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The winners have been revealed at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards!

The ACM Awards winners were announced during a live show that took place on Thursday night (May 8) The Star in Frisco, Texas.

Reba McEntire hosted the show, which streamed on Prime Video for the fourth year in a row. The show previously aired on television on CBS.

Newcomer Ella Langley was nominated for seven awards and was the big winner of the night with five wins, but someone else took home Entertainer of the Year.

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Entertainer Of The Year

Kelsea Ballerini

Luke Combs

Cody Johnson

Jelly Roll

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Lainey Wilson – Winner

Female Artist Of The Year

Kelsea Ballerini

Ella Langley

Megan Moroney

Kacey Musgraves

Lainey Wilson – Winner

Male Artist Of The Year

Luke Combs

Cody Johnson

Jelly...

2025 ACM Awards Nominees (Photo Credit: Academy of Country Music)

First-time ACM Award nominee Ella Langley tops the list of 60th Academy of Country Music Awards nominees with eight nominations. Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, and Morgan Wallen tied with seven nominations, and Chris Stapleton follows with six. Post Malone and Riley Green each earned five nominations.

Ella Langley’s nominations come in the Female Artist of the Year, New Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year (as an artist and songwriter), Music Event of the Year, and Visual Media of the Year (as an artist and director) categories. Other first-time nominees include Shaboozey, Gavin Adcock, Dasha, Noah Kahan, Jessie Murph, Muscadine Bloodline, Zach Top, The Red Clay Strays, Treaty Oak Revival, and Tucker Wetmore.

Reba McEntire hosts the 2025 ACM Awards set to take place on May 8th. The ceremony will stream live from The Star in Frisco,...

Ella Langley, Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson top the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards nominations, announced today by ACM and Dick Clark Productions. Langley leads with eight nominations, including Female Artist of the Year, New Female Artist of the Year, and six nominations for her song with Riley Green, “you look like you love me,” which include Single of the Year, Song of the Year as an artist and songwriter, Music Event of the Year, and Visual Media of the Year as an artist and director.

Cody Johnson and Morgan Wallen tie for the most nominations for a male artist with seven nominations each.

Hosted by the 16-time ACM Award-winning Reba McEntire, the 60th ACM Awards will stream live exclusively for a global audience across 240+ countries and territories on Prime Video on Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. Edt/7 p.m. Cdt/5 p.m. Pdt from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco,...

The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards nominations have been revealed.

First-time nominee Ella Langley leads this year’s nominees with eight nods, followed by seven-time nominees Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with six nods. Post Malone and Riley Green landed five nominations each.

Wallen, Wilson, Johnson and Stapleton are all up the top prize of for entertainer of the year, along with Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll.

Langley is up for female artist of the year and new female artist of the year and received six nominations for her song with Riley Green, “you look like you love me.”

If Combs wins entertainer of the year, he will have clinched the coveted Triple Crown Award, which includes wins for entertainer of the year and wins in the act’s respective new artist (male, female, duo or group) and artist categories (male, female, duo...

The nominations for the 2025 ACM Awards are finally here!

The Academy of Country Music Awards nods have Ella Langley, Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, and Lainey Wilson receiving the most. Ella got 8 nominations and the other three received 7 each.

Reba McEntire will host the show live from Texas. It will air on Prime Video on Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. Et. Just Jared will be live updating throughout the evening that night, so stay tuned!

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Entertainer Of The Year

Kelsea Ballerini

Luke Combs

Cody Johnson

Jelly Roll

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Lainey Wilson

Female Artist Of The Year

Kelsea Ballerini

Ella Langley

Megan Moroney

Kacey Musgraves

Lainey Wilson

Male Artist Of The Year

Luke Combs

Cody Johnson

Jelly Roll

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Duo Of The Year

Brooks & Dunn

Brothers Osborne

Dan + Shay

Muscadine Bloodline...

The complete list of winners from the 2024 CMA Awards has been revealed.

The awards show, which honors the best in country music, took place on Wednesday night (November 20) in Nashville, Tennessee. It was hosted by Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson and Peyton Manning.

Going into the ceremony, Morgan Wallen led the field of nominees with seven nods to his name. However, he only took home a single award.

Who did win big at the show? Newcomer Megan Moroney snagged New Artist of the Year, and Chris Stapleton took home three wins of his own.

We pulled together a complete list so that you could see who won what.

Keep reading to find out more…

Keep scrolling to see who won big at the 2024 CMA Awards…

Entertainer Of The Year

Luke Combs

Jelly Roll

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen – Winner

Lainey Wilson

Single Of The Year

Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s...

