CMT announced its newest additions to their Next Women of Country platform at City Winery on Tuesday (November 1) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Aubrie Sellers, Maddie & Tae, Maggie Rose, Mickey Guyton, Tara Thompson, Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Ell, Lucie Silvas, Margo Price and RaeLynn each performed for country music’s biggest critics and spoke about heartache, funding dreams with empty pockets, taking the road less traveled, and living in a world without Willie Nelson in their songs.
New additions to the Next Women platform are Price, Rose, Silvas, Logan Brill, Jillian Jacqueline, Kree Harrison, Caitlyn Smith and Jamie Lynn Spears. For the first time, two trios — Post Monroe and Runaway June — join the initiative.
In addition to performances and a welcoming ceremony, Martina McBride announced that she would be headlining the latest Next Women of Country Tour with special guest Lauren Alaina.
CMT’s Next Women franchise has been a launching pad for several of today’s superstars and Grammy winners. Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris are among the alumnae of the prestigious program.
Congrats to everyone who became apart of such a powerful movement!
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- NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 01: Singer-songwriters Hannah Mulholland, Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne of Runaway June take photos together before CMT’s Next Women of Country on November 1, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT)
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- Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT
Photos courtesy of Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT
