It is a different landmark calendar year for breakout nation superstar Lainey Wilson, who tops the CMA Awards nominations for the 2nd year in a row.
Wilson was a initial-time nominee in 2022, which indicates she’s designed heritage in 2023 — becoming the to start with and only artist to leading the nominations listing in her initially two appearances on the ballot.
Last 12 months, she claimed 6 nominations. This calendar year, Wilson is up to nine, for album, song, music video, entertainer and woman vocalist of the 12 months, as effectively as two different nominations in equally the one of the year classification (for “Heart Like a Truck” and her contributions to HARDY’s “wait in the truck”) and the musical celebration of the calendar year class (at the time once more for “wait around in the truck” and her function on Jelly Roll ‘s “Save Me.”)
She now ties Merle Haggard and Miranda Lambert for scoring 9 nominations in a person calendar year — just powering Alan Jackson, who established the document at 10 nods in 2002.
Wilson is followed by very first-time nominee Jelly Roll, who features five nominations, and Luke Combs and HARDY, with 4 each.
But Combs or HARDY could choose house 6 trophies, should they sweep their classes.
In addition to nominations in the entertainer and male vocalist of the calendar year groups, Combs is the performer and a producer on his smash-strike go over of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Automobile,” which is nominated in the single of the calendar year group. He also done and co-manufactured his latest launch, “Gettin’ Previous,” which is nominated for album of the calendar year.
At the Place Audio Awards, manufacturing credits are not counted as separate nominations, though they are factored into trophy counts.
It is a very similar situation for HARDY: The artist is nominated for “Wait in the Truck” in equally the single and musical occasion of the 12 months groups, a track he both performs and produced.
As for the other key groups: Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, and Morgan Wallen round out the entertainer of the year nominees Megan Moroney’s “Tennessee Orange” and Jordan Davis’ “Next Issue You Know” complete the track of the yr category.
The 2023 CMA Awards will air on Nov. 8 on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern.
