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GALLERY: 2022’s Top CMA Nominees; Lainey, Luke, Carly

The 56th Annual CMA Awards are less than a week away, and it’s going to be an amazing show packed full of performances and highlights from the nominees. As the…

GALLERY: 2022's Top CMA Nominees; Lainey, Luke, Carly
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The 56th Annual CMA Awards are less than a week away, and it's going to be an amazing show packed full of performances and highlights from the nominees. As the show nears, we look at this year's Top nominees going into country music's biggest night in Nashville.

The 56th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, on ABC at 8 PM ET.

Lainey Wilson

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Lainey Wilson attends the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Carly Pearce

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Carly Pearce poses with her award for the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Ashley McBryde

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Ashley McBryde attends the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Chris Stapleton

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Chris Stapleton poses with his awards for the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Cody Johnson

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NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 14: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Singer Cody Johnson attends the 52nd annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 14, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Hardy

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Hardy attends the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Carrie Underwood attends the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Miranda Lambert

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Miranda Lambert attends the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Luke Combs

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: Luke Combs poses with his award for the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


Midland

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach and Jess Carson of Midland attend the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.