Women Who Have Won The CMA’s Entertainer of the Year
On Wednesday night’s (11/9) 56th Annual CMA Awards, the most coveted honor is the Entertainer of the Year award, which is given out at the very end of the show….
On Wednesday night's (11/9) 56th Annual CMA Awards, the most coveted honor is the Entertainer of the Year award, which is given out at the very end of the show. This year, there are two female nominees in the category, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. If either one of them wins the honor, it will be only the tenth time in CMA history that a woman won Entertainer of the Year. The last woman to win the award was Taylor Swift in 2011. The first woman to win the honor was Loretta Lynn in 1972.
Miranda Lambert won the Entertainer trophy at the ACM Awards earlier this year, and is favored to win it at the CMAs. The other nominees are: Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, and Carrie Underwood. However, it could go to any one of the five.
As we gear up for what could become country music history being made on Wednesday (11/9), we look at the seven women who have taken home the CMA's biggest honor.
Loretta Lynn
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAmerican country singer and songwriter Loretta Lynn performs on stage, wearing a long dress, circa 1980. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dolly Parton
Frank Micelotta/Getty ImagesNASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 9: Musician Dolly Parton appears on stage at the 38th Annual CMA Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House November 9, 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
Barbara Mandrell
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesNASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 06: Singer Barbara Mandrell presents the "Entertainer Of The Year" award onstage at the 40th Annual CMA Awards at the Gaylord Entertainment Center November 6, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Reba McEntire
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesNASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 11: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Reba McEntire attends the 54th annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center on November 11, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMA)
Shania Twain
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesShania Twain backstage at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002. Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images
The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks)
Adele Starr/Getty Images396925 03: The Dixie Chicks arrive November 7, 2001 at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Adele Starr/Getty Images)
Taylor Swift
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesNASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 11: Musician Taylor Swift accepts the award for Album of the Year with producer Nathan Chapman during the 43rd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center on November 11, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
