2024 CMA Awards Nominees Revealed — Full List

The Country Music Association doubled down on its commitment to traditional-leaning, and blazingly popular, country music in its nominees list for the 2024 CMA Awards.

The most feted artist headed into Country Music's Biggest Night is Morgan Wallen, who leads the way with seven nominations. But none of his nods are for a solo song.

In fact, all but one of them come courtesy of "I Had Some Help," his crossover mega-hit on Post Malone's country project, F-1 Trillion.

Speaking of Post, the first-time CMA nominee did well on his debut outing at the awards show, raking in four nominations in total. The Texas-born rapper and singer made a statement in the country genre with his F-1 Trillion project, pulling in heavyweight duets with some of the biggest names in the country genre — including every single nominee for Entertainer of the Year this year.

The nominees for the biggest award of the night are Wallen, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson. All of those artists scored multiple mentions on the nominees list: Jelly and Combs earned three apiece, while Wilson earned four and Stapleton racked up five.

But there's one artist who doesn't appear in the Entertainer of the Year lineup, despite receiving five nominations altogether. That's Cody Johnson, who reigns as one of this year's most-nominated acts. In multiple categories, he's even in the running twice, with two separate songs.

The 2024 CMA Awards will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The awards show will air live from Nashville on ABC.

*Remember: The best way to watch the CMA Awards is on ABC with ToC on your phone. 

2024 CMA Awards Nominees:

Entertainer of the Year

Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley McBryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson

Male Vocalist of the Year

Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen

Vocal Group of the Year

Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
The Red Clay Strays
Zach Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year

Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty

New Artist of the Year

Megan Moroney
Shaboozey
Nate Smith
Mitchell Tenpenny
Zach Top
Bailey Zimmerman

Album of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))

Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well (Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian, Mix Engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder )
Luke Combs, Fathers and Sons ( Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton, Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews)
Chris Stapleton, Higher (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton, Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
Cody Johnson, Leather (Producer: Trent Willmon, Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke)
Jelly Roll, Whitsitt Chapel (Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens, Mix Engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley)

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter(s))

Parker McCollum, "Burn it Down" (Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose)
Cody Johnson, "Dirt Cheap" (Songwriter: Josh Phillips)
Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen), "I Had Some Help" (Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters)
Cody Johnson, "The Painter" (Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins)
Chris Stapleton, "White Horse" (Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson )

Single of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))

Shaboozey, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry, Mix Engineer: Raul Lopez)
Cody Johnson, “Dirt Cheap” (Producer: Trent Willmon, Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke)
Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help” (Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore)
Lainey Wilson, "Watermelon Moonshine" (Producer: Jay Joyce, Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce)
Chris Stapleton, “White Horse” (Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton, Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)

Musical Event of the Year (Awarded to Artists and Producer(s))

Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan, "Cowboys Cry Too" (Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym)
Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen), "I Had Some Help" (Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins)
Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves, "I Remember Everything" (Producer: Zach Bryan)
Morgan Wallen feat. Eric Church, "Man Made a Bar" (Producer: Joey Moi)
Ella Langley feat. Riley Green, "You Look Like You Love Me" (Producer: Will Bundy)

Music Video of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s) and Director(s))

Cody Johnson, "Dirt Cheap" (Director: Dustin Haney)
Post Malone feat Morgan Wallen, "I Had Some Help" (Director: Chris Villa )
Megan Moroney, "I'm Not Pretty" (Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney )
Cody Johnson, "The Painter" (Director: Dustin Haney)
Lainey Wilson, "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" (Director: Patrick Tracy )

Musician of the Year

Tom Bukovac, Guitar
Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle
Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar
Rob McNelley, Guitar
Charlie Worsham, Guitar

Carena Liptak is an Associate Editor and staff writer at Taste of Country. She specializes in breaking country music news, interviews and lists. In particular, she’s got a soft spot for sad songs — check out her roundup of the 50 Saddest Country Songs of All Time!