Surprises? The 2016 CMA Awards had them, and this list of the Top 5 moments includes shocking wins, performances and the stories behind those performances.
Winning a CMA Award would be "extreme validation" for Maren Morris. The "My Church" singer is up for seven awards at the 2016 CMAs, but the results won't make or break her year.
Kacey Musgraves' A Very Kacey Christmas is just as strikingly original as the rest of her recorded work, and "Present Without a Bow" is a solid example of that.
George Strait has revealed the track listing for his upcoming box set, Strait Out of the Box: Part 2, which will include new material as well as past hits and classics.
Garth Brooks has seven diamond-studded albums under his belt now, but there was once a time when even he was regarded as not being country enough. The CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee recently sat down with Taste of Country to discuss his years of country criticism and to answer the long debated question: what is country music?