Taylor Swift heads back to the CMA stage after 13 years
Good Morning America's announcement puts Swift on the bill for the November 18 ceremony, alongside a Single of the Year nomination.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 51,445 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (4,319).
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Taylor Swift will have more than a performance to think about at the CMA Awards: Good Morning America says she's also nominated for Single of the Year with "I Knew It, I Knew You".
The program's brief announcement, illustrated with archive images of Swift, describes her booking as her first performance at the ceremony in 13 years. The anchor calls that interval "fittingly" long, a small nod to the singer's well-known attachment to the number.
For anyone remembering a more recent country-awards appearance, there is a useful distinction: Swift performed "betty" at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2020. The ACMs and CMAs are separate ceremonies.
GMA's Short reached roughly 33,000 views within half a day, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for this format. This is an announcement rather than footage of the performance itself: the CMA ceremony airs November 18 on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu.
The 2026 Country Music Association Awards ceremony is scheduled for November 18 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Lainey Wilson is set to host for the third consecutive year.
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