“THE 57TH CMA Awards was full of historic moments: Lainey Wilson became the first woman to be named Entertainer of the Year since Taylor Swift in 2011; Tracy Chapman is now the only Black songwriter to win CMA Song of the Year; and Chris Stapleton broke his own record by scoring a seventh consecutive Male Vocalist victory. They are all things to be celebrated (and occasions to ask: What took so long?), as were many of the performances (we’re still buzzing over Stapleton’s “White Horse” and Kelsea Ballerini’s “Leave Me Again”).”
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