0:31:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome two-time CMA vocalist
0:31:11 > 0:31:15of the year, Tricia Yearwood.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:19 > 0:31:22I've always said that great songs are like great movies to me and I'm
0:31:22 > 0:31:26honoured to present this next award that brings together
0:31:26 > 0:31:27five of the charismatic
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and compelling leading men in country music right
0:31:30 > 0:31:32here and right now.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35And the CMA award for Male Vocalist Of The Year goes to...
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Chris Stapleton.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:42 > 0:31:47# I might as well get stoned Get it off my mind
0:31:49 > 0:31:55# Ain't got a thing to do All I've got is time
0:31:57 > 0:32:02# The bottle's all I've had to be a friend of mine. #
0:32:02 > 0:32:10I want to thank my wife, like I always do and I couldn't do anything I ever did without her.
0:32:11 > 0:32:17And... Thank you to the fans, thank you to all the folks at Universal who work so hard, management,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19I really am...
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- WOMAN:- I love you! - I love you too, honey, thank you.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25CHEERING
0:32:27 > 0:32:30And I mean that. Thank you CMAs, thank you, everybody, for this.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33It really, uh, it means a lot, thank you.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:32:41 > 0:32:44He is up tonight for Entertainer Of The Year
0:32:44 > 0:32:46but first he has a brand-new song with a powerful message.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Ladies and gentlemen, a great artist and a great friend, Keith Urban.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:33:03 > 0:33:08# When you hear somebody say somebody hits like a girl
0:33:08 > 0:33:12# How does that hit you? Is that such a bad thing?
0:33:14 > 0:33:18# When you hear a song that they play saying you run the world?
0:33:18 > 0:33:23# Do you believe it? Will you live to see it?
0:33:25 > 0:33:31# Sister, shoulder, daughter, lover Healer, broken halo, mother
0:33:31 > 0:33:37# Nature, fire, suit of armour Soul survivor, holy water
0:33:37 > 0:33:42# Secret keeper, fortune teller Virgin Mary, scarlet letter
0:33:42 > 0:33:48# Technicolor, river wild Baby girl, woman child
0:33:48 > 0:33:51# Female
0:33:51 > 0:33:57# Ah, ah, ah
0:34:02 > 0:34:07# When somebody laughs and implies that she asked for it
0:34:07 > 0:34:10# Just cos she was wearin' a skirt
0:34:10 > 0:34:13# Oh, is that how that works?
0:34:13 > 0:34:18# When somebody talks about how it was Adam first
0:34:18 > 0:34:23# Does that make Eve second-best? Or did He save the best for last?
0:34:24 > 0:34:30# Sister, shoulder, daughter, lover Healer, broken halo, mother
0:34:30 > 0:34:36# Nature, fire, suit of armour Soul survivor, holy water
0:34:36 > 0:34:41# Secret keeper, fortune teller Virgin Mary, scarlet letter
0:34:41 > 0:34:47# Technicolor, river wild Baby girl, woman child
0:34:47 > 0:34:50# Female
0:34:50 > 0:34:55# Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:34:55 > 0:34:59# Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:35:00 > 0:35:03# Female
0:35:03 > 0:35:09- # Hey, oh, yeah - # Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:35:13 > 0:35:17# She's the heart of life She's the dreamer's dream
0:35:17 > 0:35:22# She's the hands of time She's the queen of kings
0:35:24 > 0:35:29# Sister, shoulder, daughter, lover Healer, broken halo, mother
0:35:29 > 0:35:35# Nature, fire, suit of armour Soul survivor, holy water
0:35:35 > 0:35:41# Secret keeper, fortune teller Virgin Mary, scarlet letter
0:35:41 > 0:35:45# Technicolor, river wild Baby girl, woman child
0:35:47 > 0:35:50# Female
0:35:50 > 0:35:55# Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:35:55 > 0:35:58# Female. #
0:36:03 > 0:36:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:36:09 > 0:36:13God bless you. Thank you.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20All right, hang on, everybody. This one's gonna rock.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Nominated for Entertainer Of The Year, here's Eric Church.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:36:58 > 0:37:01# Two miles east of the Chickamauga
