The 2018 Grammy Award Nominees Are In
By Cody Briana on December 7, 2018
The 2018 Grammy Award nominees were announced this morning, and there are a ton of surprises! My favorite is Luke Combs’ Best New Artist nomination. He’s the only country act in the category! Maren Morris scored Record and Song of the Year nominations but for her pop hit “The Middle.” Still. A huge achievement. Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour received a handful of nominations, including Album of the Year, the only country album to do so. Dan + Shay got a few much deserved noms for “Tequila” in the country categories. And I can’t NOT mention Kelsea Ballerini and Ashley McBryde are up for Best Country Album! Congrats to all the nominees.
Best Country Solo Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.
WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT?
Loretta Lynn
MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS
Maren Morris
BUTTERFLIES
Kacey Musgraves
MILLIONAIRE
Chris Stapleton
PARALLEL LINE
Keith Urban
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings.
SHOOT ME STRAIGHT
Brothers Osborne
TEQUILA
Dan + Shay
WHEN SOMEONE STOPS LOVING YOU
Little Big Town
DEAR HATE
Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill
MEANT TO BE
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
Best Country Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
BREAK UP IN THE END
Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill & Jon Nite, songwriters (Cole Swindell)
DEAR HATE
Tom Douglas, David Hodges & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill)
I LIVED IT
Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley & Ben Hayslip, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
SPACE COWBOY
Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
TEQUILA
Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds & Dan Smyers, songwriters (Dan + Shay)
WHEN SOMEONE STOPS LOVING YOU
Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Little Big Town)
Best Country Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new country recordings.
UNAPOLOGETICALLY
Kelsea Ballerini
PORT SAINT JOE
Brothers Osborne
GIRL GOING NOWHERE
Ashley McBryde
GOLDEN HOUR
Kacey Musgraves
FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2
Chris Stapleton
See the full list HERE.