You may know that Brooks & Dunn and Vince Gill are tied for the most CMA Awards wins with 18 each. But Brooks & Dunn won most of their prizes, and Gill won all his, in the last century. So who leads for the most awards won this century? We've compiled a list of everyone who has won five or more CMA Awards since 2000.
The 58th annual CMA Awards are set to air Wednesday, Nov. 20, on ABC. The show will take place at its usual home, the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Lainey Wilson — who has won seven awards in the past two years — has four more nominations this year. Morgan Wallen, who won New Artist of the Year in 2020, is this year's top contender with seven nods. If he wins four of them, he will join this list of artists who have won five or more CMA Awards this century.
We'll get to the list, we promise, but first, to tease you a little more, we've got four lists of all-time CMA winners: The five acts with the most wins are Brooks & Dunn and Vince Gill (18 each), George Strait (17) and Alan Jackson and Chris Stapleton (16 each).
The seven female solo artists with the most wins are Miranda Lambert (14), Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift (nine each), Loretta Lynn (eight) and Alison Krauss, Carrie Underwood and Wilson (seven each).
The five groups with the most wins are The Chicks (10), Alabama and The Statler Brothers (nine each), Little Big Town (eight) and Rascal Flatts (seven).
The five duos with the most wins are Brooks & Dunn (18), The Judds (nine), Brothers Osborne (seven), Sugarland (five) and Florida Georgia Line (four).
Okay, you've waited long enough. Here's an updated list of everyone who has won five or more CMA Awards this century.
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The chicks, 5
In addition to these five awards, the trio won five awards in the 90s. The Chicks' top awards this century include album of the year for Fly and Entertainer of the Year (both 2000).
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Dave Cobb, 5
The producer has won all of these awards since 2015, all for his work with Stapleton. His tally includes three awards for album of the year.
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Jenee Fleenor, 5
Fiddle player Fleenor has amassed all of these wins since 2019. She has been named Musician of the Year for the past five years in a row and is nominated in that category again this year.
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Dan Huff, 5
The producer has won all of these awards since 2001. Wins include back-to-back single of the year awards for Thomas Rhett's “Die a Happy Man” (2016) and Keith Urban's “Blue Ain't Your Color” (2017 ). ).
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Jay Joyce, 5
Joyce has collected all of these wins since 2012. He has produced three album of the Year winners (Eric Church's CHIEF and Mr. Misunderstood and Lainey Wilson Bell Bottom Country) and two single-of-the-year winners (Little Big Town's “Pontoon” and “Girl Crush”).
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Maren Morris, 5
Morris has won all of these awards since 2016, when she was named New Artist of the Year. Her wins include album of the Year for Girl (2019).
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Kacey Musgraves, 5
Musgraves has won all of these awards since 2013, when she was named New Artist of the Year. Her wins include album of the Year for Golden Hour (2018). It has three nominations this year – album of the year for Deeper wellfemale vocalist of the year, music event of the year as the featured artist on “I Remember Everything” by Zach Bryan.
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Sugarland, 5
The duo has won all of these awards since 2007. All five were for vocal duo of the year. Additionally, Jennifer Nettles won Song of the Year for “Stay.”
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Mrs. A, 6
The trio has won all of these awards since 2008, when they became the first new artist of the year winners after changing their name from the horizon award. His wins include back-to-back single of the year awards for “I Run to You” (2009) and “Need You Now” (2010). This year, Lady A is nominated for Vocal Group of the Year, an award they have won three times.
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Old Dominion, 6
The group has won all of these awards since 2018. They have won vocal group of the year for the past six years in a row and are nominated in this category again this year.
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George Strait, 6
Those six wins are in addition to the 11 won by King George in the 1980s and 1990s. His wins this century include back-to-back album of the Year awards It just comes Natural (2007) and Troubadour (2008).
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Lee Ann Womack, 6
Womack has won all of these awards since 2000. Her tally includes two awards for single of the year, for the tender “I Hope You Dance” (2000) and “I May Hate Myself in the Morning” (2005).
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Osborne Brothers, 7
The fraternal duo has won all of these awards since 2016. Their tally includes six wins for vocal duo of the year. The Brothers are nominated in this category again this year.
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Tim McGraw, 7
In addition to these seven awards, McGraw won four awards in the 90s. His top award in this century is Artist of the Year (2001).
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Rascal Flatts, 7
The trio has won all these awards since 2002 when they won the horizon award. Rascal Flatts' other six awards were all for vocal group of the year.
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Carrie Underwood, 7
Underwood has won all of these awards since 2006, when she won the horizon award. Her tally includes five trophies for female vocalist of the year.
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Laney Wilson, 7
Wilson has amassed all of those wins over the past two years. She won Female Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year 2022 and won five awards last year, including Artist of the Year, album of the Year for Bell Bottom Country and female singer of the year. She is up for four more awards this year – Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year for 'Watermelon Moonshine' and Music Video of the Year for 'Wildflowers and Wild Horses'.
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Brooks & Dunn, 8
In addition to these eight awards, the duo won 10 awards in the 1990s. Kix Brooks & Ronnie Dunn's wins this century include Single and Music Video of the Year for “Believe” (2006). (Additionally, Dunn won an award in addition to Brooks for song of the year for co-writing “Believe.”) This year, the duo is up for vocal duo of the year — an award they've won a total of 14 times ( six in this century).
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Little Big Town, 8
The quartet has won all of these awards since 2012. Their tally includes two wins for single of the year, for “Pontoon” (2012) and “Girl Crush” (2015). This year they are nominated for vocal group of the year – an award they have won six times.
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Luke Combs, 9
Combs has won all of these awards since 2018, when he won New Artist of the Year. It won album of the Year (for What you see is what you get and Grow up), single of the year (for “Fast Car”) and entertainer of the year twice. Combs has three nominations this year – Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and album of the Year (Fathers & Sons).
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Alan Jackson, 9
Jackson has won more CMA Awards this century than anyone who won their first CMA Award in the last century. He won seven CMA Awards in the 1990s. His tally this century includes back-to-back wins for Artist of the Year (2002-03).
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Taylor Swift, 9
Swift has won all of these awards since 2007, when she won the horizon award. She won artist of the year twice, in 2009 and 2011. (Imagine how high she would have been if she hadn't made a mid-career transition to pop.)
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Mac McAnally, 10
The session guitarist has won all of these awards since 2008. They have all come in the musician of the year category.
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Blake Shelton, 10
Shelton has won all of these awards since 2010. His tally includes Artist of the Year (2012) and album of the Year for Based on a true story (2013).
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Kenny Chesney, 11
Chesney has earned all of these wins since 2004. His tally includes four wins for artist of the year.
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Keith Urban, 12
Urban has earned all of these wins since 2001, when he won the horizon award. His awards include widely separated wins for Artist of the Year (2005 and 2018).
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Miranda Lambert, 14
Lambert has collected all of these wins since 2010. The tally includes two awards for album of the year, for Revolution (2010) and Platinum (2014) and a record seven awards for Female Vocalist of the Year.
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Brad Paisley, 14
Paisley has collected all these wins since 2000, when he won the horizon award (now named new artist of the year). His wins include album of the Year for Well Wasted Time (2006) and entertainer of the year (2010).
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Chris Stapleton, 16
Stapleton has collected all of these wins since 2015, when he won New Artist of the Year. His tally includes three wins for album of the year for Traveler (2015), From a Room: Volume 1 (2017) and Starting from scratch (2021). He has five nominations this year – Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Single and Song of the Year for “White Horse” and album of the Year for Higher up.
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