The 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards were held on Wednesday night, Nov. 20, at 8:00pm Eastern on ABC. Who won when trophies were handed out? Scroll down for the complete list.

Morgan Wallen led the nominations with seven. Next in line were Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with five apiece, while Post Malone and Lainey Wilson received four. Wallen, Stapleton and Wilson are up for Entertainer of the Year, joined by Luke Combs and Jelly Roll who have three noms apiece. Wilson was the surprise winner in 2023, making her the first woman in 12 years to take the prize. The all-time record-holder in the top category is Garth Brooks, who prevailed seven times, most recently in 2019.

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Entertainer Of The Year

Luke Combs

Jelly Roll

Chris Stapleton

X — Morgan Wallen

Lainey Wilson

Single Of The Year

Award goes to Artist(s...

Country music’s biggest night is just hours away!

The 2024 CMA Awards will be taking place later tonight (November 20) at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Hosted by Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, the awards show will air live on ABC, starting at 8pm Et/Pt, and streaming next day on Hulu.

Ahead of the annual event, we are recapping who all is nominated for awards tonight.

Check out the full list of nominations inside…

If you missed it, check out the full list of performers and presenters!

Living legend in the country music space George Straight is set to receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Keep reading below to see all of the nominees this year…

Entertainer Of The Year

Luke Combs

Jelly Roll

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Lainey Wilson

Single Of The Year

Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)

“A Bar...

Country music’s biggest night will be without one of the world’s biggest celebrities.

And the world is in shock as a result.

On Monday, September 6, the Country Music Association revealed the full list of nominees for the 58th Annual CMA Awards… with Morgan Wallen leading the pack with seven total nods.

As for Beyonce? She received not a single one.

Not. A. Single. One.

Beyoncé accepts the Innovator Award onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

The shut-out is galling and surprising because Beyonce took a critically-acclaimed leap by releasing her first-ever country music album a short time ago.

It debuted atop the charts.

Back in March, the superstar explained the inspiration behind “Cowboy Carter” by saying project was “born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed.

Morgan Wallen tops the CMA Awards nominee list (Photo Credit: Cameron Baird / Courtesy of CMA)

Morgan Wallen tops the list of the 58th Annual CMA Awards nominees with seven nominations, followed by Chris Stapleton and Cody Johnson with five each. Additional artists with multiple nominations include Post Malone (a first-time nominee), Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs, and Kacey Musgraves.

Wallen’s nominated in the Entertainer of the Year, Single of the Year (“I Had Some Help”), Song of the Year (“I Had Some Help”), Male Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year (“I Had Some Help”), Musical Event of the Year (“Man Made A Bar”), and Music Video of the Year (“I Had Some Help”) categories.

Andrew Baylis, Louis Bell, Brock Berryhill, Tom Bukovac, Will Bundy, and Sean Cook made the CMA Awards nominee list for the first time. Additional first-timers include Benjy Davis, Shawn Everett, Riley Green, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft,...

The 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards take place on November 20 at 8:00pm Eastern on ABC, and the nominations have officially been announced. Scroll down to see the complete list.

Morgan Wallen leads the way with seven nominations. He’s followed by Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with five, while Post Malone and Lainey Wilson picked up four. This was Malone’s first foray into country music, and it proved successful. Mysteriously, Beyonce wasn’t received as warmly; she and her “Cowboy Carter” crossover album were snubbed entirely.

Wallen, Stapleton and Wilson are up for Entertainer of the Year, joined by Luke Combs and Jelly Roll who have three nominations apiece. Wilson was the surprise winner in 2023, making her the first woman in 12 years to take the prize. Before her Taylor Swift prevailed in 2009 and 2011, and if Wilson wins again she will join Swift and Barbara Mandrell on the very,...

The Country Music Association has unveiled the nominees for the 58th Annual CMA Awards, with Morgan Wallen topping the list with seven nominations, four for his collaboration “I Had Some Help” with Post Malone.

Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton each landed five nominations. Lainey Wilson tied Malone with four nominations and Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves followed with three nominations.

Nominees for the night’s highest honor, CMA Entertainer of the Year, are Combs, Jelly Roll, Stapleton,Wallen and Wilson.

First-time CMA Awards nominees include Andrew Baylis, Louis Bell, Brock Berryhill, Tom Bukovac, Will Bundy, Sean Cook, Benjy Davis, Shawn Everett, Riley Green, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Kat Higgins, Hoskins, Jeff Johnson, Noah Kahan, Ella Langley, Ryan Larkins, Raul Lopez, Josh Phillips, Post Malone, Nevin Sastry, Shaboozey, Ernest Keith Smith, Nate Smith, Konrad Snyder, Mitchell Tenpenny, The Red Clay Strays, Zach Top,...

