BMI Congratulates its 2021 CMA Nominees

Posted in News on September 9, 2021

Pictured are CMA Entertainer of the Year nominees Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Eric Church.

Once again, BMI songwriters took the vast majority of nods for this year’s CMA Awards. Leading the pack with five nominations is Eric Church, with many others also capturing multiple accolades, including Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Gabby Barrett, Thomas Rhett, Jay Joyce, Chris Young, Kane Brown, Kenny Chesney, Dave Cobb, Zach Kale, Ryan Hurd and Ross Copperman. The 55th annual awards ceremony will broadcast live from Nashville on Wednesday, November 10, on ABC at 8PM ET. Congratulations to all! Here’s the list of BMI nominees: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Eric Church Luke Combs Miranda Lambert Carrie Underwood FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Gabby Barrett Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Maren Morris MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Eric Church Luke Combs Thomas Rhett VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Lady A** Little Big Town Midland** Zac Brown Band** VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR Brooks & Dunn Dan* + Shay Florida Georgia Line Maddie* & Tae NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ingrid Andress Gabby Barrett Mickey Guyton HARDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist, Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)) Dangerous: The Double Album Morgan Wallen Producers: Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome Heart Eric Church Producer and Mix Engineer: Jay Joyce Skeletons Brothers Osborne* Producer and Mix Engineer: Jay Joyce Starting Over Chris Stapleton* Producer: Dave Cobb SINGLE OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)) “Famous Friends” Chris Young with Kane Brown “The Good Ones” Gabby Barrett Producers: Ross Copperman and Zach Kale “Hell Of A View” Eric Church Producer and Mix Engineer: Jay Joyce “One Night Standards” Ashley McBryde Producer and Mix Engineer: Jay Joyce “Starting Over” Chris Stapleton** Producer: Dave Cobb SONG OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Songwriter(s)) “Forever After All” Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford “The Good Ones” Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick “Hell Of A View” Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell “One Night Standards” Ashley McBryde “Starting Over” Mike Henderson MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist(s) and Producer(s)) “Buy Dirt” Luke Bryan “Chasing After You” Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” Elle King & Miranda Lambert “Famous Friends” Chris Young with Kane Brown Producer: Chris Young “half of my hometown” Kelsea Ballerini* (featuring Kenny Chesney) Producer: Ross Copperman MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s)) “Chasing After You” Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris “Famous Friends” Chris Young with Kane Brown “half of my hometown” Kelsea Ballerini* (featuring Kenny Chesney) MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR Aaron Sterling – Drums *Not affiliated with BMI **Not all members affiliated with BMI