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Blake Shelton, Eric Church Announced As 2021 CMA Awards Performers

Blake Shelton and Eric Church top the list of performers announced this morning (10/21) for the 55th CMA Awards in Nashville, airing live on CBS on November 10, 2021. Other…

Blake Shelton, Eric Church Announced As 2021 CMA Awards Performers
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Blake Shelton and Eric Church top the list of performers announced this morning (10/21) for the 55th CMA Awards in Nashville, airing live on CBS on November 10, 2021.

Other performers announced include Brothers Osborne, Mickey Guyton, Carly Pearce with Ashley McBryde, Jimmie Allen, and Dan + Shay. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks leading up to the award show.

The CMA Tweeted this morning (10/21), "BREAKING! Star-struck First performers announced for our #CMAawards, including @JimmieAllen, @BrothersOsborne, @EricChurch, @DanAndShay, @MickeyGuyton feat. @BrittNicx & Madeline Edwards, @AshleyMcBryde & @CarlyPearce, & @BlakeShelton! Stay tuned - more announcements coming!"

CMA Entertainer Of The Year

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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