County singer-songwriter Hardy leads all acts with seven nominations at the upcoming 58th Academy of Country Music Awards.
CMA, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions announced the nominees Thursday. Hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the “Country Music Party of the Year” will stream live exclusively on Prime Video on May 11 at 8 pm ET from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
After Hardy, Lainey Wilson has six nominations. Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Cole Swindell round out the pack with five nominations each.
The seven nominations for Hardy include “Song of the Year” and “Artist-Songwriter of the Year.” HARDY shares three of his nominations with fellow artist and collaborator Lainey Wilson for their song “Wait in the Truck.”
Wilson received the most nominations for a female artist with six nominations, including for “Female Artist of the Year”. She is nominated in more categories than any other artist. In 2022, Wilson won in both categories in which she was nominated.
It could be a potentially historic night for Lambert. She is already the most awarded artist in ACM history. She received her 17th nomination for “Female Artist of the Year” (beating Reba McEntire with 16), as well as four other nominations. Lambert’s five nominations give her the chance to break more records after her Triple Crown Award presented at ACM Honors in the fall.
Below is the full list of nominees for the Main Awards, Recording Studio Awards and Industry Awards categories.
MAIN PRIZES:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
● Jason Aldean
● Brown Kane
● lucas combs
● Miranda Lambert
●Chris Stapleton
●Carrie Underwood
●Morgan Wallen
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
● Kelsea Ballerina
● Miranda Lambert
● Ashley McBryde
●Carly Pearce
●Lainey Wilson
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
● Brown Kane
● lucas combs
● Jordan Davis
●Chris Stapleton
●Morgan Wallen
DUO OF THE YEAR
● Brooks and Dunn
● Osborne Brothers
● Dan + Shay
● Maddie and Tae
● The war and the treaty
GROUP OF THE YEAR
● Mrs A
● Little big city
● Midlands
● Old domain
● Zac Brown Band
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
● Priscilla Block
● Megan Moroney
●Caitlyn Smith
●Morgan Wade
●Hailey Whitters
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
● Zach Bryan
● Jackson Dean
● ERNEST
● Dylan Scott
●Nate Smith
● Bailey Zimmerman
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
● Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville – Ashley McBryde
Producer: John Osborne
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
● Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson
Producer: Jay Joyce
Record company-label: Broken Bow Records
● Growing Up – Luke Combs
Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
Record Company-Label: Columbia Records
● Mr. Saturday Night – Jon Pardi
Producers: Jon Pardi, Bart Butler, Ryan Gore
Record Company-Label: Capitol Records Nashville
● Palomino – Miranda Lambert
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)]
● Heart like a truck – Lainey Wilson
Producer: Jay Joyce
Record company-label: Broken Bow Records
● I never wanted to be that girl: Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Producers: Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally
Record Company-Label: Big Machine Records/Warner Music Nashville
● She had me in mind Carolina – Cole Swindell
Producer: Zach Crowell
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
● Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
Producer: Dan Huff
Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville
● Until you can’t: Cody Johnson
Producer: Trent William
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville/CoJo Music
THE SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
● Sand in my boots – Morgan Wallen
Composers: Ashley Gorley, Josh Osborne, Michael Hardy
Publishers: Relative Music Group; Sony/ATV accent; Sony/ATV Cross Key Post; Sony/ATV
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● She had me in mind Carolina – Cole Swindell
Composers: Ashley Gorley, Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett, Tim
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Publishers: Designated Ashley Gorley Publishing; Be a light post; Music by Colden Rainey; EMI
Blackwood Music Inc; Rock Nation Music Songs; Sony Tree Publishing; telemetry rhythm house
Music; Universal Music Corporation; WC Music Corporation; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
● Until you can’t: Cody Johnson
Composers: Ben Stennis, Matt Rogers
Publishers: Anthem Canalco Publishing; dead target music; Stennis’s most powerful music
● Wait in the truck – HARDY feat. lainey wilson
Composers: Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, Renee Blair
Publishers: Humerus Publishing Global; atypical music; Lots of Schmidt songs; redneck
Music; Relative Music Group; Round Hill Verse Publishing; Sony/ATV accent; sony/atv tree
Publication; The vibration of the money tree; WC Music Corporation; Who wants to buy my publication
● You should probably go: Chris Stapleton
Composers: Ashley Gorley, Chris DuBois, Chris Stapleton
Publishers: One77 Songs; Sea Gayle Music; Songs from Southside Independent Music Publishing;
Spirit Two Nashville; WC Music Corporation
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]
● FIRST FROM THE HEART – Kelsea Ballerini
Producers: Christen Pinkston and Wesley Stebbins-Perry
Director: P Tracy
● She had me in mind Carolina – Cole Swindell
Producer: Troy Jackson
Director: Spidey Smith
● Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
Producer: Luke Arreguin
Director: Alex Alvga
● Until you can’t: Cody Johnson
Producer: Maddy Hayes
Director: Dustin Haney
● Wait in the truck – HARDY feat. lainey wilson
Producer: Inkwell Productions
Director: Justin Clough
● What she didn’t do: Carly Pearce
Producer: Ryan Byrd
Directed by: Alexa Campbell
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR
● Nicolle Galyon
● Ashley Gorley
● McGill Chase
● Josh Osborne
● Hunter Phelps
ARTIST-COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
● lucas combs
● ERNEST
● STRONG
● Miranda Lambert
●Morgan Wallen
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
● At the end of a bar: Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny
Producers: Chris DeStefano, Chris Young
Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville
● She had me in mind Carolina [Remix] –Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina
Producer: Zach Crowell
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
● Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
Producer: Dan Huff
Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville
● Thinking of You: Dustin Lynch feat. mackenzie porter
Producer: Zach Crowell
Record company-label: Broken Bow Records
● Wait in the truck – HARDY feat. lainey wilson
Producers: Derek Wells, HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt
Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records