The ultimate honor and accomplishment for a musician is a GRAMMY. Getting nominated is simply an incredible accomplishment. Winning a GRAMMY, that’s another thing. There are 84 GRAMMY categories with 4 of those recognizing the best in country music. Earlier today, the nominees for the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced. Below are the country music nominees.
Best Country Solo Performance: For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.
‘Body Like A Backroad’ – Sam Hunt
‘Losing You’ – Alison Krauss
‘Tin Man’ – Miranda Lambert
‘I Could Use A Love Song’ – Maren Morris
‘Either Way’ – Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings.
‘It Ain’t My Fault’ – Brothers Osborne
‘My Old Man’ – Zac Brown Band
‘You Look Good’ – Lady Antebellum
‘Better Man’ – Little Big Town
‘Drinkin’ Problem’ – Midland
Best Country Song: A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
‘Better Man’ – Taylor Swift (Little Big Town)
‘Body Like A Backroad’ – Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne (Sam Hunt)
‘Broken Halos’ – Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton)
‘Drinkin’ Problem’ – Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach (Midland)
‘Tin Man’ – Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album: For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new country recordings.
‘Cosmic Hallelujah‘ – Kenny Chesney
‘Heart Break‘ – Lady Antebellum
‘The Breaker‘ – Little Big Town
‘Life Changes‘ – Thomas Rhett
‘From A Room: Volume 1‘ – Chris Stapleton
For a full list of nominees, click here.