Stan announced as the exclusive broadcaster of The 57th Annual Country Music Awards live in Nashville

Country music fans, you're in for a treat.

Stan today announced that it has acquired the exclusive Australian rights to The 57th Annual CMA Awards, one of the most prestigious celebrations of country music.

The awards are broadcasting live from Nashville on November 9, the same time as the US and only on Stan.

Stan will be the only place in Australia to watch The 57th Annual CMA Awards, which will be co-hosted by country music icon Luke Bryan and former American footballer Peyton Manning.

The 57th Annual CMA Awards will broadcast live from 11am AEDT Thursday November 9, same time as the US, only on Stan.

Following the exclusive live broadcast of the 2023 Golden Globe Awards in January, the 2023 CMA Awards marks Stan's second live awards ceremony and will be followed by Stan's exclusive live broadcast of the 37th ARIA Awards on November 15 at 5pm.

Celebrating the finest achievements in the realm of country music, the CMA Awards stands as the longest-standing annual music awards show in the history of network television.

This prestigious event is held in the heart of American country music, Nashville.

Mark your calendars for the live broadcast, commencing at 11am AEDT on Thursday November 9.

A huge array of popular country music artists are nominated, including Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson, Kelsea Ballerini, Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert, and Cody Johnson.

This year's nominations are spearheaded by the reigning Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year Lainey Wilson, who continues to etch her name in CMA Awards history.

Wilson makes history yet again as the only artist to top the nominations list in her first two appearances on the Final Ballot.

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In 2022, Lainey Wilson took the industry by storm with an impressive six nominations in her debut year.

Now, she joins the esteemed ranks of Merle Haggard and Miranda Lambert with an outstanding nine nominations in a single year, approaching Alan Jackson's record of 10 nominations in 2002.

Also leading the nominations is Luke Combs, including a nomination for his chart-topping cover of Tracy Chapman's Fast Car.

Back-to-back reigning Entertainer of the Year, Luke Combs returns with his fourth consecutive nomination for the night's highest honour.

With this year's nods, Combs has received 22 total nominations since 2017.

The 57th Annual CMA Awards will broadcast live from 11am AEDT Thursday November 9, same time as the US, only on Stan.

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