LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 18: Singer Carrie Underwood performs onstage during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Billboard Awards 2014/Getty Images for DCP)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 11: (L-R) Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson perform at the 2022 CMT Music Awards at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on April 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for CMT)
BOERNE, TEXAS – JULY 27: Garth Brooks performs onstage for George Strait and Vaqueros del Mar's "Strait To The Heart": A benefit for Hill Country Flood Victims at Estancia at Thunder Valley on July 27, 2025 in Boerne, Texas. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Strait To The Heart)
Morgan Wallen wins the award for Top Country Male Artist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15th, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brian Friedman/Billboard/Penske Media via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Alan Jackson during 19th Annual American Music Awards at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Lukas Nelson performs onstage during the Medallion Ceremony for the Class of 2025 at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on October 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)
