Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs & Jelly Roll Lead Nominees For 2023 CMA Awards

The CMA Country Music Association have announced the full list of nominees for this year’s CMA Awards – its 57th edition – ahead of the official ceremony in November.

Topping the list is Lainey Wilson, who is up for a jaw-dropping nine awards across seven categories. She’s nominated twice for Single Of The Year (thanks to her own track Heart Like A Truck, as well as her similarly titled HARDY team-up Wait In The Truck) and Musical Event Of The Year (both for collaborative efforts, one being that HARDY joint and the other being Save Me with Jelly Roll), with singular nods for Entertainer Of The Year, Female Vocalist Of The Year, Album Of The Year (with Bell Bottom Country), Song Of The Year (with Heart Like A Truck), and Music Video Of The Year (with the HARDY joint).

Tailing right behind her is Jelly Roll, who in addition to his co-nod with Lainey for Musical Event Of The Year, has a further extra nominations to his name: Male Vocalist Of The Year, New Artist Of The Year, Single Of The Year (for Need A Favor) and Music Video Of The Year (also for Need A Favor). Luke Combs and HARDY both tie in third place with a total of four nominations each, while Ashley McBryde, Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen have all racked up three nods.

The 2023 CMA Awards will be held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday November 8, hosted by Luke Bryan (a two-time winner of the CMA Award for Entertainer Of The Year) and NFL superstar Peyton Manning.

See below for the full list of nominees.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Luke Combs – Fast Car
Lainey Wilson – Heart Like A Truck
Jelly Roll – Need A Favor
Jordan Davis – Next Thing You Know
HARDY – Wait In The Truck (featuring Lainey Wilson)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
Luke Combs – Gettin’ Old
Morgan Wallen – One Thing At A Time
Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up The Welcome Mat

SONG OF THE YEAR

Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson – Heart Like A Truck
Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill and Josh Osborne – Next Thing You Know
David Fanning, Paul Jenkins, Megan Moroney and Ben Williams – Tennessee Orange
Renee Blair, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps and Jordan Schmidf – Wait In The Truck

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carley Pearce
Lainey Wilson

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War And Treaty

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

Jelly Roll – Save Me (with Lainey Wilson)
Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina – She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Remix)
Kane Brown – Thank God (with Katelyn Brown)
HARDY – Wait In The Truck (featuring Lainey Wilson)
Carly Pearce – We Don’t Fight Anymore (featuring Chris Stapleton)

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Zach Bryan
Jelly Roll
Parker McCollum
Megan Moroney
Hailey Whitters

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Ashley McBryde – Light On In The Kitchen
Old Dominion – Memory Lane
Jelly Roll – Need A Favor
Jordan Davis – Next Thing You Know
HARDY – Wait In The Truck (featuring Lainey Wilson)