- Queen Bey was completely shut out despite having one of the year’s biggest country albums with ‘Cowboy Carter’ and the hit song “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
The 2024 CMA Awards have showered Morgan Wallen and Post Malone with multiple nominations but heavily snubbed Beyoncé, though she had one of the year’s biggest country albums with Cowboy Carter and biggest country songs with “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter made history this year when it spent four weeks on top of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart — making her the first Black woman to achieve the feat.
She also became the first Black woman to hit the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which held the top position for a whopping 10 weeks. Both her single and album also led Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 and 200 albums charts, while seven other Cowboy Carter tracks hit the Top 10 of the Billboard Country chart.
The 27-track project, featuring Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Miley Cyrus and Malone, drove cultural conversations about Black artists reclaiming the genres they started, including country music.
Wallen leads the way at the CMAs with seven nominations. He’s followed by Chris Stapleton and Cody Johnson, who each earned five nods, while Malone and Lainey Wilson picked up four apiece. Wilson, last year’s entertainer of the year winner, will defend her title against Wallen, Stapleton, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll at the Nov. 20 show, airing live on ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Luke Combs
- Jelly Roll
- Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Wallen
- Lainey Wilson
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey
- “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson
- “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
- “Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson
- “White Horse” – Chris Stapleton
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
- Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs
- Higher – Chris Stapleton
- Leather – Cody Johnson
- Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll
SONG OF THE YEAR
- “Burn It Down”
- “Dirt Cheap”
- “I Had Some Help”
- “The Painter”
- “White Horse”
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Ashley McBryde
- Megan Moroney
- Kacey Musgraves
- 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
- Old Dominion
- The Red Clay Strays
- 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
- Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan)
- “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
- “I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves)
- “Man Made A Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)
- “you look like you love me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green)
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
- Tom Bukovac – Guitar
- Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
- Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
- Rob McNelley – Guitar
- Charlie Worsham – Guitar
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson
- “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
- “I’m Not Pretty” – Megan Moroney
- “The Painter” – Cody Johnson
- “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Megan Moroney
- Shaboozey
- Nate Smith
- Mitchell Tenpenny
- Zach Top
- Bailey Zimmerman
