Country singer Lainey Wilson on her 9 CMA Awards noms, finding love
18.10.2023 - 13:21
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won new artist of the year at the 2022 CMAs, she’s no Nashville newbie.“I got here in 2011 in my little camper trailer, and it was 12 years Aug. 1st.
But I feel like I’ve only had my foot in the door for a couple of years,” reflects Wilson. “Some people just show up to Nashville, and it just happens and that’s it.
But I have always truly had the mentality of, ‘OK, if this takes me longer, that’s fine.’ That means that I’m going to have longevity, that I’ll be here till the cows come home.”Michael Kors Collection jumpsuit, $6,590, similar styles at Saks Fifth Avenue; Rick Walker’s necklace, $6,500, and belt, $2,999, similar styles at Teskeys.com; Natasha earrings (similar),
$28 at Dillard’s; Cuff, photographer’s ownNow, that long-game plan is scoring big for Wilson. After taking home two CMAs last November, she added to her trophy haul with four Academy of Country Music Awards — including album of the year for her fourth studio LP, “Bell Bottom Country” — in May.
And when the 2023 CMAs go down at Nashville, Tenn.’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 8, she’ll be up for the prestigious entertainer of the year prize against the likes of Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood and Chris Stapleton.Then, of course, there’s her art-imitates-life role as country singer Abby in the hot Western drama
“Yellowstone,” which she joined last November for the fifth and final season.