Chris Stapleton takes 6 at CMA Awards, Combs wins top prize
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Chris Stapleton won the most trophies, but Luke Combs won the biggest one at the Country Music Association Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Chris Stapleton was the big winner with six trophies including song and album of the year and Luke Combs claimed the biggest prize with entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night.
Stapleton won song and single of the year for “Starting Over” and album of the year for his record of the same name. He walked away with two more trophies as a producer on the single and album.
He then won male vocalist of the year for the fifth time and it appeared he would sweep the night before Combs swooped in and kept it from becoming a coronation.
“I don’t deserve to win it," an emotional Combs said as he accepted the entertainer of the year trophy from Alan Jackson, "but I’m sure as hell glad that I did.”