There’s one surprising name missing from the Country Music Association Awards list of 2024 nominees: Beyoncé. The artist’s country and Americana album “Cowboy Carter” did not receive any nominations from the awards organization.

Instead, the most nominated artist of the 2024 CMA Awards is Morgan Wallen, who is nominated for major honors including Entertainer of the Year, Single of the Year and Song of the Year. As for CMA Entertainer of the Year — the awards show’s biggest honor — that battle will be taking place this year between Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson.

Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton tied for the second most-nominated artists with five nods apiece. They were then followed by Post Malone and Lainey Wilson, who each secured four nominations, as well as Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves, who each secured three nominations.

The Country Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2024 CMA Awards!

The 58th Annual CMA Awards broadcasts live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, November 20 starting 8 p.m. Et on ABC and next day on Hulu.

The nominees were determined by eligible voting CMA members comprised of professionals within the country music industry.

Morgan Wallen leads with seven nominations, while other top nominees include Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with five nominations, and Post Malone and Lainey Wilson with four nominations each.

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, which made history after it spent four weeks on top of Billboard’s Top country albums chart, making her the first Black woman to achieve the feat, has been notably shut out of the ceremony’s nominations, despite qualifying for categories like single of the year, song of the year, album of the year, female vocalist of the year and music event of the year.

It was a big night for Lainey Wilson at the ACM Awards. She opened the show with a bang and then capped her evening by winning the coveted “Entertainer of the Year” award.

Wilson opened the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards with a cover of Little Texas’s 1993 hit, God Blessed Texas, along with her own Hang Tight Honey.

The singer was up for four awards this year and won three. It continues her hot hand at the ACMs. In 2023, she was the most-nominated artist and took home the most trophies.

Thanks for keeping us entertained all year long, @laineywilson #ACMawards pic.twitter.com/qfogl9aXXL

— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) May 17, 2024

Reba McEntire hosted this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, airing live on Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas

Entering the show, Luke Combs was the top nominee with eight selections, with Megan Moroney...

The 59th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were handed out on Thursday night, May 16, during a ceremony that streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch Live. The show, hosted by Reba McEntire, took place at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. See the complete list below.

Luke Combs came into these awards with the most nominations (eight), including Entertainer of the Year. Morgan Wallen followed with six nominations, tied with newcomer Megan Moroney, who was the most nominated female artist. Wallen actually tied with Combs for the most category nominations: in a couple of races Combs was doubly nominated as an artist and producer. Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson were next in line with five bids apiece. Jelly Roll and Jordan Davis had four.

A few awards went out early. On May 15 New Artist winners were announced: the aforementioned...

Luke Combs tops the list of the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards nominees, earning eight nominations including Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (artist and producer nominations), Single of the Year (artist and producer nominations), Song of the Year, and Music Event of the Year. Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen followed with six ACM Awards nominations each, with Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, and Lainey Wilson scoring five nominations.

Moroney, 2024’s top ACM Awards nominated female artist, will be competing in the Female Artist of the Year, New Female Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (artist and songwriter), Visual Media of the Year, and Music Event of the Year categories. Wallen’s nominations come in the Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Music Event of the Year, and Artist-Songwriter of the Year categories.

Nominations for this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards have just been unveiled!

This year, Luke Combs leads with 8 total nominations including Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Single of the Year.

Megan Moroney is the most nominated female artist on this list with six total, including both Female Artist of the Year and New Female Artist of the Year.

“Country Music’s Party of the Year” will stream exclusively on Prime Video on Thursday, May 16th from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

Keep reading to see the full list of nominations…

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Entertainer of the year

Kane Brown

Luke Combs

Jelly Roll

Cody Johnson

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Lainey Wilson

Female artist of the year

Kelsea Ballerini

Ashley McBryde

Megan Moroney

Kacey Musgraves

Lainey Wilson...

The 59th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards announced their official nominations on Tuesday morning, April 9. The awards will be handed out during a ceremony that will once again stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch Live. The show will take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. See the complete list below.

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Entertainer Of The Year

Kane Brown

Luke Combs

Jelly Roll

Cody Johnson

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Lainey Wilson

Female Artist Of The Year

Kelsea Ballerini

Ashley McBryde

Megan Moroney

Kacey Musgraves

Lainey Wilson

Male Artist Of The Year

Luke Combs

Jelly Roll

Cody Johnson

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Duo Of The Year

Brooks & Dunn

Brothers Osborne

Dan + Shay

Maddie & Tae

The War And Treaty

Group Of The Year

Flatland Cavalry

Lady A

Little...

