Little Big Town's 'Girl Crush' won another CMA for Song of the Year while Chris Stapleton took home New Artist of the Year and Album of the Year Awards.
- Nov 5, 2015
AceShowbiz - More winners of the 2015 Country Music Association Awards have been announced during the ceremony, which is underway at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. After earning the Single of the Year title earlier in the night, Little Big Town's "Girl Crush" was revealed as the winner in the Song of the Year category.
Three ladies behind the hit accepted the trophy from Miss America Betty Cantrell and Darius Rucker. Songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose thanked Little Big Town in addition to their respective family.
The next act to be added to the winners list was Chris Stapleton, who's named New Artist of the Year. Beating out Sam Hunt, Maddie & Tae, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini for the title, he gave a shout out to his wife Morgane Stapleton and members of his team during his speech.
Not so long after teaming up with Justin Timberlake for live renditions of "Tennessee Whiskey" and "Drink You Away", Stapleton returned to the stage to collect his Album of the Year trophy from presenters Kiefer Sutherland and Lee Ann Womack for his debut set "Traveler". He thanked everyone involved in the record as well as his label UMG Nashville.
Florida Georgia Line is another name to join the winners. Cole Swindell and two members of the World Cup-winning U.S. Women's Soccer Team announced them as Vocal Duo of the Year.
