THE 50TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS NOMINATIONS
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Garth Brooks Luke Bryan Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Keith Urban NEW ARTIST Kelsea Ballerini Brothers Osborne Maren Morris Old Dominion Cole Swindell ALBUM (Award goes to artist and producer(s)) Dierks Bentley, ‘Black’ Maren Morris, ‘Hero’ Eric Church, ‘Mr. Misunderstood’ Keith Urban, ‘Ripcord’ Carrie Underwood, ‘Storyteller’ SONG (Award goes to songwriter(s)) Burning House Camaron Ochs, Tyler Johnson, Jeff Bhasker Die a Happy Man Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett and Joe Spargur Humble and Kind Lori McKenna My Church Busbee and Maren Morris Record Year Eric Church and Jeff Hyde MALE VOCALIST Dierks Bentley Eric Church Tim McGraw Chris Stapleton Keith Urban FEMALE VOCALIST Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood VOCAL GROUP Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Old Dominion Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band VOCAL DUO Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Joey + Rory Maddie & Tae MUSICAL EVENT (Award goes to each artist) Different For Girls Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King Home Alone Tonight Luke Bryan feat. Karen Fairchild The Fighter Keith Urban (feat. Carrie Underwood) Think of You Chris Young (duet with Cassadee Pope) You Are My Sunshine Morgane Stapleton with Chris Stapleton MUSIC VIDEO (Award goes to Artist and Director(s)) Burning House, Cam Directed by Trey Fanjoy Fire Away, Chris Stapleton Directed by Tim Mattia Humble and Kind, Tim McGraw Directed by Wes Edwards Record Year, Eric Church Directed by John Peets and Reid Long Somewhere On A Beach, Dierks Bentley Directed by Wes Edwards MUSICIAN Jerry Douglas (dobro/lap steel guitar) Paul Franklin (steel guitar) Dann Huff (guitar) Brent Mason (guitar) Derek Wells (guitar)