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Lainey Wilson to Be Celebrated as Top Breakout Artist for CMT’s Artists of the Year Special (EXCLUSIVE)

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country singer Lainey Wilson’s very good year is getting just a little bit better, on top of her having the leading number of nominations for the CMA Awards and coming onto “Yellowstone” as a new cast member this season.

CMT announced Wednesday that Wilson will be celebrated as Breakout Artist of the Year on the network’s “CMT Artists of the Year” special airing next week. “This past year has been a wild ride,” Wilson said in a statement. “To be considered for this award reinforces that the years of hard work my team and I have put in was all worth it.

The team at CMT feels like family, and the way they genuinely support artists on their platform is so special and important for dreamers like me.” Wilson is the fifth relative newcomer to get that seal of approval from CMT, following in the footsteps of Mickey Guyton last year and, prior to that, Ashley McBryde (in 2019), Kelsea Ballerini (2016) and Chris Stapleton (2015).

Says Leslie Fram, SVP of music & talent at CMT, “When it came to naming ‘Breakout Artist,’ Lainey Wilson was unquestionably our only choice this year.

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