{"id":283529,"date":"2019-11-14T06:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1093259"},"modified":"2019-11-14T06:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:27:00","slug":"cma-awards-2019s-best-candid-moments-involve-selfies-smooches-and-so-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/cma-awards-2019s-best-candid-moments-involve-selfies-smooches-and-so-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA Awards 2019’s Best Candid Moments Involve Selfies, Smooches and So Much More"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2019 CMA Awards just reminded fans why it’s “Country Music’s Biggest Night.”<\/p>\n

Several stars walked the red carpet<\/a> at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday. From the big-name nominees\u2014like Keith Urban<\/a><\/strong>, Miranda Lambert<\/a><\/strong> and Lil Nas<\/strong> X<\/strong>\u2014to the celebrity superfans\u2014like Reese<\/strong> Witherspoon<\/strong>, Nicole Kidman<\/a><\/strong>, Gwen Stefani<\/a><\/strong> and Gigi Hadid<\/a><\/strong>\u2014there were tons of A-listers at the 53rd annual award show.<\/p>\n

Carrie Underwood<\/a><\/strong> hosted the event along with Reba McEntire<\/strong> and Dolly Parton<\/a><\/strong>. Luke Combs<\/strong> and Kacey Musgraves<\/a><\/strong> were the big winners<\/a> of the night, taking home two trophies each. The “Hurricane” singer was named CMA Male Vocalist of the Year and won Song of the Year for his hit “Beautiful Crazy” with Wyatt B. Durrette III<\/strong> and Robert Williford<\/strong>. As for Musgraves, she was named Female Vocalist of the Year and won CMA Music Video of the Year for “Rainbow.” In addition, Maren Morris<\/strong>, who headed into the night with the most nominations, won album of the Year for GIRL<\/a><\/em>, and Garth Brooks<\/a><\/strong> won Entertainer of the Year.<\/p>\n

There were also tons of star-studded performances. Blake Shelton<\/a><\/strong>, Kelsea Ballerini<\/a><\/strong>, Halsey<\/a><\/strong>, Thomas Rhett<\/a><\/strong> and Lady Antebellum<\/a><\/strong> were just a few of the artists to take the big stage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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While viewers were able to catch most of the action on their screens, there were still some candid moments fans didn’t get to see. To a few examples, check out the gallery.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Kelsea<\/div>\n

John Shearer\/Getty Images for the Country Music Association<\/p>\n

Kelsea Ballerini & Gigi Hadid <\/h3>\n
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Say cheese!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Halsey,<\/div>\n

John Shearer\/Getty Images for the Country Music Association<\/p>\n

Halsey, Kelsea Ballerini & Reese Witherspoon <\/h3>\n
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We wonder what these three were chatting about backstage!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Gwen<\/div>\n

John Shearer\/Getty Images for the Country Music Association<\/p>\n

Gwen Stefani, Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney <\/h3>\n
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This selfie is B-A-N-A-N-A-S.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Blake<\/div>\n

John Shearer\/Getty Images for the Country Music Association<\/p>\n

Blake Shelton & Danielle Bradbery <\/h3>\n
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The Single of the Year winner gives the artist a sweet squeeze.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Reba<\/div>\n

Robby Klein\/Getty Images for CMA<\/p>\n

Reba McEntire <\/h3>\n
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Fancy! The singer looks radiant in red as she co-hosts the award show.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Thomas<\/div>\n

Robby Klein\/Getty Images for CMA<\/p>\n

Thomas Rhett <\/h3>\n
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The Male Vocalist of the Year is all smiles backstage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Maren<\/div>\n

John Shearer\/Getty Images for the Country Music Association<\/p>\n

Maren Morris, Lindsay Ell <\/h3>\n
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The ladies enjoy a quick chat during the award show.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Pink,<\/div>\n

Taylor Hill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Pink & Sheryl Crow <\/h3>\n
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It looks like Crow is a fan of Pink, too!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Morgan<\/div>\n

Taylor Hill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Morgan Evans & Kelsea Ballerini <\/h3>\n
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The Female Vocalist of the Year nominee gets a precious peck from her main man.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Eric<\/div>\n

Taylor Hill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Eric Decker & Jessie James Decker <\/h3>\n
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How cute are these two on the red carpet?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Kacey<\/div>\n

Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kacey Musgraves & Gigi Hadid <\/h3>\n
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The Female Vocalist of the Year winner and the supermodel go glam for the big award show.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Colton<\/div>\n

Taylor Hill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Colton Underwood & Cassie Randolph <\/h3>\n
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The Bachelor<\/em> couple shares a kiss on the red carpet. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Carrie<\/div>\n

ABC\/Image Group LA<\/p>\n

Carrie Underwood <\/h3>\n
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The “Cry Pretty” star gives a quick wave before heading inside to fulfill her hosting duties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Carly<\/div>\n

ABC\/Image Group LA<\/p>\n

Carly Pearce & Michael Ray <\/h3>\n
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The newlyweds show off their wedding bands on the red carpet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Reese<\/div>\n

Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Reese Witherspoon <\/h3>\n
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No Big Little Lies! The Oscar winner is having a blast at this year’s event.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Jim<\/div>\n

Taylor Hill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jim Gaffigan <\/h3>\n
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Careful, Jim!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Kristin<\/div>\n

John Shearer\/WireImage<\/p>\n

Kristin Chenoweth & Josh Bryant <\/h3>\n
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The Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress looks pretty in pink and receives a sweet smooch on the red carpet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Nicole<\/div>\n

Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban <\/h3>\n
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The couple enjoys a date night and celebrates the singer’s two nominations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Congrats to all of the winners!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t miss E! News<\/i> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 2019 CMA Awards just reminded fans why it’s “Country Music’s Biggest Night.” Several stars walked the red carpet at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday. From the big-name nominees\u2014like Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert and Lil Nas X\u2014to the celebrity superfans\u2014like Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Gwen Stefani and Gigi Hadid\u2014there were tons of A-listers at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-13 08:16:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}