{"id":8769,"date":"2025-09-09T00:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/8769\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:31:07","slug":"full-list-of-country-awards-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/8769\/","title":{"rendered":"Full List of Country Awards Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNominations for the 59th annual CMA Awards<\/a> were announced on Monday, and three of country music\u2019s most popular female singers led all nominees. Ella Langley<\/a>, Megan Moroney<\/a>, and Lainey Wilson<\/a> each scored six nominations, including one for Female Vocalist of the Year, where Kelsea Ballerini and Miranda Lambert were also recognized.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson will also compete with four men for the top prize of Entertainer of the Year: Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, and last year\u2019s winner, Morgan Wallen.<\/p>\n

\n\tNominees for New Artist of the Year were announced earlier in the morning<\/a> and featured a pair of repeat nominees in Shaboozey and Zach Top<\/a>, who were both up for the award last year in a field of six nominees. This year\u2019s field features five: Shaboozey, Top, Langley, Tucker Wetmore, and Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the Album of the Year race, Moroney\u2019s Am I Okay? squares off with Top\u2019s Cold Beer & Country Music, Post Malone\u2019s F-1 Trillion, Wallen\u2019s I\u2019m the Problem, and Wilson\u2019s Whirlwind.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 59th CMA Awards air live from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and stream the following day on Hulu.<\/p>\n

\n\t2025 CMA Awards nominations:<\/p>\n

\n\tEntertainer of the Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tSingle of the Year
\u201c4x4xU,\u201d Lainey Wilson
\u201cAin\u2019t No Love in Oklahoma,\u201d Luke Combs
\u201cAm I Okay?,\u201d Megan Moroney
\u201cI Never Lie,\u201d Zach Top
\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Ella Langley & Riley Green<\/p>\n

\n\tAlbum of the Year
Am I Okay?, Megan Moroney
Cold Beer & Country Music, Zach Top
F-1 Trillion, Post Malone
I\u2019m the Problem, Morgan Wallen
Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tSong of the Year
\u201c4x4xU,\u201d Lainey Wilson (Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson)
\u201cAm I Okay?,\u201d Megan Moroney) (Songwriters: Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney
\u201cI Never Lie,\u201d Zach Top (Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top)
\u201cTexas,\u201d Blake Shelton (Songwriters: Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock)
\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Riley Green & Ella Langley (Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere)<\/p>\n

\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n

\n\tFemale Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tMale Vocalist of the Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Zach Top
Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n

\n\tVocal Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
The Red Clay Strays<\/p>\n

Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty<\/p>\n

\n\tMusical Event of the Year
\u201cDon\u2019t Mind If I Do,\u201d Riley Green (featuring Ella Langley)
\u201cHard Fought Hallelujah,\u201d Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
\u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You,\u201d Cody Johnson wWith Carrie Underwood)
\u201cPour Me a Drink,\u201d Post Malone (featuring Blake Shelton)
\u201cYou Had to Be There,\u201d Megan Moroney (featuring Kenny Chesney)<\/p>\n

\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n

\n\tMusician of the Year
Jenee Fleenor \u2013 Fiddle
Paul Franklin \u2013 Steel Guitar
Brent Mason \u2013 Guitar
Rob McNelley \u2013 Guitar
Derek Wells \u2013 Guitar<\/p>\n

\n\tMusic Video of the Year
\u201cAm I Okay?,\u201d Megan Moroney
\u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You,\u201d Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
\u201cSomewhere Over Laredo,\u201d Lainey Wilson
\u201cThink I\u2019m in Love With You,\u201d Chris Stapleton
\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Ella Langley & Riley Green<\/p>\n

New Artist of the Year
Ella Langley
Shaboozey
Zach Top
Tucker Wetmore
Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nominations for the 59th annual CMA Awards were announced on Monday, and three of country music\u2019s most popular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9288,9289,93,61,60,9290,9291,278,9292],"class_list":{"0":"post-8769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-cma-awards","9":"tag-ella-langley","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-lainey-wilson","14":"tag-megan-moroney","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-zach-top"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}