Best Dressed - CMA Awards

Jennifer Nettles

Brandi Carlile

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman

Lady Antebellum

Lil Nas X

Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLaughlin

Little Big Town

Martina McBride

Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd

Kacey Musgraves

Dolly Parton

Reba McEntire

Tanya Tucker

Carrie Underwood

*Somehow she lost Entertainer of the Year to....Garth Brooks?

Country music has long been male led, but now more women are speaking up about equal play and pay - the awards directors threw together female powered performances, and for the first time, a female won Musician of the Year. (Jenee Fleenor)

But as Jennifer Nettles points out, they're not done fighting for their place.