Zach Top and his girlfriend, model and social media creator Amelia Taylor, turned heads at the 2025 CMA Awards on Wednesday night (Nov. 19), marking yet another memorable red-carpet appearance for the sweet couple.
At 28, Top is at the top of his game. He’s one of country music’s fast-rising stars with a promising future ahead, and with Taylor by his side, the pair have quickly become a fan-favorite duo both on and off the carpet. However, on the carpet was all the hype for the pair as they looked perfect together, holding hands after arriving. Top donned a black cowboy hat, navy blue suit with a white button-up shirt and Amelia Taylor wore a gun metal gray dress.
Top and Taylor publicly “hard launched” their relationship nearly a year earlier, in November 2024, when she posted a series of playful photos of the two on TikTok. In the viral post, she teased Top for not supporting her dream of getting a dog, only for him to be photographed later snuggling their new puppy.
“Hard launch ig?” Taylor captioned, confirming to fans that their relationship was officially out in the open. The couple later adopted a chocolate-colored springer spaniel named Otis, who has since earned his own Instagram following.
Despite their growing presence in the public eye, the pair has kept many details about their relationship private, never sharing much about how they met or how their romance began. However, Taylor regularly posts glimpses of their travels, concert moments, and daily life together. Her social media features their adventures, while Top’s remains centered on his music career.
Another special trip around the sun, the power couple made their first red-carpet debut at the 2024 CMA Awards, and their return to the event in 2025 shows just how comfortably they’ve settled into their romance.
Before this year’s show, Top jokingly admitted that Taylor controls the aesthetic decisions.
“Hopefully everybody will look at her and listen to me later,” he told Country Now, as previously shared by Music Mayhem. “I think that’s how it’s meant to be,” he said, hinting that their looks would be semi-coordinated. “She finds out what she wants to wear, and then I ask her, ‘Can I wear this?’ She is the boss of the aesthetic, for sure.”
This year’s CMA Awards are especially significant for Top, who is nominated for multiple major categories: Album of the Year for Cold Beer & Country Music, Male Vocalist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, and Song of the Year for “I Never Lie.”
The traditional-leaning artist is also set to perform an energetic performance of “Guitar,” the opening track from his sophomore album Ain’t In It For My Health. Written with Carson Chamberlain and Tim Nichols, the song reflects Top’s lifelong connection to the instrument and the artist’s journey.
“It’s kind of biographical to me,” he said. “If you love country music, great… it’s not going to get any different.”
With a star-packed lineup featuring Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs, and more, the 2025 CMA Awards—hosted by Lainey Wilson—once again spotlights the best of country music. Tune in to all the action tonight at 8–11 PM ET on ABC.
