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Ella Langley, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert Set to Perform at CMA Awards
The CMA and ABC have announced the first performers for the 60th CMA Awards ceremony, including Ella Langley, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert.
The Country Music Association, together with the ABC television network, has announced the first performers for the upcoming 60th CMA Awards ceremony. The invited artists include Ella Langley, Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Cody Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, The Red Clay Strays and Zach Top. This is the first wave of the program, and the organizers have not yet announced further names.
Ella Langley leads this year's nominations with nine nominations, so her participation in the performances is particularly notable. Miranda Lambert has seven nominations and Kacey Musgraves has five. Cody Johnson, the reigning Male Vocalist of the Year, is also included in the first list of performers. As a result, the program features the artists with the largest number of nominations and current awards in the country music industry.
According to Variety, eight performers were announced in the first stage. Deadline reports the participation of Tim McGraw, whom Variety does not mention in its report, so this information is confirmed by only one source. The full lineup of the program has not yet been confirmed, and the organizers are to name the remaining artists later.
The ceremony will be broadcast by ABC. The materials about the announcement are dated November 2026. It is worth noting that Variety calls the event the 2027 ceremony, while Deadline calls it the 60th annual ceremony. Both sources agree that the reference is to the sixtieth ceremony of the award, so this article uses that designation.
Source: deadline.com
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