The nominations for the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards were announced this morning, and at the top of the list is Chris Stapleton with five nominations.
Chris earned nods in the categories for Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Single of the Year (âYou Should Probably Leaveâ) â nominated as artist + producer, Video of the Year (âI Bet You Think About Meâ).
Carrie Underwood and Jordan Davis both earned four nominations each.
Carrie is up for Carrie Underwood Entertainer of the Year, Single of the Year (âIf I Didnât Love Youâ), Video of the Year (âIf I Didnât Love Youâ) and Music Event of the Year (âIf I Didnât Love Youâ)
Jordan Davis is nominated for Single of the Year (âBuy Dirtâ), Song of the Year (âBuy Dirtâ) â nominated as artist + songwriter, Music Event of the Year (âBuy Dirtâ), along with Luke Bryan.
Luke picks up three nominations with Jordan Davis for Single of the Year (âBuy Dirtâ), Song of the Year (âBuy Dirtâ) and Music Event of the Year (âBuy Dirtâ)
Eric Church is nominated for Entertainer of the Year, while the members of Little Big Town are up for Group of the Year.
The reigning CMA Duo of the Year Brothers Osborne, as well as Maddie & Tae, are up for Duo of the Year.
Parker McCollum is up for New Male Artist of the Year, while Priscilla Block is nominated for New Female Artist of the Year.
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Taylor Swift receives her 32nd nomination, her first ACM Award nomination since 2018 as she is nominated for ACM Music Video of the Year. Actor, producer, and director Blake Lively receives two nominations for producing and directing Taylor Swiftâs music video I Bet You Think About Me (Taylorâs Version). This marks Livelyâs first ACM Award nomination and her first nomination at a music award show. Actor and Producer Austin Swift is a first-time nominee, receiving a nod for producer of I Bet You Think About Me (Taylorâs Version).
Artist nominee list below.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs
- Miranda Lambert
- Chris Stapleton
- Carrie Underwood
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Gabby Barrett
- Miranda Lambert
- Ashley McBryde
- Maren Morris
- Carly Pearce
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Jimmie Allen
- Luke Combs
- Thomas Rhett
- Chris StapletonÂ
- Morgan Wallen
 DUO OF THE YEAR
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- LOCASH
- Maddie & Tae
GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Midland
- Old Dominion
- The Cadillac Three
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEARÂ
- Tenille Arts
- Priscilla Block
- Lily Rose
- Caitlyn Smith
- Lainey Wilson
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEARÂ
- HARDY
- Walker Hayes
- Ryan Hurd
- Parker McCollum
- Elvie Shane
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record CompanyâLabel(s)]
- 29: Written in Stone â Carly Pearce
Producers:Â Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Jimmy Robbins, Tony Brown
Record Company-Label:Â Big Machine Records
- Country Again: Side A â Thomas Rhett
Producers:Â Dann Huff, Jesse Frasure, Matt Dragstrem
Record Company-Label:Â Big Machine Label Group
- Dangerous: The Double Album â Morgan Wallen
Producer:Â Joey Moi, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Matt Dragstrem, Dave Cohen
Record Company-Label:Â Big Loud Records / Republic Records
- Famous Friends â Chris Young
Producer:Â Mark Holman, Corey Crowder, Chris Young, Chris DeStefano
Record Company-Label:Â RCA Records Nashville
- The Marfa Tapes â Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon RandallÂ
Producers:Â Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
Record Company-Label: Vanner Records / RCA Records Nashville
SINGLE OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record CompanyâLabel(s)]
- Buy Dirt â Jordan Davis featuring Luke BryanÂ
Producer:Â Paul DiGiovanni
Record Company-Label: MCA Nashville
- Famous Friends â Chris Young and Kane BrownÂ
Producers:Â Corey Crowder, Chris Young
Record Company-Label: RCA Records Nashville
- Fancy Like â Walker Hayes
Producers:Â Walker Hayes, Shane McAnally, Joe Thibodeau
Record Company-Label:Â Monument Records
- If I Didnât Love You â Jason Aldean and Carrie UnderwoodÂ
Producers:Â Michael Knox
Record Company-Label:Â Broken Bow Records; Macon Music, LLC; BBR Music Group, BMG
- You Should Probably Leave â Chris Stapleton
Producer:Â Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton
Record Company-Label:Â Mercury Nashville
SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
- 7 Summers â Morgan Wallen
Songwriters:Â Morgan Wallen, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally
Publishers:Â Big Loud Mountain, Bo Wallace Publishing, Smackborne Music, Sony/ATV Accent, Smackstreet Music, Tempo Investments, Warner Geo Met Ric Music
- Buy Dirt â Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan
Songwriters: Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins
Publishers:Â Anthem Music Publishing II, Bentprop Pub, Big Blue Nation Music, Combustion Five, Jentown, Jordan Davis Music, Smackwork Music, Smack Blue, Kobalt Music Group Music, Universal Music Corporation, WC Music Corp
- Fancy Like â Walker Hayes
Songwriters:Â Cameron Bartolini, Josh Jenkins, Shane Stevens, Walker Hayes
Publishers:Â Songs of SMACK, Rarespark Media Group, Smackworks Music, Smack Blue, Kobalt Music Group, Holy Graffiti Music, Purplebeatz, WC Music Corp
- Knowing You â Kenny ChesneyÂ
