Happy Birthday Sam Hunt-Grammy Nod For A Present

Happy birthday to Sam Hunt, who turns 31 today. What did he get for his birthday? About 65 texts that said he was nominated for a Grammy! He was nominated for his album, 'Montevallo.

As a matter of fact, country was well represented for Grammy nominations. Here's who's in:

Best Country Album:
Montevallo — Sam Hunt
Pain Killer — Little Big Town
The Blade — Ashley Monroe
Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves
Traveller — Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Brothers Osborne, Stay a Little Longer

Joey + Rory, If I Needed You

Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay, The Driver

Little Big Town, Girl Crush

Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe, Lonely Tonight

Best Country Song

Lee Ann Womack, Chances Are

Tim McGraw, Diamond Rings And Old Barstools

Little Big Town, Girl Crush

Brandy Clark, Hold My Hand

Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Best Country Solo Performance

Cam, Burning House

Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Carrie Underwood, Little Toy Guns

Keith Urban, John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16

Lee Ann Womack, Chances Are

Best New Artist:
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Stars React To Grammy Nominations

Joey+Rory: “. . . woke my bride up this morning with a baby in my arms and the news that our version of ‘If I Needed You’ was nominated for a Grammy. As her excitement and tears flowed into mine. She said, ‘How can that be?’”

Charles Kelley: “Well, this is kinda blowing my mind this morning!!! #thedriver gets a freaking The GRAMMYs nomination! Love that I get to share this with Dierks Bentley and Eric Paslay.”

Cam: “WAIT. Will you guys double-check this? Am I actually nominated for a Grammy???

Brandy Clark: “What an amazing thing to wake up to! Thrilled and humbled with the honor that ‘Hold My Hand’ has been nominated for Country Song of the Year by the Grammy Awards. This song means so much to me and having it recognized and be in such great company is truly mind-blowing.”

Blake Shelton: “Congrats @AshleyMonroe!!!! We going to the Grammys!!!!”

Ashley Monroe: “Oh . . . My. . . Gosh. . . I can't even take how much sheer joy is in my heart. @TheGrammys Thank you all so much.”

Lee Ann Womack: “Woke up to great news! Thanks @HayesCarll for the amazing song. Congrats on your @TheGrammys nominations, too!”

Little Big Town: “WOW! Four nominations? We are thrilled to be representing country music w/ @TheGrammys, esp. ‘Song of the Year.’” #Grammys