The 59th Annual CMA Awards air tonight, Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET , live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. The show will broadcast on ABC , with next-day streaming available on Hulu for anyone who wants to catch the biggest wins, speeches and performances after the fact. With country music in one of its strongest commercial eras in decades, this year’s ceremony is expected to draw one of the genre’s largest global audiences yet.

The CMAs are arriving at a moment when country is expanding faster than Nashville’s traditional playbook can keep up. Streaming has pushed the genre far outside the South, breakout stars are finding fame on TikTok before radio, and crossover acts continue to blend country with pop, soul and Americana . The 59th ceremony is sha

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