It was Chris Stapleton's night early at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday. The country traditionalist Stapleton, who has dominated many of the genre's awards shows in recent years, won both single and song of the year for “White Horse,” scoring something of an upset in both categories over Post Malone and Morgan Wallen's “I Had Some Help,” which led to Malone getting four nominations and helped Wallen get seven coming into the show. Stapleton joined Malone to open the ceremony from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville with a performance of Malone's “California Sober,

Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s collaboration “I Had Some Help” could make both men big winners at the Country Music Association Awards.