Morris didn’t rest on her laurels.

Instead, the country singer dedicated her Female Vocalist of the Year award to others.

This is beyond dope."

Maren Morris tribute, CMA Awards 2020

Rhiannon Giddens, whose career honors African American folk traditions, alsotweetedher thanks (viaNPR).

“Just saw the speech and was left breathless.

@MarenMorris, that was a very classy move.

2020Maren Morris performs at CMAs

I hope that all of country music REALLY heard Maren tonight.”

A cursory scroll through Twitter suggests they have.

“Thanks for … all of this information I never knew.

“tweetedone country music fan.