Jon Pardi is nominated for Album of the Year for his third studio album Heartache Medication at this year’s ACM Awards (and CMA Awards). The collection, which was released last fall, spawned the No. 1 hit with the title track. He is really honored to be nominated and “still in the game.”

“Being nominated for an ACM Award is always awesome, especially when it’s for Album of the Year,” says Jon. “From all the hard work we put in to making this record to seeing it as a nominee for Album of the Year is amazing. It’s such a great honor to just have a nomination – to still be in the game is what I’m saying, and I put in a lot of hard work and it’s just so fun. It’s my favorite category to be in and the most, it’s the one I want to be in because that means all the songs help you get that nomination. I think that’s so great, and we work so hard on picking songs.”

The 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, hosted by Keith Urban, will be broadcast September 16th (live 8:00-11:00 PM ET/delayed PT) on CBS  and will be available to stream on demand on CBS All Access.

The California native is currently making his way up the country carts with his latest single, “Ain’t Always the Cowboy,” which is from his ACM- and CMA-nominated album, Heartache Medication.