28 February 2020

The nominees for the ACM Awards 2020 have been released, with Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris both set for a busy night with five nominations each. Rhett has been nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for ‘Center Point Road’ and Video of the Year for Remember You Young, while Morris is up for Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for ‘GIRL’, Group of the Year for her role in The Highwomen and Musical Event of the Year for her featuring role on Miranda Lambert’s Fooled Around and Fell in Love. Due to how ACM Awards work, if an artist is a producer for an Album of the Year nominee, it technically counts as two awards as producers get one too – hence why both have five nomination. Elsewhere, Carrie Underwood and Eric Church are both up for Entertainer of the Year, though without Garth Brooks like at the CMA Awards, while Underwood is also nominated for Female Artist of the Year. Church meanwhile, has Some of It nominated for Song of the Year. It will also be a busy night for Dan + Shay and Old Dominion, who are nominated for four awards each – Dan + Shay for  Duo of the Year, Song of the Year, Musical Event of the Year and Video of the Year (the latter three all for 10,000 Hours featuring Justin Bieber), while Old Dominion are up for Group of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year and Video of the Year (the last three all for One Man Band). The ACM Awards 2020 nominees are: Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan Eric Church Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Carrie Underwood Female Artist of the Year Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood Male Artist of the Year Dierks Bentley Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton Keith Urban Duo of the Year Brooks & Dunn Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Maddie & Tae Group of the Year Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Midland Old Dominion The Highwomen New Female Artist of the Year Ingrid Andress Gabby Barrett Lindsay Ell Caylee Hammack Tenille Townes New Male Artist of the Year Jordan Davis Russell Dickerson Riley Green Cody Johnson Morgan Wallen Album of the Year ‘Center Point Road’ – Thomas Rhett (Julian Bunetta, Jesse Frasure, Dann Huff, Thomas Rhett, The Stereotypes, Cleve Wilson) ‘GIRL’ – Maren Morris (busbee, Greg Kurstin, Maren Morris) ‘Heartache Medication’ – Jon Pardi (Bart Butler, Ryan Gore, Jon Pardi) ‘What You See Is What You Get’ – Luke Combs (Scott Moffatt) ‘Wildcard’ – Miranda Lambert (Jay Joyce) Single of the Year God’s Country – Blake Shelton One Man Band – Old Dominion Rainbow – Kacey Musgraves Rumor – Lee Brice What If I Never Get Over You – Lady Antebellum Song of the Year 10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay ft. Justin Bieber Girl Goin’ Nowhere – Ashley McBryde God’s Country – Blake Shelton One Man Band – Old Dominion Some of It – Eric Church Video of the Year 10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay ft. Justin Bieber God’s Country – Blake Shelton One Man Band – Old Dominion Remember You Young – Thomas Rhett Sugar Coat – Little Big Town Songwriter of the Year Ashley Gorley Michael Hardy Hillary Lindsey Shane McAnally Josh Osborne Musical Event of the Year 10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay ft. Justin Bieber Dive Bar – Garth Brooks ft. Blake Shelton Fooled Around and Fell in Love – Miranda Lambert ft. Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack & Elle King Old Town Road – Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus What Happens In a Small Town  – Brantley Gilbert ft. Lindsay Ell