Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning Working on Country Music Doc Series

Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning will host the 2023 CMA Awards on Wednesday (11/8). But their work will continue next year when Bryan will host a Hulu documentary series on country music called It's All Country, which Manning is producing.

Luke told us about when his friend asked him to be a part of it. He said, "It's kind of funny. Peyton called me about this probably a year and a half ago, and I was like, 'Peyton, I'm probably not going to be able to say no to you 'cause I don't know how I can tell you no on something like this.' That makes me want to put him in a headlock, you know? But I said, 'You've got to give me a little time because the last two years have definitely been the busiest years of my life.' And so Peyton was like, 'Yeah, let's take our time and plan this thing up properly.'

Bryan continued, "So, now, in January, we'll start taping. It's just gonna be a celebration of country music. Peyton has been really successful with 'Peyton's Places' and what he and Eli do, and the Omaha Productions brand is obviously very successful. Peyton and his whole family are really lovers of country music, and what Peyton and I want to do is create a series that tells all the stories of country music."

Luke recently told us how he felt about the duo's hosting performance in 2022. He said, "I thought we did a great job together. No pun intended, I think he is a crazy pro preparer."

Bryan continued, "He knows his brand; I know my brand. He's a little dryer humor, and I'm a little more slapstick, I guess. When we wrapped after the show, all the producers and everybody was raving, and the rating was good, and the show was great."

Luke also told us what he got from last year's performance, "I think we've got to take what we learned from last year and build upon it. I knew we did a good job when they were trying to lock me and Peyton down that night for the following year. It was a great night, and we were excited about it. So, it's gonna be another great night."

The 57th Annual CMA Awards will be handed out Wednesday (11/8), live on ABC.

The CMA Awards' Male Vocalist category has existed since the CMA Awards began in the 1960s. During that decade, winners of the award included Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell. In the 1970s, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, and Ronnie Milsap won the Male Vocalist Award. Milsap took home the honor three times, and Pride won it twice in that decade. The 1980s saw names like George Jones, Ricky Skaggs, Randy Travis, and George Strait win the honor. Vince Gill dominated the Male Vocalist category at the CMAs in the 1990s, winning the trophy five times.

The 2000s saw Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, and Brad Paisley take home the award. Blake Shelton won Male Vocalist five times in his career from the CMA beginning in 2010.

Flash forward to the late 2010s and the 2020s, and Chris Stapleton dominates the category with six wins, including a win for Male Vocalist last year (2022). Chris said when he won the honor for the sixth time. "Well, okay. Man, thank you so much for this. It means so much to get an award from my friends back here. I was sitting over there, and all the guys in the category all deserve this award. Everybody's killin' it. I am so honored to be a member of the country music community." He then wished his daughter Ada a happy twelfth birthday. There's a good chance Stapleton could win his seventh award in the category at the award show next month.

The 2023 CMA Awards  is only weeks away, and we will know who takes home Male Vocalist in 2023. The nominees are Chris, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, and Morgan Wallen. We take a look at each nominee in this year's category to shed some light on who may walk away with the Male Vocalist prize this time.

Luke has won this award twice in his career from the CMA already in 2019 and 2020. At the top of his game, Combs has already won the Entertainer of the Year from the CMA twice in 2021 and 2022. Luke's voice and popularity make him a shoo-in to win this honor once again. It would be no big surprise if he walked away with the honor again in 2023.

Below is his first win for Male Vocalist presented by Trisha Yearwood, who noted before she gave out the award that Male Vocalist fifty years ago went to the Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash.

This is Jelly Roll's very first nomination in the Male Vocalist category for the CMA. With the on-fire year that Jelly has had in 2023, he very well could win. Jelly has yet to perform at the CMA Awards and will undoubtedly do so this year. In June, he made his debut performance on the CMA Fest stage and said that he was "trembling" when he performed, being nervous about stepping onto the stage that he has watched all of his life as a Nashville native.

This is Cody Johnson's second Male Vocalist nomination at the CMA Awards. A win in this category would be so important to the Texan who is lighting up country music and releasing his much-anticipated "Leather" album a couple of days before the CMA Awards are to be handed out this year on November 8. Cody performed his CMA winner for Single of the Year in 2022, "Til You Can't," at last year's CMA Awards.

Chris has won twenty-five CMA Awards in his career so far, including six Male Vocalist wins in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022. Known as one of country music's best vocalists ever, Stapleton has also won the Album of the Year award three times.

When he won last year, he wished his daughter Ada a Happy Birthday as he promised her he would if he won.

This Male Vocalist nod is Morgan's second nomination in the category. With his amazing success and selling out multiple nights at stadiums this past summer, a win for Morgan here would be no surprise. Although he has been nominated for eight CMA awards to date, including a nomination for the Entertainer of the Year this year (2023), he has only won a CMA once. He won the New Artist Award in 2020.