In other awards news, Louisiana native Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn took home duo of the year honors. The duo has worked together since 1990, with a temporary break in 2010. The two reunited in 2015. The pair also accompanied Jelly Roll's stirring performance of their 2005 song, "Believe."

Grammy Award winner Lainey Wilson recently hosted the 2024 CMA Awards, but where is the Louisiana native originally from? Find out here.

A highway that passes through the hometown of a country music star from northern Louisiana has just been renamed after her. Part of Louisiana Highway 15, which passes from LA Highway 577 to the parish line at Big Creek through Laney Wilson’s hometown of Baskin,

Lainey Wilson received an unforgettable honor when she returned to her home state to wrap up her headlining “Country’s Cool Again Tour.” Th Baskin, Louisiana-born country star, 32, helped unveil the new highway marker dedication that now appears on a road she used to travel to perform shows.

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Grammy Award winning artist Lainey Wilson was honored Nov. 16 in her home town, Baskin Louisiana. Not only does Wilson now have a portion of highway 15 named after her, but she also received the 20th marker on the Northeast Louisiana Music Trail, and November 16th is now known as Lainey Wilson Day.

For the second consecutive year, Louisiana's Lainey Wilson is nominated for a best country album Grammy Award.

The video showed Wilson rocking a tan western-style jacket with fringe and a matching cowboy hat, with her hair neatly styled into braids that laid at the sides of her head as she removed the cloth covering her official heritage marker on the state's music trail (which fans are already visiting and photographing).