HARDY; Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown.Photo: Getty (3)
The nominations are in for the 58thAcademy of Country Music Awards!
“Wait in the Truck” singerHARDYis the most-nominated artist of the night with seven nods, including song of the year and artist-songwriter of the year. He shares three of his nominations withLainey Wilson, who is nominated for six awards.
Trailing them areKane Brown, Combs, Lambert andCole Swindell, who are each up for five different awards.
Luke Combs; Miranda Lambert; Cole Swindell.Getty (3)
Lambert, who won the coveted Triple Crown Award last year, is up for female artist of the year for a record-breaking 17th time; this year’s nomination pushes her pastReba McEntire’s 16 nods in the category.
If either Combs or Stapleton take home entertainer of the year, they too will be Triple Crown winners, which means an artist has won entertainer of the year, new artist and artist of the year.
This year’s show — featuring performances, collaborations and unexpected moments — will air live on Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on May 11. It will stream for free on Amazon Freevee the next day.
See below for the full list of nominations.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DUO OF THE YEAR
GROUP OF THE YEAR
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
ALBUM OF THE YEAR[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Producer: John Osborne
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
Producer: Jay Joyce
Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records
Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
Record Company-Label: Columbia Records
Producers: Jon Pardi, Bart Butler, Ryan Gore
Record Company-Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Producers: Jon Randall, Luke Dick,Miranda Lambert, Mikey Reaves
Record Company-Label: Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville
SINGLE OF THE YEAR[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Producers: Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally
Record Company-Label: Big Machine Records/Warner Music Nashville
Producer: Zach Crowell
Producer: Dann Huff
Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville
Producer: Trent Willmon
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville/CoJo Music
SONG OF THE YEAR[Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Josh Osborne, Michael Hardy
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett, Tim Nichols
Publishers: Ashley Gorley Publishing Designee; Be A Light Publishing; Colden Rainey Music; EMI Blackwood Music Inc; Songs Of Roc Nation Music; Sony Tree Publishing; Telemitry Rhythm House Music; Universal Music Corp; WC Music Corp; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp
Songwriters: Ben Stennis, Matt Rogers
Publishers: Anthem Canalco Publishing; Dead Aim Music; The Stennis Mightier Music
Songwriters: Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, Renee Blair
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Chris DuBois, Chris Stapleton
Publishers: One77 Songs; Sea Gayle Music; Songs of Southside Independent Music Publishing; Spirit Two Nashville; WC Music Corp
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR[Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]
Producers: Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry
Director: P Tracy
Producer: Troy Jackson
Director: Spidey Smith
Producer: Luke Arreguin
Director: Alex Alvga
Producer: Maddy Hayes
Director: Dustin Haney
Producer: Inkwell Productions
Director: Justin Clough
Producer: Ryan Byrd
Director: Alexa Campbell
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Producers: Chris DeStefano, Chris Young
Producers: Derek Wells, HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt
Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records
source: people.com
