Trent Reznor is Now a CMA Winner

Next to an Academy Award, a CMA Award, country music’s biggest honor, is another award Trent Reznor probably thought he’d never win, but thanks to Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus‘ mega-hit “Old Town Road,” that’s all changed.

“Old Town Road” won the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year yesterday. The song samples Nine Inch Nails‘ “34 Ghosts IV” and gives him a production credit win for the award, as well as Atticus Ross and YoungKio.

Reznor had a little Photoshop fun and shared the altered photo of him and Ross below along with the simple caption, “Thank you, #CMAawards.”

Trent Reznor and 12 Other Popular Musicians Who’ve Won Academy Awards

• Trent Reznor (2011 and 2021)

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  Best Original Music Score for ‘The Social Network’ and 'Soul.'

• David Byrne

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  Best Original Score for ‘The Last Emperor’

• Stevie Wonder

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  Best Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from ‘The Woman in Red’
• Elton John (1995 and 2020)

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  Best Original Song for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from ‘The Lion King’ and Best Original Song for "I'm Gonna Love Me Again" from 'Rocketman.'

• Carly Simon

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  Best Original Song for “Let the River Run” from ‘Working Girl’

• Lionel Richie

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  Best Original Song for “Say You, Say Me” from ‘White Nights’
• Jared Leto

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  Best Supporting Actor for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’

• Prince

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  Best Original Song Score for ‘Purple Rain’

• Bruce Springsteen

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  Best Original Song for “Streets of Philadelphia” from ‘Philadelphia’
• Melissa Etheridge

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  Best Original Song for “I Need to Wake Up” from ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

• Phil Collins

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  Best Original Song for “You’ll Be in My Heart” from ‘Tarzan’

• Bob Dylan

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  Best Original Song for “Things Have Changed” from ‘Wonder Boys’
• Lady Gaga

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  Best Original Song for "Shallow" from ‘A Star is Born’