Biz heavies and top artists got fancy for the flashbulbs around CMA night, and then sent the pics to us so we could supply our ridiculous captions. Dive into the winners here.
Why are Mercury boss Tyler Arnold, Post Malone and Republic’s Monte Lipman standing in this shower? It's because a clause in Posty's contract stipulates that his beard must shampooed by senior executives at least once per fiscal quarter.
Warner Music Nashville and Warner Records keep the party going as Cody Johnson celebrates taking home Album of the Year for Leather. Seen brainstorming the follow-up volume, Ultrasuede, are photo op are WMN’s Co-Chair/Co-President Gregg Nadel, Johnson, Co-Chair/Co-President Cris Lacy and labelmate Ashley McBryde.
WMN’s Nadel and Lacy gather for this photo op with Bailey Zimmerman and Warner Records’ Co-Chairman/CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck and Co-Chairman/COO Tom Corson, both of whom erroneously believed they could handle the "authentic" hot chicken. They are said to be recovering nicely.
Republic bro-bosses Monte and Avery Lipman are pictured at Big Loud HQ with Stephen Wilson Jr. Word has it the gifted young photographer who captured this tableau goes by the improbable moniker S.A. England.
Photo credit: Keith Griner
Seen backstage at the Brooklyn Bowl for BBR Music Group/BMG’s 14th Annual Pre-CMA Party on 11/19 are (l-r) BMG’s Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Thomas Coesfeld and Jon Loba. Later, Loba's bowtie got its own Instagram account and was liked by a Kardashian.
Photo credit: Kaylee Steffel
Sony Music Nashville commemorated its record-setting CMA night with a downtown bash. Seen just before a HITS staffer bum-rushed the pedal-steel and was escorted out by security are (l-) SMN’s EVP and COO/incoming President Ken Robold, SVP of A&R/incoming Chairman & CEO Taylor Lindsey, Director of Digital Marketing and Artist Development Parker Stacey, PunchBowl Entertainment Manager/Owner Juli Griffith, CMAs New Artist of the Year Megan Moroney, SMN Chairman & CEO Randy Goodman, PunchBowl Entertainment’s Hayley Corbett and Columbia’s SVP of A&R Julian Swirsky.
Photo credit: Brett Carlsen /Getty Images for BMLG
BMLG celebrated the 58th Annual CMAs with first-time nominee Riley Green taking home the Musical Event of the Year. Pictured before piling into a waiting Maserati to do some parking-lot donuts are (back row, l-r) Chase McDaniel, Shaylen, Chris Janson, Jackson Dean, LECADE, Green, Conner Smith, Ryan Hurd, Greylan James, Badflower’s Josh Katz, Noah Hicks; and (front row, l-r) Mae Estes, Thomas Rhett, BMLG’s Scott Borchetta and Sandi Spika Borchetta, Carly Pearce and Mackenzie Carpenter.
Photo credit: Erika Goldring Photography
Over at Nashville’s Blanco, CAA’s CMA Awards viewing party, The CORE’s Brittani Johnson, Left | Right’s John Meneilly, The CORE’s Jon Borris and Big Loud’s Tracker Johnson toast to successfully keeping us out of this party.
Photo Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for WME
WME brought the party to Sixty Vines at Fifth and Broad in Nashville to celebrate 13 performances and six award wins, including Female, Male, Single, Song and Video of the Year. Pictured are (l-r) KP Entertainment’s Kerri Edwards, CMA Awards co-host Luke Bryan and co-Head of WME’s Nashville office Jay Williams. Later, Cindy Mabe counted the vines and found that there were only 57, thus securing a sizable discount on the bar tab.
