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Keith Urban, Luke Bryan Added To CMA Performances

Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley featuring BRELAND and HARDY, Jennifer Hudson, Thomas Rhett, and Zac Brown Band have been added as performers for next week’s (11/10) CMA…

Keith Urban, Luke Bryan Added To CMA Performances
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Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley featuring BRELAND and HARDY, Jennifer Hudson, Thomas Rhett, and Zac Brown Band have been added as performers for next week's (11/10) CMA Awards in Nashville.

It will be Hudson's first-ever CMA Awards show performance.

Hosted by Bryan, “The 55th Annual CMA Awards” will broadcast LIVE from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 10 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on ABC.

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.