Put up Malone & Chris Stapleton Sing ‘California Sober’ at CMA Awards

Put up Malone and Chris Stapleton opened the 2024 Nation Tune Affiliation Awards Wednesday (Nov. 20) with a rockin’ efficiency in their duet “California Sober.”

Each stars dressed in cowboy hats and slinging guitars with a complete band backing them up, the rapper-turned-country superstar and Kentucky local introduced the power immediately. “She stated, ‘I’ll take you on a bit go back and forth/ Come on, give those lips a check out,’” they sang, harmonizing whilst having a look at each and every different excitedly. “She stated, ‘Child, give me another kiss/ Ahead of I kiss your ass good-bye.’”

“California Sober” seems on Posty’s album F-1 Trillion, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 in August. The monitor peaked at No. 34 at the Billboard Scorching 100 and No. 14 at the Scorching Nation Songs chart.

Hosted via Peyton Manning, Luke Bryan and Lainey Wilson, this 12 months’s CMAs are going down at Bridgestone Enviornment in Nashville. Each Posty and Stapleton are nominated for prizes, and the previous’s Morgan Wallen duet, “I Had Some Lend a hand,” and the latter’s “White Horse” even competed in opposition to each and every different within the unmarried of the 12 months class. The winner was once introduced simply moments after the duo’s show-opening efficiency, with Stapleton strolling away with the prize — his 3rd time successful unmarried of the 12 months up to now.

The “Beginning Over” musician may be up for entertainer of the 12 months and male vocalist of the 12 months, in addition to album of the 12 months for Upper and track of the 12 months for “White Horse.” Along with unmarried of the 12 months, Put up and Wallen’s “I Had Some Lend a hand” snagged nods for musical match of the 12 months and track video of the 12 months.