LET'S AFTER-PARTY
Let's see how people were celebrating after the CMAs (hint: there were cocktails).
Sony Music overlord Rob Stringer gets the bends after traveling from his London awards dinner to Nashville, where he posed with Sony Music Nashville boss Randy Goodman and two stars of CMA night, RCA's P!nk and Vanner/RCA Nashville's Miranda Lambert. Later, Rob asked for milk and two sugars in his Fireball.
UMG Nashville boss Mike Dungan expresses his gratitude for his artists' wins and also for their ability to hold him up when he's feeling just a bit woozy. Meanwhile, Prexy Cindy Mabe and UMG's Boyd Muir joined trophy-takers the Brothers Osborne and Jon Pardi in ordering a round of espressos.
Big Machine Label Group boss Scott Borchetta is festooned with artists during this glamorous post-CMAs pic, notably Brett Young, Midland, Trent Harmon, Lauren Jenkins, Carly Pearce and Danielle Bradbery. Meanwhile, BMLG's Andrew Kautz, Sandi Spika Borchetta and Jimmy Harnen contemplate the reduction of wind resistance at speeds over 90mph.
Warner Music Nashville boss John "Espo" Esposito joins artists Ashley McBryde and Brett Eldredge at the WMN afterparty at the George Jones Museum, which boasts the largest exhibit of "beer tears" in the continental U.S.
Capitol superstar Niall Horan and UMG's Jay Frank endure a photo op with our own Todd Hensley, who later offered his companions some hot chicken from his tux pocket.