Friday, February 26, 2021

BREAKING NEWS: 56TH ANNUAL ACM AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED


The nominations for the 56th annual ACM Awards, which will air April 18 on CBS and on Paramount+, were announced this morning, Friday, February 26. Congratulations to all nominees and good luck!

GROUP OF THE YEAR


1.) Lady A
2.) Little Big Town
3.) Old Dominion
4.) The Cadillac Three
5.) The Highwomen


DUO OF THE YEAR


1.) Brooks & Dunn
2.) Brothers Osborne
3.) Dan + Shay
4.) Florida Georgia Line
5.) Maddie & Tae


FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR


1.) Kelsea Ballerini
2.) Miranda Lambert
3.) Ashley McBryde
4.) Maren Morris
5.) Carly Pearce

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR


1.) Dierks Bentley
2.) Eric Church
3.) Luke Combs
4.) Thomas Rhett
5.) Chris Stapleton

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR


1.) Luke Bryan
2.) Eric Church
3.) Luke Combs
4.) Thomas Rhett
5.) Chris Stapleton

SINGLE OF THE YEAR


Artist/Producer/Record Label

1.) “Bluebird”

– Artist: Miranda Lambert
– Producer: Jay Joyce
– Record Label: Vanner Records / RCA Records Nashville

2.) “I Hope”

- Artist: Gabby Barrett
- Producers: Ross Copperman & Zach Kale
- Record Label: Warner Music Nashville

3.) "I Hope You’re Happy Now” 

– Artists: Carly Pearce & Lee Brice
– Producer: busbee
– Record Label: Big Machine Records / Curb Records

4.) “More Hearts Than Mine”

– Artist: Ingrid Andress
– Producers: Ingrid Andress & Sam Ellis
– Record Label: Warner Music Nashville

5.) “The Bones”

- Artist:  Maren Morris
- Producer: Greg Kurstin
- Record Label: Columbia Nashville

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR


Ingrid Andress
Tenille Arts
Gabby Barrett
Mickey Guyton
Caylee Hammack

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR


Jimmie Allen
Travis Denning
HARDY
Cody Johnson
Parker McCollum

SONG OF THE YEAR


Songwriter/Publisher/Artist

1.) “Bluebird”

– Artist; Miranda Lambert
– Songwriters: Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert & Natalie Hemby
– Publishers: Emileon Songs, Little Louder Songs, Pink Dog Publishing; Songs of Universal, INC, 
   Sony ATV Tree Publishing & Wrucke for You Publishing

2.) “One Night Standards”

– Artist: Ashley McBryde
– Songwriter(s): Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford & Shane McAnally
– Publishers: Canned Biscuit Songs, Smackworks Music, Smack Blue, LLC, Smackstreet Music,
   Tempo Investments, Warner Geo Met Ric Music & Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp

3.) “Some People Do”

– Artist: Old Dominion
– Songwriter(s): Jesse Frasure, Matt Ramsey, Thomas Rhett & Shane McAnally
– Publishers: Carrot Seed Songs, EMI Blackwood Music INC, Smackville Music, Songs of ROC 
   Nation, Telemetry Rhythm House Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp, Smack Hits; Tempo 
    Investments & Warner Gro Met Ric Music

4.) “Starting Over”

– Chris Stapleton
– Songwriter(s): Chris Stapleton & Mike Henderson
– Publishers: I Wrote These Songs, Straight Six Music & WC Music Corp

5.) “The Bones” 

– Artist: Maren Morris
– Songwriter(s): Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris & Laura Veltz
– Publishers: Big Machine Music LLC, ExtraordinaryAlien Publishing, International Dog Music, Oh 
   Denise Publishing, Round Hill Songs, & Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR


Artist/Producer/Record Label

1.) “Born Here Live Here Die Here”

– Artist: Luke Bryan
– Producers: Jeff Stevens & Jody Stevens
– Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville

2.) “Mixtape Vol. 1”

– Artist: Kane Brown
– Producers: Andrew Goldstein, Charlie Handsome,    
   Dann Huff & Lindsay Rimes
– Record Label: RCA Nashville

