Morgan Wallen Facing Off Against Jelly Roll For Top CMA Award

The nominations for the 58th CMA Awards were announced on Monday morning. Morgan Wallen leads the pack in nominations with a total of seven, but he’s facing stiff competition. He will be facing off against the likes of Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson for the top honor at the CMAs!

Wallen Leads The Pack With CMA Nominations

Wallen is up for CMA Awards that include single of the year, song of the year, and music video of the year. He’s also nominated twice in the musical event of the year category.

On top of that, Wallen is nominated for the top honors of the night, which are entertainer of the year and male vocalist of the year. In each of these categories, however, he’s facing strong competition.

In the entertainer of the year category, Wallen is up against Wilson, who won the award last year. He is also facing the incredibly popular Jelly Roll, who is a newcomer to the category. Wallen will additionally be going up against Jelly Roll in the male vocalist of the year category.

Many of Wallen’s nominations came for his song “I Had Some Help,” which he made with Post Malone. Indeed, the song earned four CMA Award nominations for Malone, who is also new to country.

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Other Nominees At The CMAs

Right behind Wallen in the CMAs nominations count are Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton, both of whom scored five nominations each. Stapleton’s nominations include entertainer of the year, single of the year, and song of the year for “White Horse,” album of the year for “Higher,” and male vocalist of the year.

Then there’s Wilson, who is nominated for entertainer of the year, female vocalist of the year, single of the year for “Watermelon Moonshine,” and music video of the year for “Wildflowers and Wild Horses.”

Luke Combs is the final entertainer of the year nominee. He is additionally nominated for male vocalist of the year and album of the year, for Fathers & Sons.

There are also 30 first-time nominees at the CMAs this year. These first-timers include Malone, rising star Shaboozey, and “Stick Season” singer Noah Kahan.

Beyoncé Snubbed By CMAs

Meanwhile, the most shocking snub was arguably Beyoncé, whose chart-topping first entry into the country genre Cowboy Carter included the country music hit “Texas Hold ‘Em.” The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It made Beyoncé the first black woman to ever top the Hot Country Albums chart.

Despite this, it wasn’t nominated for a single CMA Award. At the time of this writing, Beyoncé has yet to speak out about the snub.

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The CMA Awards are nominated and voted on by members of the Country Music Association. This renowned group includes music executives, artists, publicists, songwriters and other industry professionals.

The CMA Awards are set to air on ABC on November 20. The show will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. It will be available to stream the next day on Hulu. Be sure to tune in to see who the big winners will be!