2017 ACM Awards Nominations Include Lauren Alaina, Carrie Underwood

American Idol season 4 winner Carrie Underwood received two nods–one for Entertainer of the Year and another for Female Vocalist of the Year. Season 10 runner-up Lauren Alaina is nominated in the New Female Vocalist of the Year category (they could only scrounge up four nominees in the category?)  Chris Young and The Voice 3 winner Cassadee Pope are nominated in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “Think of You.”

Former American Idol judge Keith Urban leads with seven nominations in five categories, including his seventh for Entertainer of the Year and 10th nod for Male Vocalist of the Year. Urban is nominated twice, as both artist and producer, in the Album of the Year category for Ripcord. He received an additional two nominations, for both artist and producer, in the Single Record of the Year category for “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” which is also nominated in the Song of the Year category.

Seven-time Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert received six nominations and is once again nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year category. Lambert received her fifth nomination in the Album of the Year category for The Weight of These Wings. Lambert’s “Vice” received nods in the Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Video of the Year categories. Also, she received two nominations for “Vice” in the Song of the Year category, as both artist and songwriter.

First-time ACM nominee Maren Morris earned six nominations in four different categories. Morris received nominations in both Female Vocalist of the Year and New Female Vocalist of the Year categories. She is also nominated twice for Album of the Year, as both producer and artist, on HERO. Morris is twice nominated as both artist and producer in Single Record of the Year for “My Church.”

Reigning Vocal Duo of the Year Florida Georgia Line leads group nominations with five nods, including their fifth nomination in the Vocal Duo of the Year category. Florida Georgia Line is also nominated for the second time in the Entertainer of the Year category. They received their second nomination in the Album of the Year category for Dig Your Roots. Also, they received nods for Single Record of the Year for “H.O.L.Y.” and for Vocal Event of the Year for “May We All” with Tim McGraw.

Sixteen-time ACM Award winner Tim McGraw received five nominations in four categories. He earned two nominations in the Single Record of the Year category, as both artist and producer, on “Humble And Kind.” Also, McGraw is nominated in the Song of the Year and Video of the Year categories for “Humble And Kind.” In addition, he earned his 13th nod in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “May We All” with Florida Georgia Line.

ACM Awards co-host Dierks Bentley received three nominations, including his fourth nomination in the Male Vocalist of the Year category. Also, Bentley received his third nod in the Album of the Year category for Black, and his second nod in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “Different For Girls,” featuring Elle King.

Thomas Rhett earned three nominations, including his first in the Male Vocalist of the Year category. Also, Rhett received two nominations as artist and songwriter in the Song of the Year category for “Die A Happy Man.” The song won Rhett an ACM Award last year in the Single Record of the Year category.

Reigning ACM Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Stapleton is nominated in three categories. Once again, Stapleton is nominated in both the Male Vocalist of the Year category, and the Song of the Year category with “Tennessee Whiskey.” Also, Stapleton received a nod in the Video of the Year category for “Fire Away.”

Following is the list of final nominees. The Academy of Country Music’s professional membership selects the nominees and winners of the Academy of Country Music Awards.

Entertainer of the Year

• Jason Aldean
• Luke Bryan
• Florida Georgia Line
• Carrie Underwood
• Keith Urban

• Jason Aldean
• Dierks Bentley
• Thomas Rhett
• Chris Stapleton
• Keith Urban

• Kelsea Ballerini
• Miranda Lambert
• Maren Morris
• Kacey Musgraves
• Carrie Underwood

• Big & Rich
• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Florida Georgia Line
• Maddie & Tae

• Eli Young Band
• Lady Antebellum
• Little Big Town
• Old Dominion
• Rascal Flatts

• Kane Brown
• Chris Janson
• Chris Lane
• Jon Pardi
• Brett Young

• Lauren Alaina
• Cam
• Brandy Clark
• Maren Morris

• A Thousand Horses
• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• LOCASH
• Maddie & Tae

• Black – Dierks Bentley

• Dig Your Roots – Florida Georgia Line

• HERO – Maren Morris

• Ripcord – Keith Urban

• The Weight of These Wings – Miranda Lambert

• Blue Ain’t Your Color – Keith Urban

• H.O.L.Y. – Florida Georgia Line

• Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw

• My Church – Maren Morris

• Vice – Miranda Lambert

• Blue Ain’t Your Color – Keith Urban

• Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett

• Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw

• Kill A Word – Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens

• Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton

• Vice – Miranda Lambert

• Fire Away – Chris Stapleton

• Forever Country – Artists of Then, Now & Forever

• Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw

• Peter Pan – Kelsea Ballerini

• Vice – Miranda Lambert

• Ashley Gorley
• Luke Laird
• Hillary Lindsey
• Shane McAnally
• Lori McKenna

• Different For Girls – Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King

• Forever Country – Artists of Then, Now & Forever

• May We All – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw

• Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney Featuring P!nk

• Think Of You – Chris Young Featuring Cassadee Pope