LAINEY WILSON SET TO HOST THE 59TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS & HEADLINE STAGECOACH FESTIVAL 2026
Selected For The 2025 TIME100 Next List
New Version Of ‘Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!‘ With Bing Crosby Out Now
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NASHVILLE, TN. – On the heels of being named host of the 59th Annual CMA Awards, Lainey Wilson performed a sold-out show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena last week as part of her extensive Whirlwind World Tour.
Wilson will return to Bridgestone on 19th November for the CMA Awards ceremony, where she is tied as the most-nominated artist with six nominations: Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (Whirlwind), Single of the Year (‘4x4xU’), Song of the Year (‘4x4xU’) and Music Video of the Year (‘Somewhere Over Laredo’).
The accolades are just the latest in a series of recent milestones for Wilson, who is highlighted on the 2025 TIME100 Next list, featured as the cover star of Southern Living’s November issue (read HERE) and confirmed to headline Stagecoach Festival this spring. On Friday, she also released a new version of the holiday classic, ‘Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!’, with Bing Crosby – listen HERE.
Known for her electric live performances, Wilson will continue her Whirlwind World Tour through this fall including a sold-out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden this Friday, 10th October, before embarking on an extensive headline run across Australia and New Zealand next year. See below for complete tour itinerary, full details can be found at www.laineywilson.com/tour.
Furthermore, Wilson released the deluxe version of her award-winning album, Whirlwind, earlier this summer via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville (stream/purchase HERE). In addition to Whirlwind’s original 14 songs, the new extended edition features five additional tracks: ‘Bell Bottoms Up’, ‘King Ranch, King George, King James’, ‘Yesterday, All Day, Every Day’, ‘Peace, Love, and Cowboys’ and ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’, which is currently Top 10 at US country radio and continuing to climb.
Released to overwhelming attention from fans and critics alike, ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’ was the most added song at US country radio at impact, garnered over 1.16 million streams across platforms in its first 24 hours (Wilson’s biggest first day of streaming to date) and reaching #1 on the UK Country Radio Airplay chart two weeks after release. It earned widespread praise from outlets such as CBS Mornings, Rolling Stone and Billboard, who called it “one of her most commanding, dynamic vocal performances to date, crescendo-ing from a soft-focus, tender vocal, before gradually reaching into her upper register for powerful moments that heighten the song’s emotional acuity”.
“The reigning current standard-bearer for women in country” (Variety), Wilson also won four awards at the 60th ACM Awards this past spring, Entertainer of the Year (her second consecutive win), Female Artist of the Year (her third consecutive win), Album of the Year (Whirlwind) and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, performed during last year’s Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Halftime Show and won two awards at the 58th CMA Awards, where she made her hosting debut alongside Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan. Wilson also recently launched her fourth collection with Wrangler, as well as her own boot (Golden West Boots) and jewelry lines (The Lainey Wilson Jewelry Collection).
The 16x ACM, 9x CMA and Grammy Award-winner and Grand Ole Opry member is a prolific, sought-after songwriter who has scored eight #1 hits including ‘4x4xU’, ‘Wildflowers And Wild Horses’, ‘Watermelon Moonshine’ and the 2x PLATINUM Certified ‘Heart Like A Truck’, in addition to award-winning collaborations with Cole Swindell (‘Never Say Never’), Jelly Roll (‘Save Me’) and HARDY (‘wait in the truck’). Moreover, Wilson wrote and recorded ‘Out of Oklahoma’ for the Twisters movie and has collaborated with artists such as Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Post Malone and more. She will also make her feature film acting debut in next year’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him, after first acting in Paramount’s hit television series, Yellowstone.
WHIRLWIND DELUXE TRACK LIST
1. Keep Up With Jones
2. Country’s Cool Again
3. Good Horses (feat. Miranda Lambert)
4. Broken Hearts Still Beat
5. Whirlwind
6. Call A Cowboy
7. Hang Tight Honey
8. Bar In Baton Rouge
9. Counting Chickens
10. 4x4xU
11. Ring Finger
12. Middle Of It
13. Devil Don’t Go There
14. Whiskey Colored Crayon
15. Somewhere Over Laredo
16. King Ranch, King George, King James
17. Yesterday, All Day, Every Day
18. Bell Bottoms Up
19. Peace, Love, and Cowboys