At the CMA Awards on Wednesday night, Megan Moroney accepted her new artist of the year trophy while trying her hardest not to cry. She 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, adding that it means a lot to her.
She also gave a special shoutout to her producer, Kristian Bush of Sugarland, who worked on her two albums, “Lucky” and “Am I Okay?” with whom she has a full-circle connection. She said, “I’m grateful that you allowed me to intern at the University of Georgia so many years ago.”
Last year, Moroney’s debut album, “Lucky,” was published. When her second album, “Am I Okay?” was out in July, it peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Wednesday night’s CMA Awards took place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, where Moroney also sang “Am I Okay?” the lead song from her album. Moroney won one of the three CMAs for which she was nominated.