0:37:01 > 0:37:03# Just over the hill and across the holla
0:37:03 > 0:37:05# End of the path leading from the water
0:37:05 > 0:37:09# There's a one room, A-frame house Hot pie, potbelly stove
0:37:09 > 0:37:12# When she workin' the flame, it never get cold
0:37:12 > 0:37:16# Only place on Earth I know Gets hotter when the sun goes down
0:37:16 > 0:37:18# Oh, my, my Chattanooga Lucy
0:37:18 > 0:37:22# Woman, what it is you do to me Forbidden fruit, it sure is juicy
0:37:22 > 0:37:24# You got me comin' around, comin' around
0:37:24 > 0:37:27# Oh, my, my Chattanooga Lucy
0:37:27 > 0:37:31# Break me easy or bend me bluesy Hold on tight or hold on loosely
0:37:31 > 0:37:33# Keep me comin' around, comin' around
0:37:33 > 0:37:35# Post my bail and pay my bounty
0:37:35 > 0:37:38# Anything to get me down to Hamilton County
0:37:38 > 0:37:42# Up and down and all around me Every time I hear the sound
0:37:42 > 0:37:44# Every time I hear the sound
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- # Ooh - Ooh
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- # Ooh - Ooh
0:37:57 > 0:38:00# Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
0:38:00 > 0:38:03# Oh, my, my Chattanooga Lucy
0:38:03 > 0:38:07# Woman, what it is you do to me Forbidden fruit, it sure is juicy
0:38:07 > 0:38:10# You got me comin' around, comin' around
0:38:10 > 0:38:12# Oh, my, my Chattanooga Lucy
0:38:12 > 0:38:16# Break me easy or bend me bluesy Hold on tight or hold on loosely
0:38:16 > 0:38:18# Keep me comin' around, comin' around
0:38:18 > 0:38:21# Yeah, I come undone
0:38:21 > 0:38:25# Every time I get some Kickdrum, guitar strum
0:38:25 > 0:38:28# No matter where you come from
0:39:18 > 0:39:21# Oh, my, my Chattanooga Lucy
0:39:21 > 0:39:25# Woman, what it is you do to me Forbidden fruit, it sure is juicy
0:39:25 > 0:39:28# You got me comin' around, comin' around
0:39:28 > 0:39:30# Yeah, oh, my, my Chattanooga Lucy
0:39:30 > 0:39:34# Break me easy or bend me bluesy Hold on tight or hold on loosely
0:39:34 > 0:39:36# Keep me comin' around, comin' around
0:39:36 > 0:39:39# Keep me comin' around, comin' around
0:39:39 > 0:39:43# Yeah, I come undone Every time I get some
0:39:43 > 0:39:47# Kickdrum, guitar strum She's everything but a shy one. #
0:39:47 > 0:39:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Let's hear it for the stars of Kevin (Probably) Saves The World,
0:40:01 > 0:40:06Jason Ritter and JoAnna Garcia Swisher.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Before Jason and I present the CMA award for New Artist Of The Year,
0:40:12 > 0:40:15here's a little history for you.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Jason's grandfather, the legendary Tex Ritter,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21was one of the founding members of the Country Music Association.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24That is, that's true. Thanks, JoAnna.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29He, um, I'm very proud of him, he also happens to be in the Country Music Hall Of Fame,
0:40:29 > 0:40:35which he also helped start, so, it's very exciting for me to be here in Nashville.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40And even more exciting for me to be able to hand out a CMA award to someone from the next generation
0:40:40 > 0:40:46of country artists. And the CMA award for New Artist Of The Year goes to...
0:40:46 > 0:40:48BOTH: Jon Pardi!
0:40:48 > 0:40:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:50 > 0:40:52# I gotta know her name I gotta see her again
0:40:52 > 0:40:55# She's got me wondering Yeah I'm just wondering
0:40:55 > 0:41:00# Where she at, where she at Where she at tonight?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04# Where she at, where she at Where she at tonight?
0:41:04 > 0:41:08# She's got me mesmerized She's all I'm thinking about
0:41:08 > 0:41:11# All I think about Think about, think about. #
0:41:13 > 0:41:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Wow! Thank you...
0:41:18 > 0:41:23All my friends and family back home who watched me playing back yards and little hometown dive bars,
0:41:23 > 0:41:29and fairs, when I was still in high school and everything, until...
