ACM Award Nominations Have Been Announced

The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards will take place Thursday, May 8th. It will be streaming live on Amazon Prime at 8pm EST. The award nominees were announced yesterday. Here is the list of all of the awards along with who I think will win in blue and what I want to happen in green. Purple means I think it will happen and it is also what I want to happen.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Kelsea Ballerini

• Luke Combs

• Cody Johnson

• Jelly Roll

• Chris Stapleton

• Morgan Wallen

• Lainey Wilson

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Kelsea Ballerini

• Ella Langley

• Megan Moroney

• Kacey Musgraves

• Lainey Wilson

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Luke Combs

• Cody Johnson

• Jelly Roll

• Chris Stapleton

• Morgan Wallen

DUO OF THE YEAR

• Brooks & Dunn 

• Brothers Osborne 

• Dan + Shay 

• Muscadine Bloodline

• The War And Treaty

GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Flatland Cavalry

• Little Big Town 

• Old Dominion 

• Rascal Flatts

• The Red Clay Strays

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Kassi Ashton

• Ashley Cooke

• Dasha

• Ella Langley

• Jessie Murph

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Gavin Adcock

• Shaboozey

• Zach Top

• Tucker Wetmore

• Bailey Zimmerman

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Restless Road

• The Red Clay Strays

• Treaty Oak Revival

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

• Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine) - Megan Moroney

Producer: Kristian Bush

Record Company-Label: Columbia Records / Sony Music Nashville

• Beautifully Broken - Jelly Roll

Producers: BazeXX, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Devin Dawson, Charlie Handsome, Ben Johnson, mgk, The Monsters & Strangerz, Austin Nivarel, SlimXX, Ryan Tedder,  Isaiah Tejada, Alysa Vanderheym

Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville / Republic Records

• Cold Beer & Country Music - Zach Top

Producer: Carson Chamberlain

Record Company-Label: Leo33

• F-1 Trillion - Post Malone

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records

• Whirlwind - Lainey Wilson

Producer: Jay Joyce

Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville

SINGLE OF THE YEAR (Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s))

• A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey

• Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson

• I Had Some Help - Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

• White Horse - Chris Stapleton

• you look like you love me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]

• 4x4xU - Lainey Wilson

Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson

• The Architect - Kacey Musgraves

Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne

Publishers: Songs for Indy and Owl; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing

• Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson

Songwriter: Josh Phillips

• I Had Some Help - Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters, Ryan Vojtesak

• you look like you love me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

• Cowboys Cry Too - Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan

Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan, Alysa Vanderheym

• I Had Some Help - Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

• I’m Gonna Love You - Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood

Producer: Trent Willmon

• we don’t fight anymore - Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton

Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce

• you look like you love me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

Producer: Will Bundy

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Luke Combs

• ERNEST

• HARDY

• Morgan Wallen

• Lainey Wilson

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Jessi Alexander

• Jessie Jo Dillon

• Ashley Gorley

• Chase McGill

• Josh Osborne