Abbotsford singer clinches 3 Canadian Country Music award nominations<\/p>\n
Published 12:56 pm Friday, July 17, 2026<\/p>\n
An Abbotsford singer has nabbed three nominations for the Canadian Country Music Association Awards in September.<\/p>\n
Morgan Griffiths has been nominated in the categories of Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year, Single of the Year for his song Bourbon, and Fans\u2019 Choice.<\/p>\n
Both the Breakthrough Artists and Fans\u2019 Choice awards are determined through online voting at ccma.org\/fanvoting<\/a>.<\/p>\n Winners in all categories will be announced Sept. 19 at the Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon, Sask.<\/p>\n Griffiths is a first-time nominee of the CCMA Awards, after having garnered three B.C Country Music Association Awards in April: Fans\u2019 Choice Award, Song of the Year for his single Bourbon, and Songwriter of the Year.<\/p>\n At the same time as the CCMA Awards, Griffiths will also compete to be named the winner of the SiriusXM Top of the Country competition.<\/p>\n Griffiths was first named as one of eight semifinalists following a period of online voting in April. In addition to Griffiths, they are Shawnee Kish of Edmonton and the Blue Ridge Band from Levis, Que.<\/p>\n The trio compete during Country Music Week 2026 in Saskatoon from Sept. 16 to 19, where the winner will be crowned on stage and receive the $25,000 grand prize. The two runners-up each receive $10,000.<\/p>\n Griffiths released his debut radio single, Bourbon, in 2025 and watched it quickly climb the charts, peaking at number four on the Billboard Canada Country chart.<\/p>\n He has followed this up with multiple other singles and has amassed more than two million streams.<\/p>\n His new song Just Being Me recently hit No. 5 on the Canada Country charts.<\/p>\n RELATED: Abbotsford country singer named finalist in national competition<\/a><\/p>\n
The field was then arrowed down to the three finalists.<\/p>\n