Miranda Lambert. Photo: Craig ONeal, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Country music just turned the volume all the way up. The Country Music Association announced on Thursday, Nov. 5 the first round of performers for the 60th Annual CMA Awards — and this lineup is stacked.

Taking the stage will be Cody Johnson, Ella Langley, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, The Red Clay Strays, Tim McGraw, Tucker Wetmore and Zach Top. A special tribute to Dolly Parton is also planned, with more performers and presenters to be announced in the weeks ahead.

The show airs live Wednesday, November 18, 8–11 p.m. ET from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on ABC and Disney+, and streams the next day on Hulu. Lainey Wilson returns to host for a third consecutive year.

Ella Langley leads this year’s nominees with nine nominations, including Entertainer of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year.

Miranda Lambert has seven nominations this year, bringing her career total to 70 — the most of any female artist in CMA Awards history.

Cody Johnson, the reigning Male Vocalist of the Year, is up for four awards including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Single and Music Video of the Year, both for “The Fall.”

Tim McGraw, newly inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October, will perform to celebrate the milestone. He has 40 career CMA nominations and is nominated for Musical Event of the Year for “McArthur,” his collaboration with HARDY, Morgan Wallen and Eric Church.

For country fans in NW Ohio, it’s a stacked week: Sugarland plays Toledo’s Huntington Center on Nov. 17, the night before country’s biggest night takes over ABC.

Sources: Taste of Country and The Tennessean