The biggest celebration in country music took place on Wednesday evening when The 50th Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, were broadcast live on ABC from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Parade.com has the best of the red carpet in our photo gallery. Check it out to see who was a candidate for the best-dressed list, and who was a fashion don’t. Walking the carpet were new country stars like Casadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery and Scotty McCreery, as well as long-timers like The Oak Ridge Boys and Charlie Daniels.
Performing live were 2016 CMA Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Charlie Daniels and Randy Travis, as well as Alabama, Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Clint Black, Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Roy Clark, Florida Georgia Line, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Elle King, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Martina McBride,Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Jennifer Nettles, Paisley, Pentatonix, Charley Pride, Reba, Thomas Rhett, Ricky Skaggs, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Underwood, Keith Urban, and Dwight Yoakam.
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Anderson East and Miranda Lambert
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Maisy and Lennon Stella
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Chris Young
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Jennifer Garner and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Cassadee Pope
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Olivia Newton-John
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Carrie Underwood
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Scotty McCreery
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Charlie Daniels
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Elle King
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Thomas Rhett and Lauren Gregory
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Danielle Bradbery
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Jessie James Decker
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
The Voice alum Barrett Baber
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Lori McKenna
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Lauren Alaina
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
The Oak Ridge Boys
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Jonathan Drew and Drew Scott of Property Brothers
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Jamie Lynn Spears
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Cam
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Darius Rucker
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Gretchen Wilson
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
RaeLynn
The 50th Annual CMA Awards
Tanya Tucker
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