Ella Langley Leads Nominations for 2026 CMA Awards: Full List
Categoria: Musica
Female artists account for four of the five nominees for single of the year for the first time in CMA history.
Por Billboard | 10/09/2026
Ella Langley is the leading nominee for the 60th annual CMA Awards, with nine nods. That ties the record for the most nods in one year by a female artist. That record was first set by Miranda Lambert in 2010 and then matched by Lambert in 2014 and equaled by Lainey Wilson in 2023. These tallies are just one off the all-time record of 10, set by Alan Jackson in 2002. Other top 2026 nominees are Lambert with seven nods; Kacey Musgraves and Ben West with five each; Cody Johnson , Chris Stapleton and Stephen Wilson Jr. with four each; and Dave Clauss, Luke Combs and Wilson with three each. Related Lainey Wilson Set to Host 2026 CMA Awards CMA Touring Awards: Lainey Wilson’s The Whirlwind World Tour Crew Takes Top Honors The Future of the Country Music Association: Sarah Trahern & Brittany Schaffer Give First Joint Interview in CEO ‘Evolution’ Vying for the night’s highest honor, entertainer of the year, are Combs, Johnson, Langley, Stapleton and Wilson. Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” which has logged 21 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 , more than any other non-holiday hit in the chart’s 68-year history, is this year’s only work that is nominated for single, song and music video of the year. Female artists account for four of the five nominees for single of the year for the first time in CMA history. Langley is nominated for both “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her.” She’s just the eighth artist in CMA history to have two nominations in the same year in that category. She’s the first to do it since Wilson scored in 2023 with “Heart Like a Truck” and HARDY’s “Wait in the Truck,” on which she was featured. Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” and Wilson’s “Somewhere Over Laredo” are also nominated in the category, along with one single by a male artist – Cody Johnson’s “The Fall.” Fun Fact: “I Knew It, I Knew You” appears to be the front-runner for the Oscar for best original song. “Somewhere Over Laredo” interpolates the melody of “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz , which won in that category in 1940. Jay Joyce produced “Somewhere Over Laredo.” It’s his 14th nomination for single of the year, which puts him second only to Tony Brown for the most nominations in that category as a producer. Brown, who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2025, has had 16. Miranda Lambert lands her 19th nomination for female vocalist of the year, which surpasses Reba McEntire for the most nominations in that category. McEntire tallied 18 from 1983 to 2017. Shane McAnally is nominated for song of the year for cowriting Musgraves’ witty “Dry Spell.” It’s his 11th nomination in the category, which enables him to break out of a tie for the most nods in the category with Alan Jackson (10). Jackson won twice in the category, for “Chattahoochee” and “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).” McAnally has so far won just once, for co-writing Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow.” Little Big Town now has the longest consecutiv