The nominations for the 56th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were recently announced and I’ve presented the whole rundown for you below. I didn’t catch the nominations online but we do love sharing this sort of thing with the readership so let’s go. I will return at the close with some editorial opinion.
Entertainer of the Year:
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Album of the Year:
Born Here Live Here Die Here – Luke Bryan
Mixtape Vol. 1 – Kane Brown
Never Will – Ashley McBryde
Skeletons – Brothers Osborne
Starting Over – Chris Stapleton
Female Artist of the Year:
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Carly Pearce
Male Artist of the Year:
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Group of the Year:
Old Dominion
Lady A
Little Big Town
The Cadillac Three
The Highwomen
Duo of the Year:
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
Single of the Year:
“Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
“I Hope” – Gabby Barrett
“I Hope You’re Happy Now” – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
“More Hearts Than Mine” – Ingrid Andress
“The Bones” – Maren Morris
Song of the Year:
“Bluebird” – Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby
“One Night Standards” – Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally
“Some People Do” – Jesse Frasure, Matt Ramsey, Thomas Rhett, Shane McAnally
“Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson
“The Bones” – Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz
New Female Artist of the Year:
Gabby Barrett
Ingrid Andress
Tenille Arts
Mickey Guyton
Caylee Hammack
New Male Artist of the Year:
Jimmie Allen
Travis Denning
HARDY
Cody Johnson
Parker McCollum
Songwriter of the Year:
Ashley Gorley
Michael Hardy
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Josh Osborne
Video of the Year:
“Better Than We Found It” – Maren Morris
“Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
“Gone” – Dierks Bentley
“Hallelujah” – Carrie Underwood and John Legend
“Worldwide Beautiful” – Kane Brown
Music Event of the Year:
“I Hope You’re Happy Now” – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice[8]
“Be a Light” – Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin and Keith Urban
“Does to Me” – Luke Combs and Eric Church
“Nobody but You” – Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani
“One Beer” – HARDY, Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson
“One Too Many” – Keith Urban and P!nk
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Piercing Ken Thoughts: So I’ve got to admit that I didn’t listen to all that much Country Music this past year as I had my hands full on the Hard Rock and Metal side of the fence. I do enjoy the difference when time permits me to just sit and enjoy it but despite the pandemic, I really found myself busier than I had anticipated. So what do you readers who are following the genre think of the nominees this year? Are your favorites in the rundown or did someone you liked a lot get cheated out of a nomination? Chime in down below with your own thoughts and know that I will return to this topic when the winners are announced. Stay tuned for that and so much more as we push forward into 2021 and hope that its a much better year than 2020 was. Stay safe my friends and I will see you here again soon.
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