Morgan Wallen leads CMA Award nominations with SEVEN nods while Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton tie with five (and Post Malone nabs four)

Morgan Wallen is this year’s most-nominated artist at the upcoming 2024 CMA Awards.

The musician, 31, has scored an impressive seven nominations at the Country Music Association Awards.

For a third year in a row, Wallen is up for both the top prize – entertainer of the year – and the male vocalist categories. 

Following in second place are Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton, who both nabbed five nominations.

Lainey Wilson and Post Malone are also both up for four nominations. Malone’s nominations all come from his collaboration with Wallen, I Had Some Help. 

I Had Some Help has been nominated for for single, song, musical event and music video of the year. 

Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, and Kacey Musgraves are all up for three awards. 

Beyonce, who released her full-length country album Country Carter this year, notably did not receive any nominations. 

Earlier this year, the album hit No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, making her the first Black woman to top the chart since its 1964 inception.

The album was five years in the making, a direct result of what Beyoncé has called ‘an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed … and it was very clear that I wasn’t,’ most likely a reference to a 2016 CMAs performance that resulted in racist backlash.

The CMA Awards are nominated and voted on by members of the Country Music Association, which includes music executives, artists, publicists, songwriters and other industry professionals.

Wallen is followed by both Cody Johnson, who is also nominated in the male vocalist category for the third year in a row, and 7-time male vocalist of the year winner, Stapleton.

Stapleton and Johnson have five nominations each.

Following in second place are Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton, who both nabbed five nominations; Johnson pictured May 2023

Stapleton is up for five nominations

But Stapleton could take home seven trophies, should he sweep his categories.

Stapleton is both an artist and producer on White Horse, up for single of the year, and Higher, up for album of the year.

At the Country Music Awards, production credits are not counted as separate nominations, although they are factored into trophy counts.

First-time nominee Post Malone and Wilson, last year’s entertainer of the year winner, are tied with four nominations. All of Malone’s nominations are for I Had Some Help.

Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome and Hoskins are tied with three nominations for their work as producers and co-writers on I Had Some Help.

First-time nominee Post Malone and Wilson, last year’s entertainer of the year winner, are tied with four nominations

Jelly Roll, Combs, Kacey Musgraves and Megan Moroney also boast three nods each; Jelly Roll pictured June 

Musgraves, pictured March, has nabbed three nominatons 

Jelly Roll, Combs, Kacey Musgraves and Megan Moroney also boast three nods each. The latter three could take home four trophies: Combs is both artist and producer on Fathers & Sons, up for album of the year. The same is true for Musgraves’ album Deeper Well.

And Moroney is both artist and director of her nominated music video, I’m Not Pretty.

The 2024 CMA Awards will air on Nov. 20 on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern. It can be streamed the next day on Hulu.