The 2024 CMA Awards have showered Morgan Wallen and Submit Malone with a number of nominations however closely snubbed Beyoncé, although she had one of many 12 months’s largest nation albums with Cowboy Carter and largest nation songs with “Texas Maintain ‘Em.”
Wallen leads the way in which on the CMAs with seven nominations. He’s adopted by Chris Stapleton and Cody Johnson, who every earned 5 nods, whereas Malone and Lainey Wilson picked up 4 apiece. Wilson, final 12 months’s entertainer of the 12 months winner, will defend her title in opposition to Wallen, Stapleton, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll on the Nov. 20 present, airing reside on ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Area.
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter made historical past this 12 months when it spent 4 weeks on prime of Billboard’s Prime nation albums chart — making her the primary Black lady to attain the feat. She additionally turned the primary Black lady to hit the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Scorching nation songs chart with “Texas Maintain ‘Em,” which held the highest place for a whopping 10 weeks. Each her single and album additionally led Billboard’s all-genre Scorching 100 and 200 albums charts, whereas seven different Cowboy Carter tracks hit the Prime 10 of the Billboard nation chart. The 27-track undertaking, that includes Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Miley Cyrus and Malone, drove cultural conversations about Black artists reclaiming the genres they began, together with nation music.
Regardless of being fully shut out, Beyoncé certified for CMA classes like single of the 12 months, tune of the 12 months, album of the 12 months, feminine vocalist of the 12 months and music occasion of the 12 months. She even certified for entertainer of the 12 months, although that award is often reserved for nation acts who’ve constructed a powerful presence within the style for years.
The CMAs are voted on by members of the Nation Music Affiliation, which incorporates artists, executives, songwriters, musicians, publicists, touring personnel and different trade professionals. Certified singles and albums should have been first launched or reached peak nationwide prominence in the course of the eligibility interval, which was July 1, 2023 by June 30, 2024 for this 12 months’s present. Ultimate spherical voting takes place Oct. 1 by Oct. 29.
The CMA snub comes eight years after controversy ensued on the 2016 CMAs when Beyoncé stunned the viewers with a efficiency of her country-tinged tune “Daddy Classes” alongside The Chicks. Whereas some applauded the efficiency, there was backlash from members of the nation music neighborhood, some even calling for a boycott, whereas Queen Bey’s efficiency was scrubbed from the CMA web site. The singer appeared to reference the CMAs when she teased Cowboy Carter in March: “This album has been over 5 years within the making. It was born out of an expertise that I had years in the past the place I didn’t really feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t. However, due to that have, I did a deeper dive into the historical past of Nation music and studied our wealthy musical archive.”
One other act who launched his first nation album this 12 months, like Beyoncé, was welcomed with nominations. Malone’s 4 bids for “I Had Some Assist,” his No. 1 hit that includes Wallen, embrace single of the 12 months, tune of the 12 months, musical occasion of the 12 months and music video of the 12 months. Wallen’s seven nods embrace these 4 with Malone in addition to a second music occasion of the 12 months nod for “Man Made A Bar” with Eric Church, male vocalist of the 12 months and entertainer of the 12 months.
Beyoncé collaborator Shaboozey — who received a significant increase on the music scene after showing on two Cowboy Carter tracks — scored his first-ever CMA nominations. He’s competing for greatest new artist and single of the 12 months with “A Bar Track (Typsy),” which is presently spending its eighth week on prime of the Scorching 100 chart and is the longest-running No. 1 tune of the 12 months. The observe has topped the nation chart for 12 weeks and counting.
“A Bar Track (Typsy)” and “I Want Some Assist” will tackle Stapleton’s “White Horse,” Wilson’s “Watermelon Moonshine” and Johnson’s “Dust Low cost” for single of the 12 months. “I Want Some Assist” and “White Horse” are additionally up for tune of the 12 months — an award for songwriters — alongside Parker McCollum’s “Burn It Down” and two tracks from Johnson: “Dust Low cost” and “The Painter.” Johnson solely obtained one nod within the class, since he co-wrote “Dust Low cost” however didn’t contribute to “The Painter.”
Contenders for album of the 12 months are Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Properly, Luke Combs’ Fathers & Sons, Jelly Roll’s Whitsitt Chapel, Johnson’s Leather-based and Stapleton’s Larger. Stapleton shares the nod along with his spouse Morgane, who co-produced her husband’s album.
