Cody Johnson Wins Male Vocalist of The Year at “The 59th Annual CMA Awards”
Nashville, TN – (November 19, 2025) – Multi-platinum selling artist Cody Johnson took home the Male Vocalist of The Year award at tonight’s “59th Annual CMA Awards,” his first win in this category. The honor is Cody’s fourth career CMA award having won Video and Single of The Year for “’Til You Can’t” in 2022 and Album of The Year in 2024 for Leather.
“Thank you, Lord for the guidance you’ve given me. Without his hand or grace on my life I wouldn’t be here tonight,” shared Cody in his acceptance speech. “When I was a little kid, I taped a microphone on the side of my bunk bed. I would sing everything from Boys II Men to Merle Haggard and I’d try to imitate everybody in between. To get this award and be in a vocalist category with Chris Stapleton, who is one of the greatest vocalists of all time in any genre, thank you Chris for paving the way.”
Cody went into this year’s CMAs with four nominations including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Music Event and Video of the Year with Carrie Underwood for their two-week #1 hit “I’m Gonna Love You.” The CMA Awards will broadcast on Hulu tomorrow.
Cody released a studio version of "Travelin' Soldier" debuting the song at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart to become Johnson’s highest charting song of his career. “Travelin’ Soldier” is available NOW across all digital platforms. IT also landed on all premiere streaming playlists and achieving nearly 15 MILLION global streams in its first week. This made it the No. 1 streamed country song for the week and placed it at No. 11 across all genres, earning Cody the title of fifth highest streamed country artist of the week as well. The track also debuted Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Chart and was the highest new entry on Spotify's Weekly Top Songs USA chart at No. 8.
Cody has announced tour dates for 2026. Go here to learn more.