Two days before the 2024 GRAMMY nominations were announced, Lainey Wilson‘s rise as one of country music’s biggest stars was solidified in a major way: the Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year.
“That was probably one of the very first moments where I was like, Wow, my life really is changing,” Wilson tells GRAMMY.com. “But I think all the years of nothing happening has prepared me for moments like that. It’s a slow and steady wins the race kind of feeling.”
Wilson’s win was as shocking to her as it may have been to…