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ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO EACH ARTIST
Chris Stapleton “Craving You”
Eric Church AWARD GOES TO SONGWRITER(S) THOMAS RHETT FEATURING MAREN MORRIS
Keith Urban “Better Man” THE VALORY MUSIC CO.
TAYLOR SWIFT
NOMINEES
“Funny How Time Slips Away”
SINGLE OF THE YEAR GLEN CAMPBELL WITH WILLIE NELSON
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES
AWARD GOES TO ARTIST, PRODUCER(S) AND MIX ENGINEER(S) CLINT LAGERBERG, HILLARY LINDSEY AND STEVEN LEE OLSEN
“Better Man” “Body Like A Back Road” “Kill A Word”
LITTLE BIG TOWN ERIC CHURCH FEATURING RHIANNON GIDDENS
PRODUCED BY JAY JOYCE ZACH CROWELL, SAM HUNT, SHANE McANALLY AND JOSH EMI RECORDS NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE
MIX ENGINEERING BY JASON HALL AND JAY JOYCE OSBORNE
CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE “Setting the World on Fire”
“Dirt On My Boots” KENNY CHESNEY WITH P!NK
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” RHETT AKINS, JESSE FRASURE AND ASHLEY GORLEY BLUE CHAIR RECORDS / COLUMBIA NASHVILLE / SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE
KEITH URBAN
PRODUCED BY DANN HUFF AND KEITH URBAN “Tin Man” “Speak to a Girl”
MIX ENGINEERING BY CHRIS LORD-ALGE TIM McGRAW & FAITH HILL
CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE JACK INGRAM, MIRANDA LAMBERT AND JON RANDALL
MCGRAW MUSIC, LLC / ARISTA NASHVILLE / SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE
“Body Like A Back Road” FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
SAM HUNT
PRODUCED BY ZACH CROWELL Kelsea Ballerini
MIX ENGINEERING BY ZACH CROWELL Miranda Lambert Jerry Douglas (Dobro)
MCA NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE Paul Franklin (Steel Guitar)
Reba McEntire Dann Huff (Guitar)
“Dirt On My Boots” Maren Morris Mac McAnally (Guitar)
JON PARDI Carrie Underwood
PRODUCED BY BART BUTLER AND JON PARDI Derek Wells (Guitar)
MIX ENGINEERING BY RYAN GORE
CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Tin Man” Dierks Bentley “Better Man”
MIRANDA LAMBERT Eric Church
LITTLE BIG TOWN
PRODUCED BY FRANK LIDDELL, ERIC MASSE AND GLENN WORF Thomas Rhett DIRECTED BY BECKY FLUKE AND REID LONG
MIX ENGINEERING BY ERIC MASSE
VANNER RECORDS / RCA NASHVILLE / SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
KEITH URBAN
ALBUM OF THE YEAR DIRECTED BY CARTER SMITH
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
AWARD GOES TO ARTIST AND PRODUCER(S) “Craving You”
The Breaker Lady Antebellum THOMAS RHETT FEATURING MAREN MORRIS
LITTLE BIG TOWN Little Big Town DIRECTED BY TK McKAMY
PRODUCED BY JAY JOYCE Old Dominion
CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE
Rascal Flatts “It Ain’t My Fault”
Zac Brown Band BROTHERS OSBORNE
From A Room: Volume 1 DIRECTED BY WES EDWARDS AND RYAN SILVER
CHRIS STAPLETON
PRODUCED BY DAVE COBB AND CHRIS STAPLETON VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
MERCURY NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE “Vice”
MIRANDA LAMBERT
Brothers Osborne DIRECTED BY TREY FANJOY
Heart Break Dan + Shay
LADY ANTEBELLUM
PRODUCED BY BUSBEE Florida Georgia Line NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE / UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP LOCASH
NASHVILLE
Maddie & Tae Lauren Alaina
Luke Combs
The Nashville Sound Old Dominion
JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT
PRODUCED BY DAVE COBB Jon Pardi
THIRTY TIGERS / SOUTHEASTERN RECORDS Brett Young
The Weight Of These Wings
MIRANDA LAMBERT
PRODUCED BY FRANK LIDDELL, GLENN WORF AND ERIC MASSE
VANNER RECORDS, RCA NASHVILLE AND SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE

BY BALLOT CATEGORY ORDER

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