Megan Moroney took home the new artist of the year trophy at the CMA Awards Wednesday night. While accepting her award, Moroney thanked her fans, saying they are “a large reason of why I am up here right now.
“The way they show up for me, the way they care about my songs and they make signs and t-shirts and they wait outside the venue starting at 3am, it’s really insane to me,” Moroney said. “This means so much to me.”
Moroney won the award minutes before she performed her song “Am I Okay?” on the award stage.
“I just want to get through this without crying,” Moroney said while accepting her award. “Thank you, Jesus, for putting this dream on my heart and thank you for the gift of songwriting.”
She then gave a shout-out to her “incredible team,” including her managers and her record labels, Columbia Records and Sony Music Nashville. Moroney also gave a special shoutout to her producer, Sugarland’s Kristian Bush, who worked on her two albums “Lucky” and “Am I Okay?” and with whom she shares a special connection. “Thank you for letting me be your intern at the University of Georgia so many years ago,” she said.
Megan Moroney Nominations for CMA Awards
Moroney earned three nominations at this year’s awards show including female vocalist of the year, music video of the year (“I’m Not Pretty”) and new artist of the year, which she landed for the second year in a row. Moroney, the only female in the New Artist category, won over Shaboozey, Nate Smith, Mitchell Tenpenny, Zach Top, and Bailey Zimmerman.
Throughout her career, she’s earned five CMA Awards nominations. Moroney released her sophomore album Am I Okay? in July and followed it up with the deluxe edition Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine) in October 2024.
