To win entertainer of the year, Wilson will have to fend off Combs, who won the prize in the previous two years and remains a strong contender in 2023, especially with his cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” currently being a country/Top 40 crossover smash.Ī changing of the guard is evident in Jelly Roll’s status as the runner-up among nominees, as neither of the two leaders for the CMA Awards are past having a sophomore major-label release under their belt (although both had independent releases and EPs prior to joining the majors). ![]() In the previous three years, the female nominees were Underwood and Miranda Lambert, with the latter singer getting bumped out of the category this year. This marks the fourth year in a row that two women have been nominated for the entertainer trophy, after a period of many years in which that number was zero or one. Wilson’s competitors for entertainer of the year are Combs, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen. On top of competing against herself in those three categories, Wilson is also up for album of the year (for her sophomore BBR effort, “Bell Bottom Country”), female vocalist of the year and music video of the year (“Wait in the Truck”). She is also competing against herself in the musical event of the year category, where “Heart Like a Truck” is up against “Save Me,” the Jelly Roll song that has Wilson as a featured guest. Part of the reason Wilson fared so well, besides the obvious love for her among voters, is her penchant for participating in duets, which landed her several nominations for being a featured artist on Hardy’s “Wait in the Truck,” on top of the nods for her own singular hit, “Heart Like a Truck.” Both numbers are nominated for single of the year and song of the year. ![]() (Scroll down for the full list of 2023 nominees.) The CMA pointed out that she has become the first artist to ever get the most nominations in her first two years of getting any nominations at all. This is Wilson’s second year leading the field of nominees, although in 2022 she managed to do it with a mere six nods.
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