LOS ANGELES: Though the room was full of A-listers like Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, with their massive hit “Girl Crush,” and Chris Stapleton, who has written songs for most of Nashville, owned the 2015 Country Music Association Awards.
Stapleton, who has written for Bryan, Kenny Chesney, George Strait and others, was the event’s big winner with three awards — male vocalist, new artist and album of the year for “Traveler.”
Everyone cheered him on, from Lambert to Bryan, who won entertainer of the year.
“Watching Chris Stapleton have this night is so uplifting,” Bryan said onstage after he won the top award for a second time.
CMA awards announced
CMA awards announced
