Banana Don & Stephanie McCoy’s CMA Picks

Every year Banana Don & Stephanie McCoy make their picks for the CMA award winners. If you missed their picks this morning during the Nitty Gritty from Music City, you can listen to who they picked by clicking the link below. Also, their picks are posted below, so feel free to follow along during the show tonight!

Here are their picks for the 52nd Annual CMA Awards tonight at 8pm on ABC:

Entertainer of the Year

Jason Aldean-**picked by both Stephanie and Banana Don  
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban

Album of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s) and Producer(s))

From A Room, Vol. 2, Chris Stapleton 
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
Graffiti U, Keith Urban-**picked by Banana Don
Life Changes, Thomas Rhett-**picked by Stephanie
The Mountain, Dierks Bentley

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris-**picked by Stephanie
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood-**picked by Banana Don

Male Vocalist of the Year

Dierks Bentley
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett-**picked by Stephanie
Chris Stapleton-**picked by Banana Don
Keith Urban

Vocal Group of the Year

Lady Antebellum-**picked by Banana Don
Lanco-**picked by Stephanie
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter(s))

"Body Like a Back Road," Sam Hunt 
"Broken Halos," Chris Stapleton 
"Drowns the Whiskey," Jason Aldean feat. Miranda Lambert 
"Drunk Girl," Chris Janson 
"Tequila," Dan + Shay-**picked by both Stephanie and Banana Don

Vocal Duo of the Year

Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay-**picked by Banana Don
Florida Georgia Line-**picked by Stephanie
Maddie & Tae
Sugarland

New Artist of the Year

Lauren Alaina
Luke Combs-**picked by Banana Don
Chris Janson-**picked by Stephanie
Midland
Brett Young

Single of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))

"Broken Halos," Chris Stapleton 
"Drinkin' Problem," Midland 
"Drowns the Whiskey," Jason Aldean feat. Miranda Lambert
"Meant to Be," Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line-**picked by both Stephanie and Banana Don
"Tequila," Dan + Shay

Musical Event of the Year

"Burning Man," Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne
"Dear Hate," Maren Morris feat. Vince Gill
"Drowns the Whiskey," Jason Aldean feat. Miranda Lambert
**"Everything's Gonna Be Alright," David Lee Murphy with Kenny Chesney-**picked by both Stephanie and Banana Don because David Lee Murphy is coming to the WITTLE Country Christmas Party!!
"Meant to Be," Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line

DAVID LEE MURPHY AND KENNY CHESNEY WON FOR MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR!! They announced the winner this morning! (See the story here from The Boot.) So, we have a CMA AWARD WINNER coming to the WITTLE COUNTRY CHRISTMAS PARTY!!