Taylor Swift to Perform at the CMA Awards for the First Time in 13 Years
Photo: Washington TimesTaylor Swift will perform at the 60th annual CMA Awards in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 18, her first CMA performance in 13 years, ABC and the Country Music Association announced on Friday, Nov. 13. The show airs live on ABC and Disney+, with next-day availability on Hulu. Swift, whose last CMA performance was in 2013 with a song from her album Red, is nominated for single of the year for "I Knew It, I Knew You," a ballad she recorded for the animated film Toy Story 5 and co-produced with Jack Antonoff. The nomination would be her 26th CMA nod. Swift joins a lineup hosted by Lainey Wilson that includes Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw and Vince Gill, along with tributes honoring the late Dolly Parton and celebrating Brooks & Dunn, this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing. The only right-leaning item in these results, from the Washington Times, concerns neighbors' complaints about landscaping plans for Swift and Travis Kelce's mansion near Lake Erie in Ohio. Left-leaning Rolling Stone frames the performance as a homecoming, leading with Swift's career arc from her 2014 pop shift and 2013 Red farewell to her return to country, and it features the full lineup. Alternative and independent outlets Variety and Billboard lead with the announcement and Swift's record: Billboard cites a two-week Hot 100 run, nine CMA wins, and her never having won single of the year, while Variety notes she had said publicly she would attend. All sources confirm the date, the first performance in 13 years and the nomination. They differ in emphasis: Rolling Stone stresses the artistic return, while the other outlets focus on logistics and chart and award history.
How the sides differ Right sources had not covered this story; left sources stress Swift's return to country, while alternative sources stress the ABC and CMA announcement.
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Rolling Stone leads with Swift's career arc, from her 2014 pop shift and 2013 Red farewell to her return to country, and frames the performance as a homecoming. It features the full performance lineup.
Variety and Billboard lead with the ABC and CMA announcement and Swift's chart and award record, including her nine CMA wins and her never having won single of the year.