The awards were handed out over the weekend from the CCMAs in Saskatoon. All the details about Canada’s biggest night in country music can be found at CCMA News.
Here is the list of winners from the 44th annual CCMA Awards:
OFFICIAL 2026 CCMA AWARDS
Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year presented by FACTOR
Sully Burrows
Video of the Year
Parking Lot Prayers – Thelma & James
Ford F-150 Album of the Year
The Hard Way – Cameron Whitcomb
Male Artist of the Year
Cameron Whitcomb
Female Artist of the Year
Meghan Patrick
Musical Collaboration of the Year
Backfire – Nate Haller x Tenille Townes
Single of the Year
Hate How You Look – Josh Ross
Fans’ Choice
James Barker Band
Group or Duo of the Year
James Barker Band
Entertainer of the Year
Cameron Whitcomb
In other CCMA news, we have two more Canadian gals heading to the Grand Ole Opry!
During the awards show Saturday night while Jess Moskaluke was presenting an award on stage. She will perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in March 2027.
Jess had this to say:
“I don’t know if I’ve even fully registered how it feels yet, to be honest, I had no idea,”
“If it were ever going to happen anywhere I think to happen at the CCMAs in front of not only my actual family but my country music family is so cool.”
Kalsey Kulyk was also surprised with an invitation to the Grand Ole Opry from country superstar Lainey Wilson. While performing at the CCMAs Legends Showcase the invite from Lainey came through by video.
Kalsey will be on the legendary stage on November 21, 2026 and had this to say:
“I am still in shock about it, I’ve cried probably like 30 times since I found out”
“I am just very excited, very grateful. Obviously I wrote with Lainey a bunch down in Nashville before she signed her record deal. I sent her a thank you message this morning … And she messaged me back right away. It’s really incredible to get that kind of respect from artists that I really admire and appreciate.”
Get the full story here: 2 Sask. country singers heading to the Grand Ole Opry
Finally, Tenille Arts is currently working on her fifth-studio album due out in 2027. This morning we get a taste of her new deeply personal single “The Right Drugs”. Tenille says “This song was about realizing I needed to change, unlearn certain patterns, and let go of who I thought I was supposed to be. ‘The Right Drugs’ is what life started to feel like on the other side of that. People kept telling me I looked different, and honestly, I felt different too.
