The 2026 CMA Awards brought the house down with the most incredible country music performances of the year! From Kacey Musgraves' unique grocery store stage to Kane Brown's high-energy street party, these artists defined what it means to be a live performer. 🎤✨ We are ranking the Top 10 Best Performances competing for the prestigious Best Performance Award at the 2026 CMA Awards. Did your favorite artist make the list? 👇 VOTE IN THE COMMENTS: Which performance was the absolute best? 👇 VOTE IN THE COMMENTS: Which performance was the absolute best? 1. Kacey Musgraves 2. Lainey Wilson 3. Cody Johnson 4. Ella Langley 5. Riley Green 6. Thomas Rhett & Jordan Davis 7. Kane Brown 🔔 Subscribe for more Country Music Highlights & Award Show Recaps! ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro: 2026 CMA Best Performance Award 0:01 - 10. Kacey Musgraves (Grocery Store Stage!) 0:13 - 9. Lainey Wilson (White Out Performance) 0:34 - 8. Cody Johnson (Patriotic Anthem) 0:50 - 7. Ella Langley (Acoustic Soul) 1:07 - 6. Riley Green (Crowd Favorite) 1:32 - 5. Thomas Rhett & Jordan Davis (Dynamic Duo) 1:48 - 4. Kane Brown (Street Party Vibes) #CMAAwards2026 #CountryMusic #KaceyMusgraves #LaineyWilson #love #shorts #new #live #youtubeshorts #viral #live #trending #fyp #explore #usafacts #foryou #viralvideo #goviral #reels #KaneBrown #BestPerformance #usa #ACMAwards2026 #LivePerformance #CountryMusic #like #AllStars #shortsfeed #MustWatch #ACMAwards #CountryMusic #ACM2026 #LaineyWilson #uk #cover #ACMawards #ACM60 #singer #CountryVibes #EllaLangley #Nashville #liveperformance #LiveMusic #Top10
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Ol George, in the first clip, thinking damn music sucks but at least we got some strippers
Haven't watched country music awards in 15 years, and I'm glad to see I haven't missed a damn thing!
RIP Country Music
Ain’t the place for Muscgaves to be doin that
Why is it even called country music anymore, it's pop and R&B.
I don’t think Hank done it this way
Where are the steel guiters and fiddles? Just the country twang. Give me John Foster!
Cody Johnson was really the only country performance
Kane brown is a sesame character if sesame characters were famous
Who still listens to 80s and 90s country music? The best in my opinion
Cody, Riley, Lainey and Ella!!❤❤🎉🎉🔥🔥the best!! From Alabama love y'all 2026. BRING COUNTRY BACK..country is not pop or rap! Country hell yeah!!
You say you're outlaw, with your perfect boots That you got from your record label's image group, You Sing another man's song on a big drum loop, You ain't got a clue.
Grindr alerts going overtime during that show
What happened to Country music that spoke to the core audience? Cody Johnson was the only one that came close to that.
Proud to be an American
Riley Green is making me love country theses days 🔥
Welp..... these are clearly not all clips from the ACMs bc Megan Moroney did not go this year.
Ain’t nothing like OLD country music..🤦🏾
This is country music! Sounds like bad rock and roll with a fiddle
That #9 was nails on the chalkboard