© 2026 ABC News

Thanks to what TR calls Nashville's \"unique charm,\" CMA Fest just \"keeps getting bigger.\"

\"People come in from all over the world, and they go back and tell all their friends how awesome it was,\" he observed. \"And it just keeps multiplying and multiplying.\"

Thomas Rhett will do his most recent #1 hit song, \"Look What God Gave Her,\" as well as \"T-Shirt\" on the 3-hour CMA Fest special that premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/thomas-rhett-music-education-school-started-career/story?id=64656577","legacySlug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-music-education-school-started-career-64656577","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"16:53","publishDate":"07-30-2019","updatedTime":"20:10","updatedDate":"07-30-2019","socialImage":{"alt":"Thomas Rhett attends the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena, June 5, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee.","credit":"Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/thomas-rhett-file-gty-jef-190730_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"7/30/2019 16:53:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":64656577,"headline":"Thomas Rhett talks influence of music education","mediaAssetTitle":"Thomas Rhett Music Education","description":"Rhett said taking music classes in school helped his career.","duration":"6:27","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/12/201223_abcnl_headlines_5pm_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["64515449","63549226","63905825"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"July 23, 2019","headline":"Country singer on expecting baby girl No. 3: 'I will now be paying for 3 weddings'","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-wife-expecting-baby-girl-now-paying-64515449","id":64515449,"image":{"alt":"Country singer on expecting baby girl No. 3: 'I will now be paying for 3 weddings'","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/thomas-rhett-ht-jt-190624_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Lauren Akins/Instagram","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"June 7, 2019","headline":"Thomas Rhett hits back at critics of his wife's CMT outfit","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-hits-back-people-criticized-wifes-cmt-63549226","id":63549226,"image":{"alt":"Thomas Rhett hits back at critics of his wife's CMT outfit","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/lauren-akins-thomas-rhett-01-gty-jc-190607_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"June 24, 2019","headline":"Thomas Rhett reveals he wants 'the most gigantic family on the planet'","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-reveals-kids-63905825","id":63905825,"image":{"alt":"Thomas Rhett reveals he wants 'the most gigantic family on the planet'","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/thomas-rhett-ht-jt-190624_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Lauren Akins/Instagram","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Thomas Rhett talks influence of music education","description":"Rhett said taking music classes in school helped his career.","duration":"6:27","uploadDate":"07-30-2019","publication":"07-30-2019","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/12/201223_abcnl_headlines_5pm_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/12/201223_abcnl_headlines_5pm_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/thomas-rhett-music-education-school-started-career-64656577"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132569874","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132567885","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132510121","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132473181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132497933","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131543053","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Thomas Rhett talks influence of music education","pubTime":"12:53","pubDate":"07-30-2019","modTime":"16:10","modDate":"07-30-2019","taxonomyTags":"none","id":64656577,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Thomas Rhett talks influence of music education","mediaAssetTitle":"Thomas Rhett Music Education","videoId":64656577,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-music-education-school-started-career-64656577"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/64656577","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/64656577","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};