{"id":6388,"date":"2025-11-20T23:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=6388"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:41:16","slug":"lainey-wilson-lit-up-the-cma-stage-like-a-firecracker-diving-straight-into-a-high-energy-mashup-that-had-the-star-studded-crowd-on-its-feet-within-seconds-she-rolled-through-a-chain-of-classic-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=6388","title":{"rendered":"Lainey Wilson lit up the CMA stage like a firecracker, diving straight into a high-energy mashup that had the star-studded crowd on its feet within seconds. She rolled through a chain of classic country hits with the ease of someone born for the spotlight\u2014belting out Chris Stapleton\u2019s \u201cWhite Horse\u201d alongside Charlie Worsham, kicking things up a notch with \u201cHillbilly Deluxe,\u201d and keeping the momentum alive with Ella Langley and Riley Green on \u201cyou look like you love me.\u201d The crowd roared as she powered through \u201cRedneck Woman,\u201d poured her heart into \u201cNeed You Now,\u201d and unleashed the grit of \u201cGunpowder and Lead.\u201d She wasn\u2019t done yet\u2014Lainey stunned everyone by teaming up with Little Big Town for a soulful \u201cGirl Crush,\u201d then closed the medley by tearing into \u201cWhere the Blacktop Ends\u201d with Keith Urban himself. It wasn\u2019t just an opening\u2014it felt like a full concert jammed into one electric moment… WATCH BELOW \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wilson ran through signature smashes from Ella Langley, Miranda Lambert, Shaboozey, Little Big Town and many more \u2014 sometimes with help from the original artists.<\/p>\n

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Lainey Wilson and Charlie Worsham perform onstage during the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Following a Luke Combs performance of \u201cBack in the Saddle,\u201d host\u00a0Lainey Wilson\u00a0properly kicked off the 2025\u00a0CMA Awards, with a medley of country favorites originally performed by some of the stars in the Nashville crowd.<\/p>\n

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After some introductory remarks about how excited she was to be hosting the awards and how the creators of all her go-to playlist jams were in the audience that night, Wilson offered to demonstrate the point herself: \u201cHow about I get my buddy Charlie Worsham up here on guitar and we sing \u2019em for y\u2019all?\u201d<\/p>\n

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After Worsham dutifully joined her on stage with acoustic in tow, Wilson launched into Chris Stapleton\u2019s \u201cWhite Horse,\u201d as the camera panned to Stapleton in the seats. That set the tone for an era-spanning medley, with a full band kicking in as Wilson started wandering the aisles at Bridgestone Arena to find the original artists of the songs she was racing through.<\/p>\n

Over the course of her medley, Wilson also hit on Brooks & Dunn (\u201cHillbilly Deluxe\u201d), Ella Langley (\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d), Gretchen Wilson (\u201cRedneck Woman\u201d), Lady A (\u201cNeed You Now\u201d), Miranda Lambert (\u201cGunpowder and Lead\u201d), Shaboozey (\u201cA Bar Song\u201d) and Little Big Town (joining in with her for a full-group performance of \u201cGirl Crush\u201d). Following that, a six-string-strapped Keith Urban took the mic on stage to perform his \u201900s classic \u201cWhere the Blacktop Ends,\u201d with Wilson eventually accomapnying him on harmonies.<\/p>\n

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The medley was a charming run through country history, with artists like Lambert, Shaboozey and Langley getting in the fun by dancing and miming to the camera along with Wilson. And the particularly good for Langley, who just minutes later accepted the awards\u2019 single of the year award for the song Wilson serenaded her with.<\/p>\n