LAINEY WILSON & JELLY ROLL – It’s A Wild Ride

13th November 2023 Country News

LAINEY WILSON & JELLY ROLL REACH NEW MILESTONES WITH 2023 CMA AWARDS WINS

BMG/Broken Bow Records’ Lainey Wilson and Stoney Creek Records’ Jelly Roll took home a total of six awards and delivered three stand-out performances and show stopping acceptance speeches at Country Music’s Biggest Night, the CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

In the 57-year history of the awards, Lainey Wilson shattered glass as the first female country artist in over a decade to capture “Entertainer of the Year” joining a class of iconic trail blazers Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, The Chicks and Taylor Swift. Premiering the television broadcast performance of her next single “Wildflowers And Wild Horses” from her “Album of the Year” winning Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson ignited the stage with a fiery delivery solidifying her recognition as the most awarded artist at the 2023 broadcast.

As Jelly Roll’s monster smash hit “Save Me” featuring Lainey approaches the top of charts, this “New Artist of the Year” winner kicked off the broadcast with a soulful/gospel rendition of multi-format hit “Need a Favor” with the iconic Wynonna Judd. Closing out the broadcast with a show-stopping message of love and unity, Jelly Roll was joined by K. Michelle for “Love Can Build a Bridge” featured on BMG’s “A Tribute to The Judds” available now here.

Lainey Wilson wins:

Entertainer of the Year

Female Artist of the Year (Her second consecutive win in this category)

Album of the Year – Bell Bottom Country – Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce

Music Video of the Year – “wait in the truck” Hardy featuring Lainey Wilson

Musical Event of the Year – “wait in the truck” Hardy featuring Lainey Wilson

Jelly Roll wins:

New Artist of the Year

Watch Lainey Wilson take home the top honour and her first win for “Entertainer of the Year” here.

Watch Jelly Roll bring the crowd to their feet in a rousing speech as he accepts his first CMA Award for “New Artist of the Year” here.

Wiping away tears, Lainey shared the following as she accepted the win for “Entertainer of the Year”. “I guess nine might be my lucky number. That’s how many times we were nominated for the CMAs this year. It’s also the year [age nine] I wrote my first song, the year I got my first pair of bell bottoms. It’s the year that momma and daddy brought me to Nashville for the very first time and took me to the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. It’s the year that my momma and daddy brought home this horse named Tex. The horse was wild. It needed breaking and they put me on the back of that thing and said, ‘You better hold on, you better ride.’ There were times that I was crying and I wanted to get down. I’m like, ‘Let me off the back of this thing.’ Every time it would start bucking, I’d hold on little bit tighter. I think that right there is one of things that prepared me for this ride. Because, it is wild. Thank y’all for letting me be me and giving me this opportunity”.

Jelly Roll received an electrifying standing ovation for his first CMA win as “New Artist of the Year”. “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. I want to tell you success is on the other side of it. I want to tell you that it’s gonna be ok. I want to tell you that the windshield is bigger than the rearview for a reason! Because what’s in front of you is so much more important than what’s behind you”.

LAINEY WILSON

JELLY ROLL

LAINEY WILSON & JELLY ROLL – It’s A Wild Ride

LAINEY WILSON & JELLY ROLL REACH NEW MILESTONES WITH 2023 CMA AWARDS WINS

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