Congratulations to Lee Brice and Carly Pearce on their two ACM Award Nominations!

2021 ACM Awards Nominees: Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne and ET‘s Rachel Smith revealed the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards nominees this morning (2/26).  The 56th ACM Awards return to Nashville April 18 broadcasting live from the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird Café on CBS .

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

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

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

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

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

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