In some respects, the Country Music Association has always done better than a lot of organizations within the "Nashville machine" at incorporating women into its mission.
The country star says his favorite memory from a previous CMA Awards ceremony is one from very early in his career -- and it's something that no one else saw.
Per a press release, ABC earned its largest Wednesday night audience in two years with the 2019 CMA Awards, beating its nearest competition, NBC, by 4.3 million viewers.
Garth Brooks' Entertainer of the Year victory -- his third in four years, and his seventh overall -- makes plain the flaws of the country music industry.