0:41:29 > 0:41:34Thank you, everybody. And here's to a great night of country music!
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Thank you!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Since April, they have been together on their massively successful
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Soul2Soul Tour and tonight they're sharing
0:41:45 > 0:41:51the CMA stage. Ladies and gentlemen, two of our most beloved superstars and friends,
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Tim McGraw and Faith Hill!
0:41:54 > 0:41:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:09 > 0:42:13# Sitting with you in a dark room
0:42:13 > 0:42:17# Warmed by a fireplace
0:42:20 > 0:42:24# You know there's just something about you
0:42:24 > 0:42:27# You brighten my day
0:42:27 > 0:42:30# Mm, mm
0:42:32 > 0:42:36# I got something to run past you
0:42:38 > 0:42:41# I just hope I say it right
0:42:44 > 0:42:48# So I take your hand and ask you
0:42:48 > 0:42:52# Have you made plans for the rest of your life?
0:42:55 > 0:43:01# There's one thing I should be killing off and giving up now
0:43:01 > 0:43:05# And that's worryin' about life
0:43:05 > 0:43:10# Oh, I'll be fine
0:43:10 > 0:43:15# If one grey hair shows, I'll be fine
0:43:16 > 0:43:21# If my waistline grows, I'll be fine
0:43:21 > 0:43:24# Even when time takes its toll
0:43:24 > 0:43:28# We'll stay young for the rest of our lives
0:43:32 > 0:43:35# I've been making plans for children
0:43:37 > 0:43:41# Since I've been looking in your eyes
0:43:43 > 0:43:47# I even have names picked out for them
0:43:47 > 0:43:50# Daughter'd be Rose
0:43:50 > 0:43:54# Son, it'd be Ryan
0:43:55 > 0:44:01# There's one thing I should be killing off and giving up now
0:44:01 > 0:44:05# And that's worrying about life
0:44:05 > 0:44:10# Oh, I'll be fine
0:44:10 > 0:44:15# If one grey hair shows, I'll be fine
0:44:15 > 0:44:20# If my waistline grows, I'll be fine
0:44:20 > 0:44:24# Even when time takes its toll
0:44:24 > 0:44:28# We'll stay young for the rest of our lives
0:44:31 > 0:44:36# I don't really care about those storm clouds brewing
0:44:36 > 0:44:41# Oh, as long as you're here by my side
0:44:41 > 0:44:46# Oh, we'll be young Oh, we'll be young
0:44:47 > 0:44:53# Oh, we'll be young, when we're old
0:44:55 > 0:44:59# Oh, I'll be fine
0:44:59 > 0:45:04# If one grey hair shows, I'll be fine
0:45:05 > 0:45:11# If my waistline grows, I'll be fine
0:45:11 > 0:45:14# Even when time takes its toll
0:45:14 > 0:45:18# I'll stay young for the rest of my life
0:45:18 > 0:45:24# With you, I'll stay young for the rest of my life
0:45:24 > 0:45:26# With you
0:45:26 > 0:45:31# We'll stay young for the rest of our life. #
0:45:33 > 0:45:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:42 > 0:45:45# Might have a little dirt on my boots
0:45:45 > 0:45:48# But I'm taking you uptown tonight
0:45:48 > 0:45:50# Might have a little mud on my wheels
0:45:50 > 0:45:54# But they're gonna shine with you up inside
0:45:54 > 0:45:56# Gonna hit the club, gonna cut a rug
0:45:56 > 0:45:58# Burn it up like neon lights
0:45:58 > 0:46:01# Might have a little dirt on my boots
0:46:01 > 0:46:05# But we're gonna dance the dust right off them tonight
0:46:05 > 0:46:07# Yeah, girl
0:46:09 > 0:46:12# Got a little dirt on my boots
0:46:15 > 0:46:20# A little dirty dancing, blue collar romancing
0:46:20 > 0:46:23# I can get cleaned up if you ask me
0:46:23 > 0:46:26# But I can only get so fancy
0:46:26 > 0:46:30# Got a little dirt on my boots But I'm taking you uptown tonight
0:46:30 > 0:46:33# Might have a little mud on my wheels
0:46:33 > 0:46:36# But they're gonna shine with you up inside
0:46:36 > 0:46:39# Gonna hit the club, gonna cut a rug
0:46:39 > 0:46:41# Burn it up like neon lights
0:46:41 > 0:46:44# Might have a little dirt on my boots
0:46:44 > 0:46:48# But we're gonna dance the dust right off them tonight
0:46:48 > 0:46:50# Yeah, girl
0:46:51 > 0:46:55# Got a little dirt on my boots
0:46:57 > 0:47:01# Got a little dirt on my boots
0:47:02 > 0:47:06# Got a little dirt on my boots. #
0:47:09 > 0:47:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:47:29 > 0:47:33# I am the lineman for the county
0:47:33 > 0:47:36APPLAUSE
0:47:36 > 0:47:41# And I drive the main road
