Women In Country Lead The Pack For 2019 GRAMMY Nominations

The GRAMMYs are coming and the nominations are officially in! Country music and Nashville are incredibly represented throughout many of the major categories and beyond. 

Brandi Carlile earns six nominations, making her the most nominated woman this year. Maren Morris racks up five nominations, including a nod for Record of the Year while Kacey Musgraves and Brandi Carlile represent Nashville women in the Album of the Year category.

Luke Combs and Margo Price both received nominations in the all-genre category of Best New Artist. Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Ashley McBryde, Kacey Musgraves, and Chris Stapleton, are all nominated for Country Album of the Year. 

Congratulations to all of the amazing nominees and thank you for supplying the soundtracks to our lives! 

View the nominees in all categories that include a country artist below, then see the full list of nominations for the 2019 GRAMMY Awards HERE. Be sure to tune-in to the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 10th on CBS.

2019 GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Record of the Year

• “I Like It” - Cardi B, Bad Bunny, & J Balvin
• “The Joke” - Brandi Carlile
• “This is America” - Childish Gambino
• “God’s Plan” - Drake
• “Shallow” - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• “All the Stars” - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• “Rockstar” - Post Malone feat. 21 Savage
• “The Middle” - Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey

Album of the Year

• Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B
• By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile
• Scorpion - Drake
• H.E.R. - H.E.R.
• Beerbongs & Bentleys - Post Malone
• Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe
• Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
• Black Panther: The Album - Various Artists (Kendrick Lamar & More)

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter(s))

• “All The Stars”
• “Boo’d Up”
• “God’s Plan”
• “In My Blood”
• “The Joke”
• “The Middle”
• “Shallow”
• “This is America”

Best New Artist

• Chloe x Halle
• Luke Combs
• Greta Van Fleet
• H.E.R.
• Dua Lipa
• Margo Price
• Bebe Rexha
• Jorja Smith

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Fall In Line” - Christina Aguilera feat. Demi Lovato
• “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” - Backstreet Boys
• “’S Wonderful” - Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
• “Shallow” - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
• “Girls Like You” - Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B
• “Say Something” - Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton
• “The Middle” - Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey

Best Country Solo Performance

• “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

• “Shoot Me Straight” - Brothers Osborne
• “Tequila” - Dan + Shay
• “When Someone Stops Loving You” - Little Big Town
• “Dear Hate” - Maren Morris feat. Vince Gill
• “Meant to Be” - