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Emilia Pérez leads the 2024 nominees for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, which honor scores and songs in film and other visual media categories. Blitz is next with three, followed by The Wild Robot, Moana 2, and Wicked with two each. See the full list below.

Among the nominees are such hitmakers and composers as Elton John and Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Diane Warren, Pharrell Williams, A.R. Rahman and Linda Perry, among others.

The hardware will be handed out at the 15th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards on November 20 at The Avalon in Hollywood. Several of the nominated songs will be performed live during the ceremony.

The HMMAs will present this year’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award to legendary lyricist Bernie Taupin, who collaborations with Elton John produced some of the greatest pop songs and albums on the 1970s. The duo scored 10 No. 1 singles in the UK and seven in the U.

More than a hundred songwriters, composers, perfomers and films are represented in the nominees’ list for the 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards — from pop luminaries like Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson and Pharrell Williams to celebrated scorers like Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Kris Bowers and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.

The list of nominees was unveiled Wednesday, in advance of a ceremony due to take place Nov. 20 at the Avalon in Hollywood.

“Emilia Pérez” led all films with five Hmma nominations. “Blitz” and “A Complete Unknown” have three nominations apiece. Other films picking up multiple noms include “Wicked,” “The Wild Robot,” “Moana 2,” “The Idea of You,” “Challengers” and “Elton John: Never Too Late.” (Scroll down to see the full lineup of 2024 nominees.)

The Hmma lineup of categories is the most expansive of any awards program recognizing musical achievements in the movies, between breaking down different genre categories for feature films,...

At the Toby Keith tribute concert in Nashville earlier this week, Lainey Wilson made a dramatic entrance on horseback, riding from the back of the arena to take her place in the spotlight onstage. The latest release from Wilson’s upcoming album Whirlwind continues her equine theme with help from another country songwriter who knows her way around a stable: “Good Horses” is a duet with Miranda Lambert.

Wilson, Lambert, and frequent Lambert collaborator Luke Dick wrote the easygoing track, which delivers a “don’t fence me in” message of wanderlust,...

Sitting across from Miranda Lambert, it’s hard not to be confronted by the strength, determination, and “fuck around and find out” attitude that defined one of country music’s most promising debut albums. Kerosene, Lambert’s first major label LP, turns 20 next year, and the Texas songwriter is reflecting on all that led to its 2005 release.

“When I first started, I wanted longevity, a long career and to have relevancy, and be able to play as long as I physically could play,” Lambert tells Rolling Stone. “Luckily, I have...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, a great new one from rising country hero Megan Moroney, Green Day return with a subversive love song, Eladio Carrión hits big on his sixth studio album of explosive latin trap, and SISTAR19 reunite to release their first new single in seven years. Plus, new music from Madi Diaz, Kim Gordon, Sleater-Kinney

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The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards announced their winners on Thursday, May 11. Hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the event streamed live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Scroll down for the complete list of winners.

A couple of relative newcomers led this year’s nominations. Hardy was the top contender with seven nominations: Song of the Year, Song of the Year again (as songwriter for “Sand in My Boots”), Visual Media of the Year (“Wait in the Truck”), Artist-Songwriter of the Year, and Music Event of the Year (as artist and producer for “Wait in the Truck”).

Lainey Wilson followed with six: Song of the Year, Visual Media of the Year and Musical Event of the Year for “Wait in the Truck,” Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Bell Bottom Country”), and Single of the...

The first season of CBS’s Fire Country is heating up with the addition of four new songs from Country music superstars Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert. The final two episodes of season one will showcase songs performed by Bentley and Lambert.

“I’m a huge country music fan! Dierks and Miranda have written and performed some of my all-time favorite songs, so to get the chance to work with them on Fire Country was a dream come true,” said series creator and star Max Thieriot. “Their songs provide the perfect backdrop for our dramatic conclusion to the season.”

The four songs include:

“Saved” (May 12) – written by Jon Randall & Luke Dick; performed by Dierks Bentley with Miranda Lambert. “Still Burning” (May 12) – written by Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Luke Dick; performed by Miranda Lambert with Dierks Bentley. “Something in the Water” (May 19) – written by Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Jon Randall & Luke...

Gear up for the end of CBS’s Fire Country – at least for now. The high-octane freshman drama about inmate firefighters in California is about to close the books on season 1. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming Fire Country season finale, including the country music superstars who have created new songs for the episode.

The ‘Fire Country’ Season 1 finale airs May 19 Max Thieriot as Bode Donovan in the ‘Fire Country’ Season 1 finale | Sergei Bachlakov/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Just three episodes are left in Fire Country Season 1.

In the show’s May 5 episode, “At the End of My Rope,” the crews are called to respond after a deadly explosion at an abandoned mine. Meanwhile, Bode (Max Thieriot) faces a difficult decision that could have serious consequences.

In the penultimate episode of the CBS drama, a private firefighting crew starts a backfire to protect a high-end winery.

Hardy scored seven nominations and tops the list of the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards nominees. Lainey Wilson picked up six nominations, followed by Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell with five.

Dolly Parton is returning as ACM Awards host for the second straight year. She’ll be joined by Garth Brooks who’ll be making his Academy of Country Music Awards hosting debut.

This year’s awards show will take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The ACM Awards will air live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11th.

58th Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees:

Entertainer Of The Year

• Jason Aldean

• Kane Brown

• Luke Combs

• Miranda Lambert

• Chris Stapleton

• Carrie Underwood

• Morgan Wallen

Female Artist Of The Year

• Kelsea Ballerini

• Miranda Lambert

• Ashley McBryde

• Carly Pearce

• Lainey Wilson

Male Artist Of The Year

• Kane Brown

• Luke Combs

• Jordan Davis...

The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards announced their nominations on Thursday, April 13, in advance of the awards that will take place on Thursday, May 11. Hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the event will stream live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video at 8:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Pacific from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Scroll down for the complete list of contenders.

A couple of relative newcomers lead this year’s lineup. Hardy is the top contender with seven nominations: Song of the Year, Song of the Year again (as songwriter for “Sand in My Boots”), Visual Media of the Year (“Wait in the Truck”), Artist-Songwriter of the Year, and Music Event of the Year (as artist and producer for “Wait in the Truck”). Perhaps surprisingly given that impressive haul, Hardy missed the cut for Male Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.

The Academy of Country Music has unveiled its roster of 2023 ACM Awards nominees, with Hardy and Lainey Wilson leading the way.

Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will host “Country Music’s Party of the Year,” which is set to stream live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. Edt/7 p.m. Cdt/5 p.m. Pdt from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

Hardy scored seven nominations this year, including Song of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, sharing three of those noms with collaborator Wilson for their song, “wait in the truck.” For her part, Wilson received six nods — the most for a female artist this year — including Female Artist of the Year.

Meanwhile, Miranda Lambert is breaking records before the telecast even kicks off. The “If I Was a Cowboy” singer received her 17th Female Artist of the Year nomination, passing the record...

For Rolling Stone’S Third annual Icons & Influences feature, we asked eight of our favorite artists and entertainers to pay tribute to the women who have inspired them, in life as well as in their careers. Not only is Emmylou Harris one of Miranda Lambert’s major songwriting influences, the country star also views the legendary singer as her primary model for what it means to have a long, meaningful career.

My dad introduced me to Emmylou, John Prine, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, that whole era. When you hear...

Miranda Lambert has a new collaborator and friend in artist Jelly Roll. On Jan. 22, Lambert shared a photo with Jelly Roll and songwriter Jesse Frasure. Here’s what is known about Lambert’s newfound friendship with Jelly Roll.

(L-r) Miranda Lambert and Jelly Roll | John Shearer/Getty Images for Miranda Lambert; John Shearer/Getty Images for Jelly Roll Miranda Lambert is writing a song with Jelly Roll

On Jan. 22, Lambert shared multiple pictures in a post on her social media accounts. The first photo is a selfie of Lambert smiling with Jelly Roll and Frasure. Meanwhile, the second photo is a selfie of Lambert and Jelly Roll together.

In the post, Lambert revealed that the three songwriters came together to write a song this week, and that is what introduced her to Jelly Roll.

“Made a new friend this week! Jesse was right when he said we go together like biscuits and gravy!

Luke Combs won his second Entertainer of the Year honor, and Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson were also double winners at tonight’s 56th annual Country Music Association Awards.

“I want to thank country music for making my dreams come true,” Combs said in accepting the top honors. “This is my fifth or sixth year being at this awards show, and country sounded a lot more country than it has in a long time,” he added.

The 56th annual Country Music Association Awards were presented tonight at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The telecast on ABC is tape-delayed to the West coast.

Combs also won Album of the Year for his Growin’ Up, while Jordan Davis and his songwriting team won Song of the Year for Buy Dirt.

Cody Johnson took home Single of the Year honors for ‘Til You Can’t, while Lainey Wilson was a double-winner, taking Best New...

The 56th Annual CMA Awards gala is kicking off Wednesday night, but winners are already being announced.

Voting for the awards took place in October, with eligible members of the Country Music Association casting ballots for the next in country music this year.

Read More: Lainey Wilson Leads CMA Awards Nominations In Her First Year

The gala will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Et.

Prior to the big ceremony, which will be hosted by Luke Bryan and feature performances by Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and more, two award winners were revealed.

Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde’s “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” won Musical Event of the Year, while Cody Johnson won Music Video of the Year for “‘Til You Can’t”.

Read More: Alan Jackson To Receive CMA Lifetime Achievement Award, Dierks Bently & Carrie Underwood Will Pay Tribute

Check out the full list nominees and winners, in bold,...

The 2022 Country Music Association Awards were presented on Wednesday, November 9, to the best achievements in the industry from the past year. So who were the big winners at the CMAs ceremony hosted by singer Luke Bryan and football star Peyton Manning? Scroll down for the complete list in all categories, updated throughout the night.

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Lainey Wilson entered these awards with six nominations, more than any other artist – not bad for a newcomer. She earned bids for New Artist of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin'”), Song of the Year (“Things a Man Oughta Know”), and Musical Event and Music Video of the Year (both for “Never Say Never” with Cole Swindell).

Following with five nominations each were artists Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce, and Chris Stapleton, plus songwriter and producer Shane McAnally. Of those top nominees,...

Miranda Lambert’s 2021 collaborative album The Marfa Tapes, with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, was a stripped-down set that helped resituate the Texas-born Lambert in the tradition of Lone Star singer-songwriters like Guy Clark and Robert Earl Keen. It also further cemented the country star’s reputation for stylistic risks — following 2019’s more conventionally fantastic Wildcard, and released in the same year she dropped a tropical house remix of “Tequila Does.”

Palomino, Lambert’s eighth solo album, is full of departures too. Lambert and her collaborators (including co-producers Randall and...

Miranda Lambert has released another track off her upcoming album Palomino, ahead of its April 29 drop date. “Actin’ Up” is a swaggering slice of woozy country-rock, with Lambert dropping a wealth of pop-culture references in the lyrics.

In the first two verses alone, she alludes to Tommy James and the Shondells’ 1968 hit “Mony Mony,” Steve McQueen’s Mustang, and a golfer currently competing in this weekend’s Masters. “Even Tiger Woods couldn’t swing it this good,” Lambert sings.

Written by Lambert with Luke Dick and Jon Randall — Palomino’s...

Miranda Lambert is not used to sitting still, so a few months into pandemic quarantine she and her husband, former NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin, bought a shiny silver Airstream and headed up the East Coast from Nashville. They made “campfire casserole,” a specialty of Lambert’s dad, drank wine on the pop-up table, and named the gleaming beast “The Sheriff.”

“My stepson lives in New York, so we were trying to figure out creative ways to get to him,” Lambert says, sitting in a conference room down the hall from...

Miranda Lambert sings about being in perpetual motion on her new album Palomino. Set for release April 29, it’s the follow-up to her collaborative 2021 album The Marfa Tapes and her first album under her own name since 2019’s Wildcard.

The track list includes a few songs from the bare-bones Marfa Tapes that are gussied up for Palomino, like “Geraldene” and “In His Arms.” There’s also a wealth of new compositions, many of them with songwriters Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby. Dick, Marfa Tapes alum Jon Randall, and Lambert produced the record.

Brothers Osborne will reissue their Grammy-nominated 2020 album Skeletons as a deluxe edition in early 2022. The new version, featuring three additional tracks, will be released Jan. 21.

Among the newly added tracks is the duo’s single “Younger Me,” which was penned by the brothers and Kendell Marvel about singer Tj Osborne’s experiences as a young gay man struggling with coming out. It made the list of Rolling Stone’s best songs from 2021 and is currently nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

The album also features the previously unreleased “Headstone,...

Zac Brown Band have announced plans for a new album due this fall. Titled The Comeback, the group’s upcoming full-length studio project will be released October 15th via Warner Music Nashville and Brown’s Home Grown Music.

The 15-track release includes the band’s current single “Same Boat,” which came out in June and urges people to embrace coexistence. Brown had a hand in writing every song on The Comeback, working with frequent collaborators like Ben Simonetti and Wyatt Durrette as well as Luke Combs, Jonathan Singleton, and the Cadillac Three’s Neil Mason.

The Academy of Country Music staged its 2021 ACM Awards show on Sunday night in Nashville. Luke Bryan, who had to cancel his performance on the broadcast after testing positive for Covid-19, was named Entertainer of the Year. He accepted remotely from Los Angeles, where he was gearing up to return as a judge on American Idol.

Elsewhere, Maren Morris won awards for Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for “The Bones.” (She technically collected two for Song, as both songwriter and artist.) Carly Pearce and Lee Brice...

The 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards were presented on Sunday night, April 18, during a live ceremony broadcast from three different locations in Nashville, Tennessee: the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium, and the Bluebird Café. But who took home trophies? Scroll down for our complete list of the 56th Annual ACM winners, updated live throughout the night.

Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton entered these awards with a leading six nominations apiece. Morris was up for Female Artist of the Year, Group of the Year (as a member of The Highwomen), Single of the Year (“The Bones”), Song of the Year (“The Bones” as both artist and songwriter), and Video of the Year (“Better Than We Found It”). She’s a three-time previous ACM winner, including Female Artist in 2020.

SEEWho’s performing at ACM Awards 2021? Full list of ACM performers

Meanwhile, Stapleton contended for Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year,...

Miranda Lambert has released a short and sweet solo acoustic rendition of her latest single “Settling Down,” which originally appeared on the 2019 album Wildcard.

Written by Lambert with her regular collaborators Natalie Hemby and Luke Dick, “Settling Down” is a study in contrasts. Lambert’s narrator seemingly sits at a crossroads and considers the decision that’s weighing on her: “Am I looking for comfort?/Am I looking for escape?/Am I looking for you?/Am I looking the other way?” she asks at one point. There’s never a definite answer,...

Eric Church leans into his outspoken, rebellious side on the new song “Break It Kind of Guy,” the latest (and final) preview of his album trio Heart & Soul. The collection will be issued over the course of a week beginning April 16th with Heart; Soul arrives April 23rd and features “Break It Kind of Guy.” The middle portion, &, will be available as a vinyl-only release, first to members of his Church Choir.

A lean, uptempo country-rock tune propelled by 16th-note hi-hats and throbbing bass, “Break It Kind of Guy” is the defiant,...

Miranda Lambert gave a standout performance of her hit song “Bluebird” during the 2021 Grammy Awards.

Lambert stood on a small platform adorned with colorful flowers positioned underneath the floral sculpture seen during host Trevor Noah’s intro. Her performance was all relaxed cool, befitting the quiet hopefulness of “Bluebird,” and full of atmospheric keys and swooning electric guitar leads. In the final chorus, most of Lambert’s band dropped out of the mix, allowing her to sing with just drums and keys.

Bluebird...

Awards in the Americana and country music categories were handed out during the 63rd Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon with John Prine winning a pair of posthumous Grammys for his song “I Remember Everything.” Written with Pat McLaughlin, “I Remember Everything” was named Best American Roots Songs and Best American Roots Performance. It is the final song that Prine recorded before his death in April from complications related to Covid-19.

“The music community in Nashville and beyond, your love and encouragement has meant the world to us this past year,...

Eric Church continues to gear up for the April debut of his three-album project Heart & Soul with the release of the unwavering new song “Never Break Heart.”

Written by Church with frequent collaborator Luke Dick (“Kill a Word”), “Never Break Heart” celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit, no matter how much is thrown your way. Fears over raising kids in a mean old world or getting your soul crushed by a bad romance may paralyze, but Church says to stand strong. “Don’t let fear steal your brave...

Just a few months after the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards were delayed to last September due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 nominees have been announced. Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton lead with six nominations each. They’re followed by Miranda Lambert with five and Ashley McBryde and Thomas Rhett with four. Though those women earned multiple noms, there are zero women up for Entertainer of the Year, which at this point isn’t too surprising for the ACMs. Scroll down for the complete list of nominees, and find out who wins when the awards are handed out on April 18.

Stapleton contends for the top Entertainer award, which is his third nomination in that category. He’s also up for Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for “Starting Over” (nominated as both artist and producer), and Song of the Year for the title track (nominated as both...

Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton emerged as the leading nominees with six each when the nominations for the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards were announced Friday morning.

Morris’ strong showing is due in part to the success of her song “The Bones,” which landed her nominations for Single of the Year and Song of the Year (Morris co-wrote the crossover hit). As an artist, she’s up for Female Artist of the Year and, as a member of the Highwomen, for Group of the Year.

Stapleton’s nominations arrive...

Eric Church will follow up his 2018 album Desperate Man with three new albums. Collectively titled Heart & Soul and spanning 24 tracks, the albums will be released over a week in April: Heart on April 16th, one titled & on the 20th, and Soul on April 23rd. Preorders begin January 29th.

The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year announced his ambitious plan in a video dispatch to his fan club, the Church Choir. Heart features nine songs, including the previously released “Stick That in Your Country Song” and “Crazyland,” along with new song “Heart on Fire,...

Miranda Lambert joins pop icon Barry Gibb and Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan on a groove-heavy new recording of “Jive Talkin’,” from Gibb’s newly released album Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1. Featuring appearances by Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, and Dolly Parton, the project emphasizes the songwriting roots of the Bee Gees’ work.

With distinct vocal contributions by all three singers, the new version of “Jive Talkin’” feels positively languid by comparison to the original disco number from the blockbuster 1977 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Dave Cobb’s production lends it an atmosphere of warmth,...

Ingrid Andress and Miranda Lambert lead all country music artists at the 2021 Grammy Awards with three nominations each. Andress earned nominations in the Best Country Album and Best Country Song categories, as well as an all-genre nomination for Best New Artist. Lambert’s three noms include Country Album, Country Song, and Best Country Solo Performance.

Andress, a Colorado-raised songwriter, garners her country nominations on the strength of her debut single “More Hearts Than Mine” and her subsequent debut album, Lady Like. In May, the LP became the highest streamed country debut album by a woman.

“No drama, just music.” That’s what an online marketing campaign promised for the 54th CMA Awards, in this year of utter chaos, struggle, and extreme loss. For three hours, we could all forget the “weight of the world.”

Except, in reality, it was less of a return to normal and more of an opportunity to nap in the warm glow of a muted TV — very little of the show rose to the level of something capable of summoning actual emotion. With its jocular hosts, intimate live audience of nominees,...

Despite a shuffling performer line-up due to multiple positive tests for Covid-19, the Country Music Association Awards were held on Wednesday at an in-person ceremony at Nashville’s Music City Center.

In the days leading up to the ceremony, four acts — Rascal Flatts, the recently renamed Lady A, Florida Georgia Line and “I Hope You’re Happy Now” singer Lee Brice — were forced to pull out from the show after either being exposed to or testing positive for Covid.

But as they say, the show must go on, and the Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker-hosted ceremony went ahead as planned, honoring some of the biggest names in country music.

Eric Church took home the night’s top prize for Entertainer of the Year, which came up for grabs this year after seven-time winner Garth Brooks took himself out of the running. “It’s time for somebody else to hold that award,...

The 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards were handed out on Wednesday night, November 11, during a live ceremony at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony was hosted by Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker, but who were the big winners? Scroll down to see the complete list of CMA champs in all categories, updated live throughout the night.

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Miranda Lambert came in with a leading seven nominations: Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Wildcard”), Single and Song of the Year (“Bluebird”), Music Video of the Year (“Bluebird”) and Musical Event of the Year (“Fooled Around and Fell in Love”). Those seven noms broke a record for Lambert, making her the most nominated woman of all time with a total of 55 CMA bids throughout her career. And she won one of...

Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.

Ross Cooper, “South of the Angels”

Bona fide cowboy Ross Cooper pays tribute to his remote slice of West Texas in this moody new ballad off his upcoming album Chasing Old Highs, due February 26th. Cooper’s voice is defiant and haunting...

This year has been one long succession of bewildering events, so there was no way the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards weren’t going to feel oh-so-2020. Already rescheduled from its original April date due to Covid-19 and converted to a virtual, audience-free event in Nashville for the first-time ever, the ACMs leaned into the strange with another first: a tie between Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood for the night’s top prize, Entertainer of the Year.

“What is happening right now?” asked Thomas Rhett, which is a pretty darn good question,...

Miranda Lambert performed her hit song “Bluebird” at its namesake, the Bluebird Cafe, in Nashville, for the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards.

The 55th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be presented on Wednesday, September 16, during a ceremony on CBS hosted by reigning Entertainer of the Year champ Keith Urban. These awards have been up in the air for a while now; originally planned for April 5 in Las Vegas, the telecast had to be delayed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. But the show must go on, even if a few months later than usual. So which singers are performing at the long-awaited event? Click above to see the complete list of artists, which we’ll be updating as they’re announced.

The awards will no longer be doled out in Vegas. Instead, the show will broadcast from three venues in Nashville, Tennessee: the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium, and the Bluebird Cafe. Among this year’s top nominees are Thomas Rhett, Old Dominion and Maren Morris with five bids apiece.

On September 1 the Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 54th Annual CMA Awards, and Miranda Lambert came out on top with seven bids. That not only makes her the most nominated artist of the year, it makes her the most nominated female artist of all time. Her career haul of 55 noms surpasses former record-holder Reba McEntire, who amassed 50.

Lambert is up for Entertainer of the Year against Eric Church, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban. Absent is defending champion Garth Brooks, who recently withdrew his name from consideration after winning seven times. Lambert’s additional six bids are for Single of the Year (“Bluebird”), Song of the Year (“Bluebird”), Album of the Year (“Wildcard”), Female Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year (“Fooled Around and Fell in Love”) and Music Video of the Year (“Bluebird”). That’s every single category she was eligible for.

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The nominations for the 54th CMA Awards are out this morning, and they don’t include country music legend Garth Brooks as a nominee for the Entertainer of the Year award.

That’s because Brooks voluntarily disqualified himself in late July, saying that he’s won too many times — seven, to be exact, including last year’s — and wants to give the opportunity to another artist.

It was a tweet from a fan that steered Brooks to the decision.

“It said, ‘Hey, man. This guy, why doesn’t he just step down (and leave) the entertainer for the next generation?’ 100% agree,” he told press according to The Tennessean. “It’s time for somebody else to hold that award.”

That leaves the possibilities open this year to Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Luke Combs and Eric Church. May the best country star win.

Tune in to see who takes home...

The first major round of performers for the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards telecast has been unveiled, and it includes a couple of the genre’s biggest 21st century stars — Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw — as well as some of the biggest hitmakers of the moment, including Luke Combs, Maren Morris and Gabby Barrett.

Also announced as being on deck in this impressive first big rollout of talent for the Sept. 16 telecast are Kelsea Ballerini, Old Dominion, Jimmie Allen and the pairing of Thomas Rhett with Jon Pardi.

The ACMs’ announcement was unusual in that, besides declaring which songs the performers would be singing, it also delineated which venue they’d be singing them from. That’s a function of how untraditional the Acm Awards show is in general this year. Rather than take place from its usual berth in Las Vegas, as it would have if things had...

The initial lineup of performers for the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards has been announced and includes Maren Morris, Luke Combs, and Miranda Lambert. The rescheduled event, delayed from its usual April date due to the coronavirus, is now set to take place September 16th in Nashville for the first time in show history.

Performances will be spread across three famous Nashville venues for the broadcast: the Grand Ole Opry House, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Bluebird Cafe. Keith Urban will make his debut as show host, with...

“I heard you been creepin’ round/’Bout the time that sun goes down,” sings Tj Osborne in Brothers Osborne’s thumping new song “Skeletons.” The country duo’s third studio album, also titled Skeletons, will be released October 9th.

Opening with trippy, hypnotic keyboard pulses and throbbing bass, “Skeletons” surges just shy of the 30-second mark as John Osborne’s stinging guitar sets up an ominous tone. Tj lobs accusations at someone whom he suspects of being unfaithful, saying he’s got “bones to pick” with the skeletons in their closet.

The Cadillac Three aren’t the Partridge Family — they don’t all live together. So it’s been next to impossible for band members Jaren Johnston, Kelby Ray, and Neil Mason to spontaneously play an online concert for their fans once the pandemic set in.

“None of us were going to leave our houses, so we couldn’t do a livestream by hopping on Facebook. We had to take the long view: What is it we want to do?” says Mason, the business-minded drummer of the Nashville country-rock trio, who,...

In January, Eric Church took a trip to the mountains of North Carolina and recorded 28 songs in 28 days. “We removed all of the barriers about what people think of the song,” Church said earlier this year. “Just let it be the most creative thing for that one day, chase that as hard as you can, move on. Go on to the next one.”

Church has started to roll out that music. Last month, he released “Stick That in Your Country Song,” an indictment of his genre’s blindfolds. On Friday,...

Brothers Osborne have announced plans for their third studio album, Skeletons. The follow-up to 2018’s Port Saint Joe, the Cma-winning duo’s new LP will be released October 9th.

Working once again with producer Jay Joyce — who oversaw their first two albums — Tj and John Osborne wrote or co-wrote all 12 tracks on Skeletons. Collaborators on the group of songs include Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk (co-producers of Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour), Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby, Casey Beathard, and Hayes Carll. The album’s current radio single is “All Night,” which was released in May.

Though he spends a big part of his life onstage in entertainer mode, Kip Moore doesn’t mind a bit of solitude. Since the pandemic began forcing shutdowns in March, the “More Girls Like You” singer has been hunkered down in East Kentucky, just being quiet and contemplative — writing songs, reading, and exploring the outdoors.

“I am one of those people that’s a natural introvert that’s forced to be an extrovert every day of my life,” Moore says. “I wake up every morning, get my coffee, my feet in the dirt,...