Luke Combs leads the field with eight nominations for the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which were revealed this morning. Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney are next with six apiece, followed by Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson with five each. See the full list below.

Combs, Johnson, Stapleton, Wallen and Wilson will vie for the marquee Entertainer of the Year prize along with Kane Brown and Jelly Roll. The winners will be celebrated during the May 16 ceremony, which Prime Video will stream live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

The ACMs presents separate awards for Female and Male Artist of the Year, Duo and Group, Female and Male New Artist and New Duo or Group of the year.

Among the highlights are Tracy Chapman’s first ACM nom for writing, as her 1988 hit “Fast Car” was remade by Combs and became a crossover...

Singer and Yellowstone TV star Lainey Wilson came into the 2023 Country Music Assn. Awards as the leading nominee, and she lived up to that advance billing by taking home five trophies Wednesday including the top honor Entertainer of the Year.

The CMAs were held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and broadcast live on ABC. It will be streaming on Hulu on Thursday.

Performers on the night included Wilson, Luke Bryan, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Kenny Chesney and a noticeably slimmer Post Malone among others.

Wilson was the leading nominee for a second year in a row, boasting a record nine nominations. Jelly Roll was second with five, while Combs and Hardy each had four.

Jelly Roll started the night with surprise guest Wynonna Judd, both singing on the Jelly Roll hit “Need A Favor.”

Wynonna seemed to need a favor to fans watching her performance. Many commented on how unsteady she appeared onstage,...

The 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards took place on Wednesday night, November 8. Trophies were handed out at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, during a ceremony co-hosted by country singer Luke Bryan and football star Peyton Manning. But who were the big winners? Scroll down to see who took home prizes in all categories, updated throughout the show as they’re announced.

Lainey Wilson came into this event as the top nominee. She received a whopping nine CMA bids from her industry peers, including her first ever for Entertainer of the Year. She was also up for Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year (“Bell Bottom Country”). Newcomer Jelly Roll followed with five nominations. Then came Luke Combs and Hardy with four each.

SEEBillboard Hot 100: Every #1 song of 2023

Entertainer of the Year

Luke Combs

Chris Stapleton

Carrie Underwood

Morgan Wallen

X — Lainey Wilson

Single of...

Country’s biggest stars gathered in Nashville Thursday night to kick off the first-ever People’s Choice Country Awards.

Little Big Town hosted the inaugural ceremony live from Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry, and it featured several fun performances from Kane Brown, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce, and more; plus, it saw country’s best accept the first time awards. Honorary trophies like the Country Music Icon Award and the Country Champion Award were also presented, to which they were awarded to Toby Keith and Wynonna Judd, respectively.

Read More: Morgan Wallen Leads Inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards Nominations

Amongst the epic night’s top nominees were Ballerini, Brown, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen. There were even a few unexpected musicians, who dabbled into country music over the past year, including Pink, Ed Sheeran and Bebe Rexha, whom were up for some awards.

The first-ever People’s Choice Country Awards just aired on TV and we have the full list of winners right here.

The event was hosted by Little Big Town live from the legendary Grande Ole Opry House on Thursday night (September 28) in Nashville, Tenn.

Brothers Osborne presented the Country Champion award to Wynonna Judd, and Blake Shelton presented the Country Icon award to Toby Keith.

Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, and Morgan Wallen were the big winners of the night.

Head inside to see the full list of winners for the People’s Choice Country Awards…

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Country Music Icon Award

Toby Keith

Country Champion Award

Wynonna Judd

The People’S Artist Of 2023

Blake Shelton

Kane Brown

Kelsea Ballerini

Lainey Wilson

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen – Winner

Old Dominion

Zach Bryan

The Male Artist Of 2023

Bailey Zimmerman

Blake Shelton

Hardy

Jelly Roll – Winner

Kane...

The People’s Choice Country Awards made its debut on Thursday night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. On this night at least, the people’s choice was Jelly Roll, aka Jason Bradley DeFord, who was a winner in four categories.

Hosted by Little Big Town, the show began its live broadcast airing simultaneously on NBC and Peacock.

The full list of nominees was revealed in August, with country superstars Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen dominating the nominations. Kane Brown and Jelly Roll were also top contenders, earning six nominations each.

The Country Music Icon Award was presented to Toby Keith by Blake Shelton.

