Luke Combs leads ACM Awards with 8 nominations, Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney follow with 6 each

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Luke Combs is the man of the hour. The 59th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, April 9, and Combs came out on top with eight bids, including Entertainer of the Year. Check out the complete list of nominations here.

This is Combs’s fifth nomination in a row for Entertainer of the Year, an award he has yet to win. This year he’s up against Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and lone female nominee Lainey Wilson. Women are consistently underrepresented in Entertainer of the Year, though Carrie Underwood won in 2020 (in a tie with Thomas Rhett) and Miranda Lambert finally prevailed in 2022. But we mustn’t underestimate Wilson here. She pulled off a huge upset at the CMA Awards last fall, claiming Entertainer of the Year despite being relatively new on the scene.

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Wallen follows Combs with six nominations, tied with newcomer Megan Moroney, who is the year’s most nominated female artist. Wallen is actually tied with Combs for the most category nominations: in a couple of races Combs is dually nominated as an artist and producer. Johnson, Stapleton and Wilson are next in line with five bids apiece. Jelly Roll and Jordan Davis are tied with four. Winners will be announced during a live ceremony on Thursday, May 16, that will be held at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The awards will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch Live. Below, check out the ACM nominations listed by artist.

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Luke Combs (8): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Album of the Year (Artist & Producer nominations); Single of the Year (Artist & Producer nominations); Song of the Year; Music Event of the Year

Megan Moroney (6): Female Artist of the Year; New Female Artist of the Year; Song of the Year (Artist & Songwriter nominations); Music Event of the Year; Visual Media of the Year

Morgan Wallen (6): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Album of the Year; Single of the Year; Music Event of the Year; Artist-Songwriter of the Year

Cody Johnson (5): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Album of the Year; Song of the Year; Visual Media of the Year

Chris Stapleton (5): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Album of the Year (Artist & Producer nominations); Artist-Songwriter of the Year

Lainey Wilson (5): Entertainer of the Year; Female Artist of the Year; Song of the Year (Artist & Songwriter nominations); Music Event of the Year

Jordan Davis (4): Single of the Year; Song of the Year (Artist & Songwriter nominations); Visual Media of the Year

Jelly Roll (4): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Single of the Year; Music Event of the Year

Kelsea Ballerini (3): Female Artist of the Year; Album of the Year (Artist & Producer nominations)

Zach Bryan (3): Music Event of the Year (Artist & Producer nominations); Artist-Songwriter of the Year

ERNEST (2): New Male Artist of the Year; Artist-Songwriter of the Year

Chase McGill (2): Song of the Year (Songwriter); Songwriter of the Year

Parker McCollum (2): Single of the Year; Visual Media of the Year

Kacey Musgraves (2): Female Artist of the Year; Music Event of the Year

Old Dominion (2): Duo of the Year; Music Event of the Year

Kassi Ashton (1): New Female Artist of the Year

Brooks & Dunn (1): Duo of the Year

Brothers Osborne (1): Duo of the Year

Kane Brown (1): Entertainer of the Year

Tracy Chapman (1): Song of the Year (Songwriter)

Tyler Childers (1): Visual Media of the Year

Eric Church (1): Music Event of the Year

Ashley Cooke (1): New Female Artist of the Year

Dan + Shay (1): Duo of the Year

Hannah Ellis (1): New Female Artist of the Year

Flatland Cavalry (1): Group of the Year

Jessie Jo Dillon (1): Songwriter of the Year

Ashley Gorley (1): Songwriter of the Year

Riley Green (1): Music Event of the Year

HARDY (1): Artist-Songwriter of the Year

Lady A (1): Group of the Year

Hillary Lindsey (1): Songwriter of the Year

Little Big Town (1): Group of the Year

Maddie & Tae (1): Duo of the Year

Kameron Marlowe (1): New Male Artist of the Year

Ashley McBryde (1): Female Artist of the Year

Kylie Morgan (1): New Female Artist of the Year

Neon Union (1): New Duo or Group of the Year

Restless Road (1): New Duo or Group of the Year

Dylan Scott (1): New Male Artist of the Year

Conner Smith (1): New Male Artist of the Year

Nate Smith (1): New Male Artist of the Year

The War And Treaty (1): Duo of the Year

Josh Thompson (1): Songwriter of the Year

Tigirlily Gold (1): New Duo or Group of the Year

Zac Brown Band (1): Group of the Year

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