57th Annual Country Music Association Awards

On May 16, 2023, the Association announced that multiple CMA award winner Luke Bryan and NFL superstar Peyton Manning would once again return as the hosts for the upcoming ceremony. They also announced their balloting schedule for the 2023 ceremony, as well as the eligibility dates for the nominees, from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.[2]

Nominations were announced on September 7, 2023.[3] Lainey Wilson leads in nominations with nine, followed by Jelly Roll with five.[3]

International Awards

The first wave of performers was announced on October 25, 2023.[4]

• Lainey Wilson becomes first and only artist to top the nominations list in their first two appearances on the final list of nominees, having also lead the nominations at the previous ceremony. Wilson is the first new female artist to be nominated for Entertainer of the Year since Carrie Underwood received her first nomination in 2016. Wilson is also the first artist to have two nominations in the Single of the Year category in the same year since 2010, when Miranda Lambert hits "White Liar" and "The House That Built Me" were both nominated.
• Lainey Wilson now ties Merle Haggard and Miranda Lambert for second most nominations in a single year with nine nominations. Alan Jackson holds the record with 10 in 2002.
• This is the first time in CMA history that two women have been nominated for Entertainer of the Year in four consecutive years.
• Miranda Lambert ties with Martina McBride for the second most nominations in the Female Vocalist of the Year category, with seventeen. Reba McEntire leads with eighteen nominations.
• The War and Treaty became the first African-american duo to be nominated for Duo of the Year, and the first married couple nominated since Thompson Square in 2016. They are also the first gender mixed duo to be nominated since Sugarland in 2018.
• Brooks & Dunn extend their lead for most nominations in the Duo of the Year category, with twenty four.
• Jo Dee Messina receives her first nomination in over two decades. She was last nominated in 2002 for Vocal Event of the Year for her collaboration with Tim McGraw, “Bring On The Rain.”
• If Old Dominion wins Vocal Group of the Year, they will tie the Statler Brothers, Little Big Town and Rascal Flatts with the longest win streak in the category with six.
• Jay Joyce is now third in most career nominations for Album of the Year with 15, only behind producer Tony Brown (24) and George Strait (19).
• Little Big Town has the longest consecutive nomination streak for Vocal Group. They have been on the Final Ballot since 2006—18 years in a row