The GRAMMYs may be the highest award in music. Ask any artist and they will say they dream of winning a GRAMMY Award. And when the 59th Annual GRAMMY nominations were announced earlier this morning, a number of country artists became that much closer to fulfilling that dream of holding the trophy. Below are the nominations for country music.
Best Country Solo Performance
‘Love Can Go To Hell’ – Brandy Clark
‘Vice’ – Miranda Lambert
‘My Church’ – Maren Morris
‘Church Bells’ – Carrie Underwood
‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ – Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
‘Different For Girls’ – Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King
’21 Summer’ – Brothers Osborne
‘Setting The World On Fire’ – Kenny Chesney with P!nk
‘Jolene’ – Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton
‘Think of You’ – Chris Young featuring Cassadee Pope
Best Country Song
‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ – Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)
‘Die A Happy Man’ – Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
‘Humble and Kind’ – Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
‘My Church’ – busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)
‘Vice’ – Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album
‘Big Day In A Small Town‘ – Brandy Clark
‘Full Circle‘ – Loretta Lynn
‘Hero‘ – Maren Morris
‘A Sailor’s Guide To Earth‘ – Sturgill Simpson
‘Ripcord‘ – Keith Urban
Furthermore, both Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris were nominated for Best New Artist- an all-genre category.
Tune into the GRAMMYs on February 12, 2017.