Last night in Nashville, Tennessee 5.16 million people watched the Country Music Awards, according to Nielson, and 521% surge from last year. Both of the numbers include both viewers who watched it live on CBS including Paramount Plus.

The 2022 edition of the awards saw viewership skyrocket easily outdrawing last year’s audience when the show was hired on CMT. It’s marked the broadcast debut of the show, and it’s available to more limited audience and it was hired on cable. CMT is available on over 90 million households, while over-the-air network CBS is available on 30 million more.

Here is the list of everyone who won last night:

• Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean won top award, video of the year. “If I didn’t love you”.
• Cody Johnson “Til You Can’t’.
• Miranda Lambert ‘If I was a cowboy’.
• Maddie & Tae ‘Woman You Got’.
• Parker McCollum ‘To Be Loved by You’.
• George Strait ‘Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone’.
• Cody Johnson ‘Dear Rodeo’
• Taylor Swift ‘Love Story’ (her version).
• Luke Combs ‘A Dream Come True’.

-Best Moments From the 2022 CMT Awards-

• Payten Manning and Luke Bryan hosting the awards
• Kelsea Ballerini Performing for the first time after recovering from COVID
• Anthony Mackie and Kane Brown holding down the Fort in Person
• Carrie Underwoods High-flying performance
• The Judds bringing the house down
• Maddie getting teary eyed after accepting her award without her partner, Taylor Dye
• Maren Marris performing with her husband, Ryan Hurd
• And a beautiful performance from ‘Pray’