The 56th annual Academy of Country Music Award nominees were announced Friday on CBS This Morning. Kelsea Ballerini and Brothers Osborne were on hand to help announce their fellow country stars who were nominated.
Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton lead the pack with 6 nominations each, while Miranda Lambert received 5 nominations. This keeps her streak going as the most nominated female artist in ACM history with 68…so far!
The ACM awards will take place Sunday, April 18 on CBS live from 3 different locations in Nashville. The entire list of 2021 ACM nominees can be seen below.
Entertainer
- Luke Bryan
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs
- Thomas Rhett
- Chris Stapleton
Female
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Miranda Lambert
- Ashley McBryde
- Maren Morris
- Carly Pearce
Male
- Dierks Bentley
- Luke Combs
- Eric Church
- Thomas Rhett
- Chris Stapleton
Duo
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- Florida Georgia Line
- Maddie & Tae
Group
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Old Dominion
- The Cadillac Three
- The Highwomen
New Female
- Ingrid Andress
- Tenille Arts
- Gabby Barrett
- Mickey Guyton
- Caylee Hammack
New Male
- Jimmie Allen
- Travis Denning
- Hardy
- Cody Johnson
- Parker McCollum
Album
- Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan
- Mixtape Vol. 1, Kane Brown
- Never Will, Ashley McBryde
- Skeletons, Brothers Osborne
- Starting Over, Chris Stapleton
Single
- “Bluebird,” Miranda Lambert
- “I Hope,” Gabby Barrett
- “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
- “More Hearts Than Mine,” Ingrid Andress
- “The Bones,” Maren Morris
Song
- “Bluebird,” Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby
- “One Night Standards,” Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally
- “Some People Do,” Jesse Frasure, Matt Ramsey, Thomas Rhett, Shane McAnally
- “Starting Over,” Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson
- “The Bones,” Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz
Video
- “Better Than We Found It,” Maren Morris
- “Bluebird,” Miranda Lambert
- “Gone,” Dierks Bentley
- “Hallelujah,” Carrie Underwood and John Legend
- “Worldwide Beautiful,” Kane Brown
Songwriter
- Ashley Gorley
- Michael Hardy
- Hillary Lindsey
- Shane McAnally
- Josh Osborne
Music Event
- “Be A Light,” Thomas Rhett f/Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban
- “Does To Me,” Luke Combs f/Eric Church
- “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
- “Nobody But You,” Blake Shelton f/Gwen Stefani
- “One Beer,” Hardy f/Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson
- “One Too Many,” Keith Urban f/P!nk
Bass Player
- Jarrod Travis Cure
- Mark Hill
- Tony Lucido
- Steve Mackey
- Glenn Worf
Drummer
- Fred Eltringham
- Evan Hutchings
- Derek Mixon
- Jerry Roe
- Aaron Sterling
Guitar Player
- J.T. Corenflos
- Kris Donegan
- Jedd Hughes
- Ilya Toshinskiy
- Derek Wells
Piano/Keys Player
- Dave Cohen
- David Dorn
- Charlie Judge
- Mike Rojas
- Benmont Tench
Specialty Instrument Player
- Alicia Enstrom
- Jim Hoke
- Danny Rader
- Mickey Raphael
- Ilya Toshinskiy
- Kristin Wilkinson
Steel Guitar Player
- Spencer Cullum
- Dan Dugmore
- Mike Johnson
- Russ Pahl
- Justin Schipper
Audio Engineer
- Jeff Balding
- Jason Hall
- Gena Johnson
- Vance Powell
- F. Reid Shippen
Producer
- Buddy Cannon
- Dave Cobb
- Dann Huff
- Jay Joyce
- Joey Moi