Songwriters:Â Adam James, Brett James, Kat Higgins
Publishers:Â 3 Ring Circus, BMG Platinum Songs, Pompano Run Music, Songs of Brett, WC Music Corp
- Things A Man Oughta Know â Lainey Wilson
Songwriters: Jason Nix, Jonathan Singleton, Lainey Wilson
Publishers: Sony/ATV Accent, Sony/ATV Countryside, Spirit Two Nashville, Super Big Music
VIDEO OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]
- Drunk (And I Donât Wanna Go Home) â Elle King and Miranda LambertÂ
Producers:Â Angie Lorenz, Wes Edwards, James Stratakis
Directors: Alexa Kinigopoulos, Stephen Kinigopoulos
- Famous Friends â Chris Young and Kane BrownÂ
Producer:Â Jennifer Ansell
Director: Peter Zavadil
- I Bet You Think About Me (Taylorâs Version) â Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton
Producers:Â Jil Hardin, Blake Lively, Kathy Palmer, Austin Swift
Director: Blake Lively
- If I Didnât Love You â Jason Aldean and Carrie UnderwoodÂ
Producers:Â Christen Pinkston, Wesley Stebbins-Perry
Director:Â Shaun Silva
- Never Wanted To Be That Girl â Carly Pearce and Ashley McBrydeÂ
Producer:Â Ryan Byrd
Director: Alexa Campbell
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR*(Off Camera Award)
- Jesse Frasure
- Nicolle Galyon
- Ashley Gorley
- Michael Hardy
- Josh Osborne
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record CompanyâLabel(s)]
- Buy Dirt â Jordan Davis featuring Luke BryanÂ
Producer:Â Paul DiGiovanni
Record Company-Label:Â MCA Nashville
- Famous Friends â Chris Young and Kane Brown
Producers:Â Corey Crowder, Chris Young
Record Company-Label:Â RCA Records Nashville
- half of my hometown â Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny ChesneyÂ
Producers:Â Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins, Kelsea Ballerini
Record Company-Label:Â Black River Entertainment
- If I Didnât Love You â Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
Producer:Â Michael Knox
Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records; Macon Music, LLC; BBR Music Group, BMG
- Never Wanted To Be That Girl â Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Producers:Â Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Record Company-Label:Â Big Machine Label Group, Warner Music Nashville
Carrie Underwood (IIDLY perfect fit) OC: âŠthe perfect fit. :30
âJason asked if I would sing âIf I Didnât Love Youâ with him. I knew I liked the song, and Jason and I have actually been kind of trying to do things together over the years. Weâve sang together before, but weâve never officially recorded anything together. It just kind of felt like this could be our moment. I felt like it was a little bit of an unexpected duet to other people, but I feel like I kinda always knew at some point Iâd probably sing with him officially, and this just seemed like, the stars were aligning and it just seemed like it was going to be the perfect fit.â
Jordan Davis (Buy Dirt success is special) OC: âŠmore special. :13
âIt just means a lot more. I wrote it with my brother (Jacob) and two my best friends (Josh and Matt Jenkins) in town and just the content of it. It comes from a really, really honest place. So, when you have songs that mean that much and you get to see them have success like âBuy Dirtâ is having, itâs a little bit more special.â
Jordan Davis (Buy Dirt origin) OC: âŠthat day. :55
âWe took a writerâs retreat a little south of Nashville, me and three of my favorite writers in the world â Matt Jenkins, Josh Jenkins and my brother Jacob. We started every day â we were down there three days â and we started every day with coffee on the back porch, and Josh would lead us in some type of devotional. He would find some scripture and then we would just kind of chew on it for a little bit. That day he had read, and I need to remember the exact scripture, but it was something about being planted, being planted in the dirt and having a strong root system so you can weather storms and rain. That is really the start of âBuy Dirt.â And I donât know if that song comes if we donât wake up early and get out there and kind of start talking about real life. That was where it all started, and Iâm grateful, grateful that I (laughs) didnât sleep in that day.â
Jordan Davis (Luke Bryan on Buy Dirt) OC: âŠmy songs now. 1:13
âI met Luke three or four years ago at an awards show after party, and got to hang with him, but I really kind of got to sit and talk with him after a round of golf one day, and we just really talked about everything under the sun aside from music. Luke kind of embodies what that song is. You know a lot of people get to see Luke on American Idol or on stage, but Luke Bryan really is a great guy. I sent him a message one day, a text message actually attached with the song, and I was like, âHey Luke, I wrote this. It means a lot to me. You came to mind whenever I was thinking about it, through the writing process, and this song just kind of says what youâre about, and if you want to sing on it, great, no pressure. Donât even feel the need to text me back or whatever. Just listen to it and let me know.â And he got right back with me. Heâs like, âMan I love the song. Let me live with it for a couple of days.â And he called me back four or five days later and was like, âWhen do you want me singing on this thing?â That was a pretty cool moment. Iâm such a big fan of Luke, and heâs been a huge influence on me since I moved to Nashville, and pretty cool to have him on one of my songs now.â