Morgan Wallen leads the male nominees at this year's Billboard Music Awards with 17 nominations. He will also be performing at the show on Sunday. But his performance won't happen at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas where the show is being held. Morgan's recent performance at Truist Park in Atlanta will be streamed into the awards show. Morgan sang his song "98 Braves" at the home of the Atlanta Braves on November 10th and 11th and they were apparently recorded to air during the Billboard Music Awards. The show airs Sunday on NBC.

June Carter Cash's story is being told in a new documentary, June, coming to Paramount+ on January 16th. "This film offers a great opportunity to realize that June was a star of television and music from an early age - decades before she became Mrs. Johnny Cash," her daughter Carlene Carter says. "While some may not be fully aware of her many talents, influence, and just how much she mattered as an entertainer, this lovely documentary offers clear insight for everyone to see the true character and the joy she shared."

The country Grammy nominations have been announced and Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan lead with three nominations each. The awards will be handed out February 24th in Los Angeles

Best Country Solo Performance:

"In Your Love" - Tyler Childers

"Buried" - Brandy Clark

"Fast Car" - Luke Combs

"The Last Thing On My Mind" - Dolly Parton

"White Horse" - Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

"High Notes" - Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings

"Nobody's Nobody" - Brothers Osborne

"I Remember Everything" - Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves

"Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold) - Vince Gill & Paul Franklin

"Save Me" - Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson

"We Don't Fight Anymore" - Carly Pearce featuring Chris Stapleton

Best Country Song (Songwriter Award):

"Buried" - Brandy Clark and Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (Brandy Clark)

"I Remember Everything" - Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves

"In Your Love" - Tyler Childers and Geno Seale, songwriters (Tyler Childers)

"Last Night" - John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kashner Hindlin and Ryan Vojtesak, songwriters (Morgan Wallen)

"White Horse" - Chris Stapleton and Dan Wilson, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Album:

Rolling Up The Welcome Mat - Kelsea Ballerini

Brothers Osborne - Brothers Osborne

Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan

Rustin' In The Rain - Tyler Childers

Bell Bottom Country - Lainey Wilson

Jelly Roll dropped and shattered his New Artist of the Year award backstage at the CMA Awards. He will get a new one. The trophies used backstage are generic ones and his actual award will be sent to him later.

One of the biggest performances at the CMA Awards was the Hardy, Morgan Wallen and Post Malone tribute to Joe Diffie. They played two of his biggest hits - "John Deere Green" and "Pickup Man." On the heels of that performance, Hardy announced that his forthcoming Hixtape Vol. 3 will be a tribute to Joe Diffie. The album won't be just straight covers. "You guys are familiar with my Hixtape thing," Hardy told the press backstage at the CMA Awards. "So by the grace of God, Hixtape Vol. 3 is going to be a little bit different...we have gotten ahold of all of Joe Diffie's recordings from the 90's, the actual sessions themselves. What we have basically done with Hixtape, is we have taken some of Joe's vocals out and added some of the biggest singers in country music to help him out." Hardy hasn't shared the full list of collaborators for the new project. Hixtape Vol. 3 arrives March 29th.

Jelly Roll went out of his way to make sure that Wynonna Judd joined him onstage at the CMA Awards. When he first asked her to perform "Need A Favor" with him, she turned him down because she had a show in Texas the following night. Jelly Roll wasn't going to take no for an answer, so he got a private plane to make sure Wynonna could be there. She says that she looked unstable at times and was holding his arm for support during the performance because she was so nervous. "I got out there and I was so nervous, I just held on for dear life," Wynonna said. "And that's the bottom line."

Members of Shania Twain's concert production crew were involved in a bus crash on an icy highway in Saskatchewan. Shania was not on the bus. Her management company, Maverick, says in a statement that the bus and a truck from her tour were in the collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Wolseley. They were driving from a show in Winnipeg to Saskatoon. Firefighters had to use an emergency hatch in the roof to free 13 people stuck inside the bus when it rolled on its side. People were taken to the hospital but none of their injuries were considered life-threatening.

The 2023 CMA Awards were handed out last night in Nashville. Lainey Wilson was the big winner of the night. She took home five out of a possible nine awards. Here's a look at last night's winners...

Entertainer of the Year: Lainey Wilson

Male Vocalist of the Year: Chris Stapleton

Female Vocalist of the Year: Lainey Wilson

Vocal Group of the Year: Old Dominion

Vocal Duo of the Year: Brothers Osborne

New Artist of the Year: Jelly Roll

Album of the Year: Lainey Wilson - Bell Bottom Country

Single of the Year: Luke Combs - "Fast Car"

Song of the Year: Luke Combs (songwriter Tracy Chapman) - "Fast Car"

Music Video of the Year: Hardy & Lainey Wilson - "Wait In The Truck"

Musical Event of the Year: Hardy & Lainey Wilson - "Wait In The Truck"

Musician of the Year: Jenee Fleener