Best dressed celebrities at CMA Awards 2024 unveiled as stars hit the red carpet

Country music's biggest night, the 2024 CMA Awards, kicked off on Wednesday astatine the Bridgestone Arena successful Nashville, Tennessee.

Miranda Lambert, 41, commanded the star-studded reddish carpet successful a timeless, floor-length achromatic gown with off-the-shoulder sleeves, which she paired with a fig of metallic turquoise accents. 

Kacey Musgraves, 36, was a imaginativeness of country glam successful a form-fitting denim formal that was adorned with countless crystals and feather sleeves. 

Lainey Wilson, 32, rocked a chill look featuring a bedazzled achromatic blazer, sheer pants, a wide-brim hat, and a bolo tie.

The awards amusement volition beryllium hosted by Lainey, Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, and aerial unrecorded connected ABC, earlier streaming the adjacent time connected Hulu. 

Country euphony fable George Straight volition person the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. Performers of the nighttime volition see Chris Stapleton, Post Malone, Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, and Shaboozey. 

Kelsea Ballerini, 31, made a dazzling quality successful a magnificent metallic sequin gown. 

She was joined by fellow Chase Stokes, 32, who sported a achromatic suit and achromatic fastener up shirt. The vocalist and the Outer Banks histrion shared a saccharine infinitesimal connected the reddish carpet arsenic they leaned into each different and laughed. 

Megan Moroney, 27, was the belle of the ball, sashaying down the reddish carpet successful an electrical bluish mermaid gown.

The Tennessee Orange hitmaker's agelong platinum blonde strands were styled successful glamorous locks for the evening.

Megan is competing for Female Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year award. 

Dasha, 24, had each eyes connected her successful an iridescent lavender gown with cut-outs successful the front.

The Austin hitmaker accessorized with strappy metallic heels and sparkling metallic jewelry. Her hairsbreadth was styled successful bohemian waves.

Colbie Caillat, 39, was among the aboriginal arrivals and wowed successful a achromatic and metallic asymmetrical gown with a sizzling thigh-high slit.

The quality accessorized the ensemble with pointed-toe achromatic heels and wore her blonde hairsbreadth successful cascading waves.

Ella Langley, 25, opted for a high-collar gothic achromatic lace gown with achromatic boots. 

MacKenzie Porter, 34, shimmered successful a metallic aureate gown, her blonde hairsbreadth styled successful sleek, bedewed waves. 

Alana Springsteen rocked a form-fitting achromatic sequin gown with a saucy thigh divided and matching achromatic heels.

Canadian singer-songwriter Meghan Patrick channeled Western glam successful a brownish leather mini formal paired with a suede fringe overgarment and matching fringe boots. Rounding retired her cowgirl look was a brownish cowboy chapeau and a fig of turquoise jewels pieces.

She was joined by hubby Mitchell Tenpenny, 35, who sported a acheronian greenish suit arsenic good arsenic a bolo necktie and a cowboy hat. 

Next Girl hitmaker Carly Pearce, 34, opted for a elemental but chic achromatic halter cervix dress.

Ashley McBryde, 41, enactment connected a busty show successful a plunging violet caped gown. 

Big Lebowski prima Jeff Bridges, 74, looked chill arsenic ever successful an all-black look and a Western metallic belt. 

Country superstar Chris Stapleton, 46, was joined by stunning woman Morgan Stapleton, 41. 

Chris rocked his signature look which included a achromatic suit with a stylishly distressed brownish cowboy hat. Meanwhile Morgan wowed successful a achromatic mini formal with a agelong train. 

Katharine McPhee, 40, looked concern chic successful a achromatic suit and achromatic cowboy boots. 

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives prima Taylor Frankie Paul, 30, shimmered successful a sequin aureate gown. 

Luke Bryan was joined by his woman Caroline, who stunned successful a sparkling bluish gown. Meanwhile Luke rocked a shimmering achromatic suit. 

Actor Daniel Sunjata, 52, showed disconnected his distinctive benignant successful a fuzzy bluish and achromatic overgarment portion Caleb Pressley, 32, rocked a Western inspired look which included a turquoise bolo tie.

Tucker Wetmore, 25, chopped a handsome fig successful an olive greenish velvet suit and a achromatic cowboy hat.

Shaboozey, 29, showed disconnected his trendy benignant successful a unsocial mint greenish suit, while Keith Urban, 57, sported a laid-back look, wearing a sherpa collar overgarment with a achromatic t-shirt and jeans.

Angelina Jolie's ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton, 69, made a manner connection successful a unsocial achromatic chapeau paired with a furniture of metallic necklaces. 

Brad Tursi, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen and Geoff Sprung of Old Dominion looked dapper successful suits for the night. 

Morgan Wallen is this year's most-nominated creator astatine the upcoming 2024 CMA Awards.

The musician, 31, has scored an awesome 7 nominations astatine the Country Music Association Awards.

For a 3rd twelvemonth successful a row, Wallen is up for some the apical prize - entertainer of the twelvemonth - and the antheral vocalist categories.

Following successful 2nd spot are Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton, who some nabbed 5 nominations.

Lainey Wilson and Post Malone are besides some up for 4 nominations. Malone's nominations each travel from his collaboration with Wallen, I Had Some Help.

I Had Some Help has been nominated for for single, song, philharmonic lawsuit and euphony video of the year.

Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, and Kacey Musgraves are each up for 3 awards.

Beyonce, who released her full-length state medium Country Carter this year, notably did not person immoderate nominations.

Earlier this year, the medium deed No. 1 connected the Billboard state albums chart, making her the archetypal Black pistillate to apical the illustration since its 1964 inception.

Host Luke Bryan precocious deed backmost astatine backlash implicit his 'negative' comments connected Beyonce's state medium being snubbed astatine the CMA Awards.

The instrumentalist ruffled feathers erstwhile helium revealed helium wanted Beyonce to 'get successful the family' of state euphony aft she failed to person a azygous information astatine the awards - during an quality connected Andy Cohen Live connected SiriusXM.

Bryan spoke retired astir Beyonce's foray into state days earlier quality broke that she has submitted her medium Cowboy Carter to the Grammy Awards successful the state category.

Later Bryan took to X to clarify his remarks, saying helium 'wants everyone to win' and 'loves' Beyonce.

Beyonce besides went winless amid 12 nominations astatine the caller People's Choice Country Awards.

Beyoncé's past with the CMAs anterior to the nominations being announced to contention earlier this period included a 2016 collaboration with The Chicks of the way Daddy Lessons, which garnered a fig of racist reactions online.

Beyoncé connected March 19 said successful an Instagram station that that her state medium 'was calved retired of an acquisition that I had years agone wherever I did not consciousness welcomed…and it was precise wide that I wasn’t.'

She added, 'But, due to the fact that of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the past of Country euphony and studied our affluent philharmonic archive.

'It feels bully to spot however euphony tin unite truthful galore radical astir the world, portion besides amplifying the voices of immoderate of the radical who person dedicated truthful overmuch of their lives educating connected our philharmonic history.'

Beyoncé's begetter Mathew Knowles told TMZ connected September 9 that the CMAs snubbing of his daughter's record, released March 29, 'speaks for itself.'