At the 55th Country Music Association Awards, which took place on Wednesday night at the Bridgestone....
....Arena in Nashville and were hosted by Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton emerged as the most successful performer from the event.
At the time of the awards ceremony, Eric Church and Stapleton were the two musicians who had the most nominations.
Both of them were competing for the same five honors, which were as follows: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Album, Single, and Song of the Year.
Following closely behind was the singer Gabby Barrett, who was nominated for Song of the Year, New Artist, Female Vocalist, and Single.
Her song "The Good Ones" was also nominated for Song of the Year.
In addition, mix engineer Jason Hall and producer Jay Joyce were recognized for their work with four trophies.
After everything was said and done, Stapleton was the one who ended up with the most trophies, with the exception of the Entertainer of the Year distinction.