For 50 years, the CMA Awards have spotlighted the top performers of country music, capturing the songs and artists that have provided a soundtrack for our lives. This collection takes you from the early days of the CMA Awards in the late 1960s when Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell dominated the country music scene to today’s top country stars including Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan and Chris Stapleton. This collection of CMA Awards performances showcases the diversity of talent and the powerful songs that have made country music the heartbeat of America.

You’ll see once-in-a-lifetime moments including Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee,” and Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).” Plus you’ll see famous country duets and collaborations including “Jackson” by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, “Cowgirls Don’t Cry,” by Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire, and “Lady” by Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie. 

Highlights Include:

• 127 live performances featuring five decades of country’s greatest stars performing their biggest hits. From Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” and Tammy Wynette’s “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” to Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now.”
  
• Unforgettable collaborations including Miranda Lambert, Sheryl Crow and Loretta Lynn singing “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” George Strait and Alan Jackson singing “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Mark Knopfler and Ricky Skaggs performing “Go Rest High on That Mountain,” and Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton singing “Islands in the Stream.”
  
• Newly produced bonus interviews with country legends including Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Naomi Judd, Ronnie Milsap and more. Plus CMA bonus features with Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, George Strait, Carrie Underwood and many other country music stars.
  
• 44-page memory book including show photos, a history of the CMA Awards, plus a year-by-year guide to 50 years of Award winners.
  
• Features a ‘Who’s Who’ of country artists including Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, Glen Campbell, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Barbara Mandrell, Reba McEntire, Buck Owens, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Rogers, George Strait, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood, Dwight Yoakam, and dozens more country artists.
  

This collection features highlights from 5 decades of the CMA Awards. You’ll see the greatest moments from 1968 through 2015, hand-selected to showcase the rich history of the Awards Show and country music.