THOMPSON SQUARE: MAKE ROOM AT TOP FOR THEMSELVES

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — After five years as the top vocal duo at the CMA Awards, Sugarland has been dethroned.

Those honors go to Thompson Square — and it represents a real changing of the guard when it comes to vocal pairs at the CMA Awards. In the past 20 years, the CMA honor for top vocal duo has gone to either Sugarland or to Brooks & Dunn 19 times.