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07.09.2023 - 12:39 / variety.com
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic CMA Awards voters love Lainey Wilson. The singer ran far ahead of the pack as nominations for the 57th annual Country Music Association Awards were announced Thursday, picking up nine nods, nearly twice as many as the nearest finisher, Jelly Roll, who got five.
Luke Combs and Hardy followed with four apiece. Part of the hat trick Wilson pulled off was landing a nomination for the top prize, entertainer of the year.
The CMA tends to make up-and-coming artists wait until they have been headlining arenas for a while before they are admitted into that august category, even if they lead the field of nominees otherwise. But Wilson picked up her entertainer of the year nod while she is only on her second major-label album and has still mostly been an opener on the biggest bills, indicating just how quickly Nashville has embraced her as a mascot for the future of country music.
This is Wilson’s second year leading the field of nominees, although in 2022 she managed to do it with a mere six nods. The CMA pointed out that she has become the first artist to ever get the most nominations in her first two years of being nominated at all.
Part of the reason Wilson fared so well, besides the obvious love for her among voters, is her penchant for participating in duets, which landed her several nominations for being a featured artist on Hardy’s “Wait in the Truck,” on top of the nods for her own singular hit, “Heart Like a Truck.” Both numbers are nominated for single of the year and song of the year. She is also competing against herself in the musical event of the year category, where “Heart Like a Truck” is up against “Save Me,” the Jelly Roll song that has Wilson as a
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