Taylor Swift will perform at the 2026 CMA Awards in Nashville, marking her first performance at the ceremony since 2013. The Country Music Association and ABC confirmed Friday that Swift will join the lineup for the 60th annual show on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Bridgestone Arena.
The singer-songwriter is also up for Single of the Year with "I Knew It, I Knew You," her original song for Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5. It is her 26th career CMA nomination. The CMA and ABC announcement left her song choice for Wednesday's performance open.
Swift last performed at the CMA Awards in 2013, when she sang an acoustic version of "Red" with Alison Krauss and Vince Gill. That same night, she received the Pinnacle Award from six country acts she had opened for early in her career, including George Strait, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
Swift attended her first CMA Awards in 2006 and won the Horizon Award the following year. In 2009, she became the youngest artist to win CMA Entertainer of the Year, a record she still holds. She has won the award twice.
Lainey Wilson will host for the third consecutive year. The lineup also includes Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, Vince Gill and Chris Stapleton, who will join Mumford & Sons for the band's CMA Awards debut. Luke Bryan, Brothers Osborne, HARDY, Halestorm and Marcus King will perform in honor of Brooks & Dunn, this year's Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
The CMA Awards air live Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu.
