Country Music Association Awards
CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO CHARLEY, INSTEAD OF CHARLIE FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2000, file photo, Charley Pride performs during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Country Music Association Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi and became one of country music’s biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 86. Pride died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Westby of the public relations firm 2911 Media. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Charley Pride overcame racial barriers as country music star

By Kristin M. Hall Dec. 12, 2020 08:48 PM EST

FILE - Brian Kelley, left, and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line perform "Meant to Be" at the 52nd annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Nov. 14, 2018. Hubbard is the second artist so far that will miss a scheduled performance at the CMA Awards on Wednesday due to COVID-19. He posted a note on his Instagram page on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, saying he was asymptomatic and quarantining on his bus outside his home. It comes days after another artist, Lee Brice, also revealed he had tested positive and would not perform on the show. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Positive COVID-19 test sidelines FGL’s Tyler Hubbard at CMAs

By Kristin M. Hall Nov. 09, 2020 01:47 PM EST

This combination photo shows, from left, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert, who are nominated for Entertainer of the Year for the 54th Annual CMA Awards. Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker host the CMA Awards, airing live from Nashville, Tennessee, at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday on ABC. (AP Photo)
New this week: 'I Am Greta,' Chris Stapleton & CMA Awards

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 10:25 AM EST

This combination photo shows Darius Rucker performing on NBC's "Today" show in New York on May 25, 2018, left, and Reba McEntire at the 54th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 7, 2019. McEntire and Rucker are promising laughs and good music when they co-host this year’s CMA Awards in November. McEntire is a veteran of awards show hosting, while Rucker will be a first-time host when the show airs on Nov. 11 on ABC from Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo)
Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker take over as CMA Awards hosts

By Kristin M. Hall Oct. 05, 2020 08:43 AM EDT