Brown is the first biracial or Black artist to be nominated for entertainer of the year since Charley Pride, who was nominated the first three years the ACM presented the award (1970-72). This year’s other nominees for single of the year are Cody Johnson’s “Til You Can’t,” Swindell’s “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” and Wilson’s “Heart Like a Truck.” “Til You Can’t” won the CMA Award for single of the year in November.īrown is a first-time nominee for both entertainer of the year and male artist of the year. “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” won an ACM Award last year for music event of the year. It’s the first all-female collab to be nominated in that category since “Does He Love You” by McEntire with Linda Davis 29 years ago. It’s the first single by a married couple to be nominated in that top category since “It’s Your Love” by Tim McGraw with Faith Hill, which won the 1997 award.Ĭarly Pearce & McBryde’s “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” is also nominated for single of the year. Should it win here too, it would be the first album to win album of the year at both shows since Combs’ previous album, What You See Is What You Get, three years ago.īrown’s “Thank God” (with wife Katelyn Brown) is nominated for single of the year. The Chicks, then known as Dixie Chicks, won that year for Wide Open Spaces.Ĭombs’ album won the CMA Award for album of the year in November.

This marks the first time that women (solo artists or all-woman groups) have accounted for three of the five nominations in this category since 1999, when The Chicks, Faith Hill and Jo Dee Messina were all nominated. Women accounted for three of the five nominees for album of the year: Lambert’s Palomino, Ashley McBryde’s Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville and Wilson’s Bell Bottom Country are competing for the award alongside Combs’ Growin’ Up and Jon Pardi’s Mr. McEntire amassed 16 nods from 1983 to 2017. Lambert landed her 17th nod for female artist of the year, which enables her to pass Reba McEntire for the most nominations in the category. ACM Awards Nominations 2023 Snubs & Surprises

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