Nominasi untuk Country Music Association Awards ke-51 telah diumumkan. Duo country Brothers Osborne, bersama dengan Dustin Lynch dan alumni "American Idol" Lauren Alaina, mengumumkan daftar nominasinya di Labor Day lalu di episode "Good Morning America".
Keith Urban dan Miranda Lambert tercatat sebagai pemimpin dengan masing-masing mendapat 5 nominasi. Bahkan mereka saling berkompetisi di 3 kategori, yaitu Music Video of the Year, Single of the Year dan Song of the Year. Miranda sekali lagi terpilih untuk menjadi nominee Female Vocalist of the Year, kategori yang telah dimenangkannya secara berturut sebanyak 6 kali di periode 2010 hingga 2015.
Menyusul di belakang mereka adalah Little Big Town, yang membuat Taylor Swift mendapat nominasi pertamanya di 3 tahun terakhir karena tercatat sebagai penulis untuk lagu 'Better Man' milik band tersebut.
CMA Awards 2017 akan berlangsung di Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, pada tanggal 8 Novemeber. Brad Paisley dan Carrie Underwood akan kembali menjadi host untuk kesepuluh kalinya.
Berikut daftar nominasinya:
Entertainer of the Year:
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Male Vocalist of the Year:
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year:
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood
New Artist of the Year:
Luke Combs
Old Dominion
Jon Pardi
Brett Young
Lauren Alaina
Music Video of the Year:
Little Big Town - "Better Man"
Keith Urban - "Blue Ain't Your Color"
Thomas Rhett Ft. Maren Morris - "Craving You"
Miranda Lambert - "Vice"
Brothers Osborne - "It Ain't My Fault"
Vocal Duo of the Year:
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
LoCash Cowboys
Maddie & Tae
Brothers Osborne
Single of the Year:
Little Big Town - "Better Man"
Keith Urban - "Blue Ain't Your Color"
Sam Hunt - "Body Like a Back Road"
Jon Pardi - "Dirt on My Boots"
Miranda Lambert - "Tin Man"
Album of the Year:
Little Big Town - "The Breaker"
Chris Stapleton - "From a Room: Volume 1"
Lady Antebellum - "Heart Break"
Jason Isbell - "The Nashville Sound"
Miranda Lambert - "The Weight of These Wings"
Song of the Year:
Little Big Town - "Better Man"
Keith Urban - "Blue Ain't Your Color"
Sam Hunt - "Body Like a Back Road"
Jon Pardi - "Dirt on My Boots"
Miranda Lambert - "Tin Man"
Vocal Group of the Year:
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band
Musical Event of the Year:
Thomas Rhett Ft. Maren Morris - "Craving You"
Glen Campbell Ft. Willie Nelson - "Funny How Time Slips Away"
Eric Church Ft. Rhiannon Giddens - "Kill a Word"
Kenny Chesney Ft. Pink - "Setting the World on Fire"
Tim McGraw Ft. Faith Hill - "Speak to a Girl"
Musician of the Year:
Jerry Douglas
Paul Franklin
Dann Huff
Mac McAnally
Derek Wells