The People’S Artist Of 2023

1. Blake Shelton

2. Kane Brown

3. Kelsea Ballerini

4. Lainey Wilson

5. Luke Combs

6. Morgan Wallen

7. Old Dominion

8. Zach Bryan

The Male Artist Of 2023

1. Bailey Zimmerman

2. Blake Shelton

3. Hardy

4. Jelly Roll

5. Kane Brown

6. Luke Combs

7. Morgan Wallen

8. Zach Bryan

The Female...

Lainey Wilson was the first winner at the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards. The Louisiana native, who just headlined Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, in support of her album Bell Bottom Country, was named Female Artist of the Year.

Dan + Shay were named Group/Duo of 2023. “I didn’t know if we’d stand on stage again, let alone winning an award together,” Shay Mooney said, upon accepting with Dan Smyers. “We were those kids that grew up listening to Toby Keith and Wynonna and Little Big Town.

The inaugural People’s Choice Country Music Awards established itself as country’s hottest night, with a star-studded lineup of genre legends, including Blake Shelton, Wynonna Judd, Toby Keith and Little Big Town, among many others.

Hosted by Little Big Town in Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House, Jelly Roll swept the awards show as the most recognized artist of the night, scoring best male artist, new artist of 2023, song of the year for “Need a Favor” and collaboration song of 2023 for “Save Me” with Lainey Wilson.

Morgan Wallen came next with three awards, including the people’s artist of 2023, album of the year for “One Thing at a Time” and concert tour of the year. In addition to best collaboration song, Wilson also nabbed the award for female artist of the year, as well as a feature on music video of the year for Hardy’s “Wait in the Truck.

Lainey Wilson tops the 2023 ‘CMA Awards’ nominations (Photo Credit: Alysse Gafkjen / Provided by CMA)

Lainey Wilson tops the list of The 57th Annual CMA Awards nominees, picking up nine nominations including Entertainer of the Year, two Single of the Year nominations, Album, Song, Female Vocalist, two Musical Event nominations, and Music Video of the Year. First-time nominee Jelly Roll scored the second-most nominations with five, followed by Luke Combs and Hardy with four.

Joining Jelly Roll on the roster of first-time nominees are Mason Allen, Trannie Anderson, Renee Blair, Michael H. Brauer, Katelyn Brown, Zach Bryan, Tracy Chapman, Josh Ditty, David Fanning, Nicki Fletcher, Greylan James, Jelly Roll, Paul Jenkins, Gena Johnson, Chase McGill, Cameron Montgomery, and Megan Moroney. Austin Nivarel, Eivind Nordland, John Osborne, Hunter Phelps, David Ray Stevens, Patrick Tohill, Alysa Vanderheym, The War And Treaty, Hailey Whitters, Ben Williams, Dallas Wilson, and Charlie Worsham also earned their first nominations this year.

Lainey Wilson is at the top of the 2023 Country Music Association Awards nominations list, which were announced on September 7. She received a whopping nine bids from her industry peers, including her first ever for Entertainer of the Year. Newcomer Jelly Roll follows with five nominations. Then come Luke Combs and Hardy with four apiece. Winners will be announced at a live ceremony taking place in Nashville on Wednesday, November 8, and hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning. See the full list of contenders below.

SEEBillboard Hot 100: Every #1 song of 2023

Entertainer of the Year

Luke Combs

Chris Stapleton

Carrie Underwood

Morgan Wallen

Lainey Wilson

Single of the Year

“Fast Car” – Luke Combs

“Heart Like A Truck” – Lainey Wilson

“Need A Favor” – Jelly Roll

“Next Thing You Know” – Jordan Davis

“Wait in the Truck” – Hardy (feat. Lainey Wilson)

Album of the Year

“Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville” — Ashley McBryde

“Bell Bottom Country...

For a second consecutive year, Lainey Wilson is the most-nominated act at the Country Music Association Awards. And this time she’s competing for the top prize: entertainer of the year.

The rising country star earned nine nominations, including album of the year for Bell Bottom Country, song of the year for “Heart Like a Truck,” female vocalist of the year and music video of the year for “wait in the truck,” her collaboration with Hardy. The 31-year-old is a double nominee in two categories: “Heart Like a Truck” and “wait in the truck” are nominated for single of the year, while “wait in the truck” and “Save Me,” a collaboration with Jelly Roll, are up for musical event of the year.

Wilson, who won two CMAs last year, is a first-time nominee for entertainer of the year, pitting her against Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Morgan Wallen and last year’s champ,...