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2025 CMA Awards Red Carpet Highlights: Top Photos


Key Highlights

  • Event Date: The 2025 CMA Awards will take place on November 19, 2025.
  • Top Nominees: Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, and Lainey Wilson each received six nominations.
  • Performers: The event features performances from stars like Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert.
  • Red Carpet Looks: Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney showcased coordinated outfits on the red carpet.

The 2025 CMA Awards are going down Wednesday night (Nov. 19) live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and the biggest and brightest stars in country music are all coming to the party.

Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson lead the way in nominations, tied with six nods apiece. Zach Top follows with five nominations, while Cody Johnson and Riley Green have four nods. As for the top prize of the night — entertainer of the year — the nominees are Johnson, Wilson, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen.

Filling out the three-hour telecast on ABC from 8-11 p.m. ET will be performances from a who’s who of Nashville: Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Kelsea Ballerini, BigXthaPlug, Brandi Carlile, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Miranda Lambert, Langley, Patty Loveless, Moroney, Old Dominion, The Red Clay Strays, Shaboozey, Stapleton, Top, Tucker Wetmore, Lainey Wilson and Stephen Wilson Jr.

On the CMA Awards red carpet, Moroney and Chesney walked together, which means we could be seeing the duet partners hitting the stage together for their collab “You Had to Be There.” They wore coordinated black outfits, with Moroney in a leg-baring, rhinestone-encrusted strapless evening gown and gloves and Chesney in a black suit with matching hat. Top also wore his signature black hat on the red carpet along with a navy suit and open white collared shirt.

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But that’s just a few of the Nashville all-stars at Wednesday’s show. Below, find the best photos from the 2025 CMA Awards red carpet.

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