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Lainey wilson beat six other nominees to become the entertainer of the year in the 2025 Country Academy Awards – and she was almost overwhelmed for the honor.
“Thank you. I love all of y’all In this category, and you’ve taken me under y’all wings, took me out on the way with you, asked me to be on songs, possibly support me in every way, ”said Wilson, 32, In receiving the prize On Thursday, May 8. “I will tell you, I’m sure everyone deals with a little imposter syndrome, but I won’t lie to you – I have a little bit.”
Wilson – who won trophies too Female artist of the yearAlbum of the year for Hurricane and artist-songwriter of the year-on to thank their help system.
“I really have the world’s best fans,” he continued, noting that she has ever wanted to be a musician. “I dreamed of entertaining. I love making people feel things. I love making people laugh and smile and cry. I’m sorry, I like to make people cry.”
Wilson, who has engaged to Hodges duckFinished by saying, “Singing a country has given me more than I deserve.… The blessing of God all y’all.”
To take the biggest prize of the night home, Wilson had to knock out Kelsea Ballerini. Luke Combs. Cody Johnson. A rolling of jelly. Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen.
Stapleton, 47, and Wilson were already the winners of the entertainer of the year before the 2025 awards show, taking the honor home in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Stapleton has a total career of seven nominations in the category, while Wilson has two.
In terms of the other nominees this year, Combs, 35, has been on the verge of entertainer of the year for six consecutive years since 2020. Wallen, 31, has received a goal in the category for the past three years, starting in 2023. Johnson, 37, and Jelly Roll, 40, was named in this year, while this year, while this year.
Among the Entertainer of the Year group, Johnson, Wallen and Wilson led the package with seven nominations all this year across all the categories. Johnson received goals for Male Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year and Visual Media of the Year for “Cheap Dirt” and Music Event of the Year and Visual Media of the Year for “I’m Gonna Love You” Carrie Underwood.
Wallen was for Male Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year and the Music Event of the Year for “I had a little help” with Post Malone and artist-songwriter of the year.
Meanwhile, Wilson won nominations for the Female Artist of the Year, album of the year for HurricaneSong of the Year and Visual Media of the Year for “4x4xu” and artist-composer of the year.
Stapleton increased with six nominations in total this year, including Male Artist of the Year, Single of the Year for “White Horse,” Music of the Year event for “We Don’t Fight Anymore” with Carly Pearce and the year’s visual media for “think I’m in love with you.”
Ballerini closely followed behind with four characters, which included the Female Artist of the Year and the Music of the Year event for “Cowboys Cry Too” with Noah Kahan.
Combs and Jelly Roll landed three nominations for Combs’ Male Artist of the Year and artist-composer of the year, and Jelly Roll competed for Male Artist of the Year and album of the year for Beautifully chopped.