Who won big at this year's Country Music Association Awards, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood?
Here's the complete list of nominees honored tonight in Nashville. Winners are noted in bold.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
George Strait
FEMALE VOCALIST
WINNER: Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
MALE VOCALIST
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
WINNER: Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
VOCAL GROUP
The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
WINNER: Little Big Town
Zac Brown Band
VOCAL DUO
Dan + Shay
WINNER: Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
The Swon Brothers
Thompson Square
NEW ARTIST
Brandy Clark
WINNER: Brett Eldredge
Kip Moore
Thomas Rhett
Cole Swindell
SINGLE
WINNER: Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Drunk on a Plane, Dierks Bentley
Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church
Meanwhile Back at Mama's, Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
Mine Would Be You, Blake Shelton
SONG (award goes to songwriters)
Automatic, Miranda Lambert (Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert)
WINNER: Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves (Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally)
Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church (Eric Church, Luke Laird)
I Don't Dance, Lee Brice (Lee Brice, Rob Hatch, Dallas Davidson)
I Hold On, Dierks Bentley (Brett James, Dierks Bentley)
ALBUM
Riser, Dierks Bentley
Crash My Party, Luke Bryan
The Outsiders, Eric Church
WINNER: Platinum, Miranda Lambert
Fuse, Keith Urban
MUSICAL EVENT
Bakersfield, Vince Gill and Paul Franklin
Meanwhile Back at Mama's, Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood
WINNER: We Were Us, Keith Urban featuring Miranda Lambert
You Can't Make Old Friends, Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
MUSIC VIDEO
Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Bartender, Lady Antebellum
WINNER: Drunk on a Plane, Dierks Bentley
Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves
Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood
MUSICIAN
Sam Bush, mandolin
Jerry Douglas, Dobro
Paul Franklin, steel guitar
Dann Huff, guitar
WINNER: Mac McAnally, guitar
For USA TODAY, Brian Mansfield correctly predicted 6 out of 12 awards.
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