3.) “Never Will”

– Artist: Ashley McBryde
– Producer: Jay Joyce
– Record Label: Warner Music Nashville

4.) “Skeletons” 

– Artist: Brothers Osborne
– Producer: Jay Joyce
– Record Label: EMI Records Nashville

5.) “Starting Over” 

– Artist: Chris Stapleton
– Producers: Chris Stapleton & Dave Cobb
– Record Label: Mercury Nashville

VIDEO OF THE YEAR


Producer/Director/Artist

1.) “Better Than We Found It”

– Artist: Maren Morris
– Director: Gabrielle Woodland
– Producers: Sarah Kunin & Jennifer Pepke

2.) “Bluebird”

– Artist: Miranda Lambert
– Director: Trey Fanjoy
– Producer: Heather Levenstone

3.) “Gone”

– Artist: Dierks Bentley
– Directors: Wes Edwards, Ed Pryor, Travis Nicholson, Running Bear and Sam Sisk 
  & animation by Skylar Wilson
– Producer: David Garcia

4.) “Hallelujah” 

– Artist: Carrie Underwood and John Legend
– Director: Randee St. Nicholas
– Producer: Greg Wells

5.) “Worldwide Beautiful” 

– Artist: Kane Brown
– Director: Alex Alvga
– Producer: Christen Pinkston

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR


Artist/Producer/Record Label

PLEASE NOTE: Tie Within Category Increased Nominees

1.) “Be A Light”

– Artist: Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban
– Producer: Dann Huff
– Record Label: The Valory Music Co.

2.) “Does To Me” 

– Artist: Luke Combs & Eric Church
– Producer: Scott Moffatt
– Record Label: River House Artists / Columbia Nashville

3.) “I Hope You’re Happy Now”

– Artist: Carly Pearce & Lee Brice
– Producer: busbee
– Record Label: Big Machine Records / Curb Records

4.) “Nobody But You”

– Artist: Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani
– Producer: Scott Hendricks
– Record Label: Warner Music Nashville

5.) “One Beer” 

– Artist: HARDY, Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson
– Producers: Derek Wells, Joey Moi
– Record Label: Big Loud Records

6.) “One Too Many”

– Artist: Keith Urban & P!nk
– Producers: Cutfather, Dan McCarroll, Keith Urban, PhD
– Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR


1.) Ashley Gorley
2.) Michael Hardy
3.) Hillary Lindsey
4.) Shane McAnally
5.) Josh Osborne


STUDIO RECORDING AWARDS


BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR


1.) Jarrod Travis Cure
2.) Mark Hill
3.) Tony Lucido
4.) Steve Mackey
5.) Glenn Worf

DRUMMER OF THE YEAR


1.) Fred Eltringham
2.) Evan Hutchings
3.) Derek Mixon
4.) Jerry Roe
5.) Aaron Sterling

GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR


1.) J.T. Corenflos
2.) Kris Donegan
3.) Jedd Hughes
4.) Ilya Toshinskiy
5.) Derek Wells

PIANO/KEYS PLAYER OF THE YEAR


1.) Dave Cohen
2.) David Dorn
3.) Charlie Judge
4.) Mike Rojas
5.) Benmont Tench

SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT PLAYER OF THE YEAR


PLEASE NOTE: Tie Within Category Increased Nominees

1.) Alicia Enstrom
2.) Jim Hoke
3.) Danny Rader
4.) Mickey Raphael
5.) Ilya Toshinskiy
6.) Kristin Wilkinson

STEEL GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR


1.) Spencer Cullum
2.) Dan Dugmore
3.) Mike Johnson
4.) Russ Pahl
5.) Justin Schipper

AUDIO ENGINEER OF THE YEAR


1.) Jeff Balding
2.) Jason Hall
3.) Gena Johnson
4.) Vance Powell
5.) F. Reid Shippen

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR


1.) Buddy Cannon
2.) Dave Cobb
3.) Dann Huff
4.) Jay Joyce
5.) Joey Moi

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