0:47:42 > 0:47:50# Searchin' in the sun for another overload
0:47:54 > 0:47:59# I hear you singing in the wires
0:48:01 > 0:48:06# I can hear you through the whine
0:48:09 > 0:48:13# And the Wichita lineman
0:48:16 > 0:48:21# Is still on the line
0:48:25 > 0:48:30# Ooh, ooh
0:48:30 > 0:48:35# I know I need a small vacation
0:48:37 > 0:48:41# But it don't look like rain
0:48:43 > 0:48:47# And if it snows that stretch down south
0:48:47 > 0:48:52# Won't ever stand the strain
0:48:55 > 0:49:00# And I need you more than want you
0:49:02 > 0:49:07# And I want you for all time
0:49:10 > 0:49:15# And the Wichita lineman
0:49:17 > 0:49:24# Is still on the line
0:49:29 > 0:49:32CHEERING
0:49:56 > 0:50:01# And I need you more than want you
0:50:03 > 0:50:08# And I want you for all time
0:50:10 > 0:50:16# And the Wichita lineman
0:50:18 > 0:50:25# Is still on the line
0:50:27 > 0:50:33# Ooh, ooh
0:50:36 > 0:50:40# Ooh. #
0:50:43 > 0:50:48CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:50:48 > 0:50:51Ladies and gentlemen, Jimmy Webb!
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Glen, we love you!
0:50:54 > 0:50:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:51:01 > 0:51:04And now, this year's inductees into the Country Music Hall Of Fame
0:51:04 > 0:51:07includes songwriting great Don Schlitz, who has written classics
0:51:07 > 0:51:09like The Gambler
0:51:09 > 0:51:12and Forever And Ever, Amen and When You Say Nothing At All.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15And the late great singer guitar man and actor Jerry Reed.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19The third of our newest Hall Of Fame inductees this year
0:51:19 > 0:51:22is one of country music's biggest stars ever.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25We are so proud to introduce one of our best.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29- BOTH:- Alan Jackson!
0:51:29 > 0:51:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:51:35 > 0:51:39# Daddy won a radio and tuned it to a country show
0:51:40 > 0:51:45# I was rockin' in the cradle to the cryin' of a steel guitar
0:51:47 > 0:51:53# Mama used to sing to me, she taught me that sweet harmony
0:51:53 > 0:51:55# Now she worries cos she never thought
0:51:55 > 0:51:59# I'd ever really take it this far
0:51:59 > 0:52:00# Singin' in the bars and
0:52:00 > 0:52:05# Chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
0:52:07 > 0:52:13# Cos all I've ever wanted, is to pick this guitar and sing
0:52:13 > 0:52:18# Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
0:52:19 > 0:52:25# I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
0:52:34 > 0:52:39# An atlas and a coffee cup, five pickers in an old Dodge truck
0:52:40 > 0:52:44# Headin' down to Houston for a show on Saturday night
0:52:47 > 0:52:52# This overhead is killin' me, half the time I sing for free
0:52:52 > 0:52:55# But when a crowd's into it
0:52:55 > 0:52:58# Lord, it makes this thing I'm doing seem right
0:52:58 > 0:53:00# Standin' in the spotlight
0:53:00 > 0:53:05# Chasin' that neon rainbow, I'm livin' that honky tonk dream
0:53:05 > 0:53:12# Cos all I've ever wanted, is to pick this guitar and sing
0:53:12 > 0:53:17# Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
0:53:19 > 0:53:24# I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
0:53:27 > 0:53:32# Daddy's got a radio, he won it 30 years ago
0:53:33 > 0:53:39# He said, "Son, I just know we're gonna hear you singin' on it some day"
0:53:39 > 0:53:46# I made it up to Music Row, but Lordy don't the wheels turn slow
0:53:46 > 0:53:50# Still I wouldn't take a minute and I wouldn't have it any other way
0:53:51 > 0:53:53# Just show me to the stage
0:53:53 > 0:53:58# I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, I'm livin' that honky tonk dream
0:53:58 > 0:54:04# Cos all I've ever wanted, is to pick this guitar and sing
0:54:05 > 0:54:11# Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
0:54:11 > 0:54:17# Chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
0:54:18 > 0:54:22# Yeah, I'm chasin' that neon rainbow
0:54:23 > 0:54:27# And livin' that honky tonk dream. #
0:54:28 > 0:54:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:32 > 0:54:34I've lived it, y'all!
