New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Country artist Jimmie Allen, nationally syndicated personality
Bobby Bones, Country artist Kane Brown, ABC's "Dancing With The Stars'" Sharna Burgess, model and actress
Olivia Culpo, Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'" Mackenzie Foy, Country artists Lady Antebellum,
Little Big Town,
Dustin Lynch,
Martina McBride and Carly Pearce, singer/actor
Dennis Quaid, ABC's "American Idol" judge Lionel Richie, actor Noah Schnapp, singer/songwriter, actress and producer Rita Wilson and Country artist
Trisha Yearwood are set to present at "The 52nd Annual CMA Awards." Country Music's Biggest Night, hosted for the 11th consecutive year by
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, airs live from Bridgestone
Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 8:00 PM/ET (7:00 PM/CT) on the ABC Television Network.
CMA Awards Vocal Group of the Year nominee
LANCO will also host the pre-telecast portion of the night. They will be introduced to the stage by CMA's inaugural KixStart Artist Scholarship recipients
Kassi Ashton,
Travis Denning and Jameson Rodgers. During the pre-telecast, the winner for Musician of the Year will be awarded, as well as the winners of the previously-announced Broadcast Awards categories.
In addition to Dan + Shay's live performance on the CMA Awards, the three-time CMA Awards nominees will also deliver an encore performance of "
Speechless" for Comcast's Xfinity TV customers that will be available exclusively on Xfinity On Demand immediately following the telecast. Customers with Xfinity X1 can access the encore performance simply by saying "Show me Dan + Shay" into their X1 Voice Remote.
Don't miss Facebook Live interviews with your favorite Country artists on CMA's Facebook page Monday, Nov. 12 and Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM/CT as artists stop by the CMA Awards
Radio Remote in Nashville.
Previously announced performers for the CMA Awards include
Lauren Alaina,
Jason Aldean with
Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini,
Dierks Bentley with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay,
Florida Georgia Line with Bebe Rexha, Midland, Kacey Musgraves, Old Dominion, Paisley, Pistol Annies,
Thomas Rhett, Ricky Skaggs,
Chris Stapleton with
Maren Morris and Mavis Staples, Underwood,
Keith Urban and
Brett Young, as well as special appearances by
Lindsay Ell, Vince Gill,
Sierra Hull, Chris Janson, Ashley McBryde,
David Lee Murphy, Jon Pardi, Carson Peters, Marty Stuart, and Cole Swindell.
CMA sat down with the five New Artist of the Year nominees and the people closest to them to learn more about them and their journey to the CMA Awards. To view all five full episodes featuring Alaina, Combs, Janson,
Midland and Young, please visit CMAawards.com/new-artist-nominees.
"The 52nd Annual CMA Awards" is a production of the Country
Music Association. Robert Deaton is the Executive Producer, Gary Halvorson is the
Director and
David Wild is the Head Writer. For more information on "The 52nd Annual CMA Awards," please visit CMAawards.com.
