Lainey Wilson took home the top honor of entertainer of the year.
Many of the biggest names in country music were honored at the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards Wednesday night.
Lainey Wilson took home three of the top awards of the night, including the coveted entertainer of the year award, as well as female vocalist of the year and album of the year. She won two awards prior to the show, thanks to her collaboration with Hardy on his song "Wait in the Truck," bringing her total number of wins this year to five.
Elsewhere at the 2023 CMA Awards, Chris Stapleton won the award for male vocalist of the year, while Old Dominion and Brothers Osborne won vocal group of the year and vocal duo of the year, respectively.
There were also plenty of notable performances during the packed show, including a moving tribute performance for the late music legend Jimmy Buffett.
Check out a recap of how the night unfolded below.
Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton took the CMA Awards show stage to perform their song "We Don't Fight Anymore," which they released in June.
The duo were nominated for musical event of the year for the song.
"To say this is a dream come true would be an understatement," Pearce captioned an Instagram post about her performance with Stapleton ahead of the awards show.
Lainey Wilson took home the CMA Award for album of the year for "Bell Bottom Country" during Wednesday's ceremony.
The singer said her album was inspired by her small hometown of Baskin, Louisiana.
"You sit around a kitchen table and tell the same ol' stories you've been hearing for years, the kind of stories that get better every single time you hear 'em," she said. "Stories that make you laugh, make you cry, make you want to drink a beer -- just make you feel something. That's what we wanted to do with this record."
Other nominees in the category included Ashley McBryde's "Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville," Luke Combs' "Gettin' Old," Morgan Wallen's "One Thing at a Time" and Kelsea Ballerini's "Rolling Up the Welcome Mat."
Several country music stars took the stage to pay tribute to the late Jimmy Buffett, who died Sept. 1 at age 76.
Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Mac McAnally and Zac Brown performed a medley of Buffett's biggest hits including "A Pirate Looks at Forty" and "Margaritaville."
Jelly Roll took home the CMA Award for new artist of the year during Wednesday's ceremony.
The singer gave his wife Bunnie XO a shoutout, saying, "You changed my life, baby."
"There is something poetic about a 39-year-old man winning new artist of the year. I don't know where you're at in your life, or what you're going through, but I want to tell you to keep going, baby," he continued. "I want to tell you success is on the other side of it. I want to tell you it's going to be OK. I want to tell you that the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror for a reason."
He added, "What's in front of you is so much more important than what's behind you."
Other nominees in the category included Zach Bryan, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney and Hailey Whitters.
