The nominations for the 2024 CMA Awards have arrived. The show will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on November 20 on ABC, and while Morgan Wallen leads the nominations, Beyoncé’s name is notably absent from the list. Meanwhile, Lainey Wilson is defending her Entertainer of the Year title against four men. Here are the nominations for this year’s CMA Awards, per a report from The Tennessean.
2024 CMA Awards Nominations Highlights
Morgan Wallen is leading the pack with seven nominations. He is nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Single of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Musical Event of the Year for “I Had Some Help” with Post Malone, Musical Event of the Year for “Man Made a Bar” with Eric Church, Song of the Year for his songwriting work on “I Had Some Help,” and Male Vocalist of the Year.
Lainey Wilson will defend her 2023 Entertainer of the Year title against Wallen, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, and Chris Stapleton. She is also up for Single of the Year for “Watermelon Moonshine,” Female Vocalist of the Year, and Music Video of the Year for “Wildflowers and Wild Horses.”
Post Malone has been successful at his first CMA Awards, snagging four nominations after dropping his widely loved album F-1 Trillion. He’s nominated for Single of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Song of the Year for “I Had Some Help” with Morgan Wallen.
Meanwhile, Beyoncé has been snubbed by the CMA Awards despite releasing Cowboy Carter this year and being eligible for nominations. Cowboy Carter spent four weeks at the top of Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart, making her the first Black woman to achieve that milestone. “Texas Hold ‘Em” also spent 10 weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart. Her successful crossover into the genre has seemingly gone unnoticed by the Country Music Association, however, as she was nominated for a whopping zero awards.
Full Nominations List
CMA Awards Entertainer of the Year
- Lainey Wilson (2023 winner)
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
- Jelly Roll
- Chris Stapleton
Single of the Year
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey
- “Dirt Cheap” — Cody Johnson
- “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
- “Watermelon Moonshine” — Lainey Wilson
- “White Horse” — Chris Stapleton
Album of the Year
- Deeper Well — Kacey Musgraves
- Fathers & Sons — Luke Combs
- Higher — Chris Stapleton
- Leather — Cody Johnson
- Whitsitt Chapel — Jelly Roll
Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriters)
- “Burn It Down” — Hillary Lindsay, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
- “Dirt Cheap” — Josh Phillips
- “I Had Some Help” — Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Post Malone, Ernest, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters
- “The Painter” — Benjy Devis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins
- “White Horse” — Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
Female Vocalist of the Year
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Ashley McBryde
- Megan Moroney
- Kacey Musgraves
- Lainey Wilson
Male Vocalist of the Year
- Luke Combs
- Jelly Roll
- Cody Johnson
- Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Wallen
Vocal Group of the Year
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Old Dominion
- The Red Clay Strays
- Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- Maddie & Tae
- The War and Treaty
Musical Event of the Year
- “Cowboys Cry Too” — Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan)
- “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen)
- “I Remember Everything” — Zach Bryan (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
- “Man Made a Bar” — Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)
- “you look like you love me” — Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green)
Musician of the Year
- Tom Bukovac — Guitar
- Jenee Fleenor — Fiddle
- Paul Franklin — Steel Guitar
- Rob McNelley — Guitar
- Charlie Worsham — Guitar
Music Video of the Year
- “Dirt Cheap” — Cody Johnson
- “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen)
- “I’m Not Pretty” — Megan Moroney
- “The Painter” — Cody Johnson
- “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” — Lainey Wilson
New Artist of the Year
- Megan Moroeny
- Shaboozey
- Nate Smith
- Mitchell Tenpenny
- Zach Top
- Bailey Zimmerman
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