The nominations for the 2024 Country Music Awards are known – and Beyoncé’s name does not appear anywhere on the list of nominees.
The pop icon made her foray into country music in March of this year with the release of “Cowboy Carter.” The 27-track album, including fan favorites “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” broke streaming records Following its release, it became the most streamed album on Spotify in a single day of 2024 and took the title for most first-day streams of a country album by a female artist on Amazon Music.
According to the CMA website, nominees and winners of the annual awards show are determined by the Country Music Association, which is made up of 6,000 professional members of the industry.
Shaboozey, who appears on two tracks from “Cowboy Carter,” posted on his X-account after the nominations were announced: “It goes without saying. Thank you @Beyonce for opening a door, starting a conversation, and giving us one of the most innovative country albums of all time!”
Shaboozey was nominated for this year’s Country Music Awards, including for Single of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.
Other artists who received nominations include Morgan Wallen, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.
Wallen led the pack with a total of seven nominations. “The Voice” alumnus made headlines in April after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of a Nashville bar. He received a sharp rebuke from the music industry in 2021 after a Video surfaced in which he shouts a racist insult.
This is not the first time that Beyoncé has been snubbed in the eyes of her fans and closest supporters. In February, Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z publicly criticized the Grammys after their album “Renaissance” lost out to “Harry’s House” by Harry Styles in the vote for album of the year.
“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than anyone else and she’s never won album of the year. So even by your own standards, this doesn’t work,” Jay-Z said during his acceptance speech for the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award.
Beyoncé holds the record for being the artist with the most Grammy awards, with 32 in total.
The CMAs will air on ABC on November 20.
Who was nominated?
Here is the full list of nominees from the CMA website.
Entertainer of the Year
- Lukas Combs
- Swiss roll
- Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Wallace
- Lainey Wilson
Single of the Year
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey
Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry
Mixing engineer: Raul Lopez - “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson
Producer: Trent Willmon
Sound engineer: Jack Clarke - “I had some help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen)
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
Sound engineer: Ryan Gore - “Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson
Producer: Jay Joyce
Sound engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce - “White Horse” – Chris Stapleton
Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton
Sound engineer: Vance Powell
Album of the Year
- Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian
Mixing engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder - Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs
Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
Sound engineer: Chip Matthews - Higher – Chris Stapleton
Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton
Sound engineer: Vance Powell - Leather – Cody Johnson
Producer: Trent Willmon
Sound engineer: Jack Clarke - Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll
Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens
Sound engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley
Song of the Year
- “Burn it down”
Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose - “Dirt cheap”
Songwriter: Josh Phillips - “I had some help”
Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters - “The Painter”
Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins - “Mold”
Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
Singer of the Year
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Ashley McBryde
- Megan Moroney
- Kacey Musgraves
- Lainey Wilson
Male Singer of the Year
- Lukas Combs
- Swiss roll
- Cody Johnson
- Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Wallace
Singing Group of the Year
- Lady A
- Small city
- Old Dominion
- The strays of red clay
- Zac Brown Band
Singing Duo of the Year
- Brooks & Dunn
- Osborne Brothers
- Daniel + Shay
- Maddie and Tae
- The war and the treaty
Musical event of the year
- “Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan)
Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym - “I had some help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen)
Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins - “I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves)
Producer: Zach Bryan - “Man Made A Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)
Producer: Joey Moi - “You look like you love me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green)
Producer: Will Bundy
Musician of the Year
- Tom Bukovac – guitar
- Jenee Fleenor – violin
- Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
- Rob McNelley – guitar
- Charlie Worsham – guitar
Music video of the year
- “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson
Director: Dustin Haney - “I had some help” – Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen)
Director: Chris Villa - “I’m not pretty” – Megan Moroney
Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney - “The Painter” – Cody Johnson
Director: Dustin Haney - “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson
Director: Patrick Tracy
New Artist of the Year
- Megan Moroney
- Shaboozey
- Nate Smith
- Mitchell Tenpenny
- Zach Top
- Bailey Zimmerman