Should it win here too, it would be the first album to win album of the year at both shows since Combs’ previous album, What You See Is What You Get, three years ago.īrown’s “Thank God” (with wife Katelyn Brown) is nominated for single of the year. The Chicks, then known as Dixie Chicks, won that year for Wide Open Spaces.Ĭombs’ album won the CMA Award for album of the year in November.
This marks the first time that women (solo artists or all-woman groups) have accounted for three of the five nominations in this category since 1999, when The Chicks, Faith Hill and Jo Dee Messina were all nominated. Women accounted for three of the five nominees for album of the year: Lambert’s Palomino, Ashley McBryde’s Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville and Wilson’s Bell Bottom Country are competing for the award alongside Combs’ Growin’ Up and Jon Pardi’s Mr. McEntire amassed 16 nods from 1983 to 2017. Lambert landed her 17th nod for female artist of the year, which enables her to pass Reba McEntire for the most nominations in the category. ACM Awards Nominations 2023 Snubs & Surprises