0:54:38 > 0:54:43CHEERING
0:54:52 > 0:54:55To present the award for Entertainer Of The Year,
0:54:55 > 0:54:56here's a past winner and one of
0:54:56 > 0:55:01the most beloved and successful entertainers ever, anywhere.
0:55:01 > 0:55:06Please welcome back to the stage the one and only Reba McEntire!
0:55:06 > 0:55:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Thanks, Brad and Carrie.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19You know, there's moments in your career you'll never forget.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21This is definitely one of them.
0:55:21 > 0:55:28Here are five outstanding artists who have earned this honour on record and on the road.
0:55:28 > 0:55:33And the CMA award for Entertainer Of The Year goes to...
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Garth Brooks!
0:55:36 > 0:55:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:38 > 0:55:40# And when you start to fall, you'll hold on to your pride
0:55:40 > 0:55:43# Start building up your walls and never let her get inside
0:55:43 > 0:55:46# You'll push her away cos that's all you know how to do
0:55:46 > 0:55:51# And then she'll leave and you won't beg her not to go
0:55:52 > 0:55:55# Ask me how I know. #
0:55:58 > 0:56:03# And you best put this song on repeat
0:56:03 > 0:56:08# Maybe then you won't end up like me. #
0:56:13 > 0:56:18Getting this presented to me by THE entertainer of a lifetime,
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- I thank you, Ms Reba. - CHEERING
0:56:23 > 0:56:26All you guys down here on the front row,
0:56:26 > 0:56:28we can agree about one thing, let's all raise a toast,
0:56:28 > 0:56:31to everybody on the road, to the most important people on the road,
0:56:31 > 0:56:36that's that band and crew that takes us everywhere all the time right there.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Love those guys.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43And then I was talking to Kelsea backstage about how we get to do this for a living,
0:56:43 > 0:56:49the most important thing other than God himself are you, the people that allow us
0:56:49 > 0:56:54to get to be in the greatest music ever, country music, man!
0:56:54 > 0:56:59I love you guys, we're a family! Miss Yearwood, I am yours forever!
0:56:59 > 0:57:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:57:06 > 0:57:10Congratulations, Garth Brooks. It's almost closing time.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Yep, you gotta go home but you can't stay here.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17Actually, you can. Back to help us celebrate and rock the jukebox one more time...
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- BOTH:- Alan Jackson!
0:57:20 > 0:57:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:57:22 > 0:57:26# Don't rock the jukebox I want to hear some Jones
0:57:28 > 0:57:33# My heart ain't ready For the Rolling Stones
0:57:35 > 0:57:40# I don't feel like rockin' Since my baby's gone
0:57:41 > 0:57:46# So don't rock the jukebox Play me a country song
0:57:48 > 0:57:52# Before you drop that quarter Keep one thing in mind
0:57:55 > 0:57:59# Hillbilly in line
0:58:01 > 0:58:06# I've been down and lonely Ever since she left
0:58:07 > 0:58:12# Before you punch that number Could I make one request?
0:58:14 > 0:58:19# Don't rock the jukebox I want to hear some Jones
0:58:20 > 0:58:25# My heart ain't ready For the Rolling Stones
0:58:27 > 0:58:32# I don't feel like rockin' Since my baby's gone
0:58:33 > 0:58:38# So don't rock the jukebox Play me a country song
0:58:40 > 0:58:44# Don't rock the jukebox Play me a country song. #
0:58:49 > 0:58:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE