away ♪ >> living in mississippi, country was a huge part of my life, and it was all because of garth brooksiggest-selling artist of the decade and the fastest-selling musical artist ever. >> he's been described as a cross between john wayne and mick jagger. he's got the looks of a cowboy and the moves of a rock 'n' roll star. >> it sounded like rock 'n' roll. guilt guitars and big drums, and everybody's singing along. that's what everybody liked about rock shows. >> as the acts became maybe less twangy in their way, that just expanded their audience. artists like george strait or brooks & dunn, plenty of acts worked their way up and became massive. >> over the last two years, country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts with over $2 billion in sales and climbing. >> as the boom in the music takes hold, westernwear dealers can't keep up with the demand. >> you've got kids, you've got a house payment, and these people are more like you are than madonna is. ♪ ♪ is there life out there so much she hasn't done ♪ >> women in country was a huge thing in the '90s. you had reba mc

sole female nominated for entertainer of the year alongside last year's winner keith urban and garth brookss air live november 13th on abc. >>> and you know we'll see miranda lambert there, too, she's up for female vocalist of the year, and only we can take you behind the scenes of her dirty new music video. >> playing it and play back. action! >> this music video is about coming clean and in this video, it is of a car wash. we finally got to go offroading today and get a little dirty with my girlfriends which was really fun. >> fun, and a little wild. at one point during the 14-hour shoot a truck caught fire. later, a thunderstorm hit nashville. but like the title of the song says, "it all comes out in the wash." ♪ you take the sin and the men and you put them all in and you put that on spin ♪ >> it's a song about getting in some not so great situations and knowing it's all going to come out okay. >> yeah, miranda is living her best life. earlier this year, she married nypd cop brendan mcloughlin after a whirlwind romance. >> i love love and i'm always searching for it and i've found the p

"dive bar," garth brooks and blake shelton produced by garth brooks.happens in a small town," brantley gilbert. those are the nominees. [ applause ] >> up next, we have the nominees for cma new artist of the year. cody johnson, midland, carly pearce, ashley mcbryde. >> hey. >> and morgan wallen. [ cheers and applause ] >> the nominees for cma entertainer of the year are garth brooks, eric church, chris stapleton, carrie underwood, keith urban. those are the nominees for cma entertainer of the year. [ applause ] >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> guys, thank you. you passed. >> oh, man. trying to read off a card is difficult. >> it's hard to look up and read at the same time. >> ashley, what does it feel like? are you surprised, shocked, elated? >> my knees started wobbling. >> and she's sweating. >> well, yeah, because i'm wearing leather. >> congratulations are in order for you too. we heard you just got engaged. >> yes. thank you. >> got a date set yet. >> we're thinking -- we're thinking like may because we're both from the same small town in dela

. >> is -- >> garth brooks. >> garth brooks.singer/songwriter, a major philanthropist teammates for kids, his foundation, raised over $100 million for kids causes. he and his wife, trisha yearwood, go out often and participate in habitat for humanity. >> building houses. >> hands-on volunteers and doing a lot of good. doing it in a way, too, that is humble i think in a way my grandfather would have appreciated. >> to give quietly, not necessarily when everyone is watching garth gave us a statement. he said, the fact this award is a reflection of 41, his beloved barbara, and the work they believed in is the greatest honor. an award is only as good as its recipient. my hope and goal is to make the bush family and honorary chairs proud. garth brooks is the first name on this award. it is cool he mentioned your grandmother, too they were a package deal. >> they were a package deal. though my grandfather's name is the one on the award itself, in my mind, they're just forever interlinked. she herself, you know, she carries on in terms

, for sure. >> you've got great collaborations on this album, kelly clarkson and your husband, garth brooksall time in the history of music, they give you good advice people assume he'll do what i ask him, and he will but the song is about the person who has your number. he's got my number. >> get in the booth and do the track again. >> of course. >> when you guys got married you took a vow, of course, but also to never be apart for too long so you all travel on tour together. >> yeah. >> and, in fact, you're famous for your trisha's tailgate, which you brought us. >> it's early for whisky it's called porch punch, a southern thing, it will sneak up on you. >> love it. >> trisha, when we heard you were coming we did a little research got our hands on a job application that you filled out in 1986. >> oh, my gosh. >> probably don't remember this. >> i do remember it. >> the hall of fame museum in the section where you were asked to describe your special skills or training. this is what she said. since my ultimate career goal is to be an entertainer i like to be around people and i think that q

i saw garth brooks for free in 1992. i'm dating myself.you tried to win me one of those animals yet? >> reporter: i think i might just be better off buying you an animal. you have to be good at something to win. >> dana: no need to do that. i'll play you at skee ball at some point. six months is going to go by pretty quickly. do the candidates feel like they're making any inroads in iowa? >> reporter: it's interesting, dana, because the candidate -- i asked pete buttigieg on his way over here, how do you ever try to pitch a serious policy like this one that he's rolling out about improving rural economies, just in the time that it takes to take a selfie with somebody. he said, you really can't, you just have to hope who ever you take the selfie with goes home and when they see it pop up on tv again, they will research you a little bit more. again, we will try to walk with the crowd, because there is a mayor from south bend who wants to be president somewhere in there. dana? >> dana: last thing for you. who do you think has the best organiz