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2019 American Music Awards Winner’s List

2019 American Music Awards winners – Country: Winner’s are in bold and say “winner” beside them and will be updated throughout the evening. NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Luke Combs…

2019 Country American Music Awards Winner's List
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2019 American Music Awards winners - Country:

Winner's are in bold and say "winner" beside them and will be updated throughout the evening.

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
Billie Eilish - WINNER 
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Ella Mai

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, “Señorita” - WINNER 
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Kane Brown - WINNER 
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Kelsea Ballerini
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood - WINNER

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY
Dan + Shay -- WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
Kane Brown, Experiment
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay
Carrie Underwood, Cry Pretty - WINNER

FAVORITE SONG - COUNTRY
Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”
Dan + Shay, “Speechless” - WINNER
Blake Shelton, “God’s Country”

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.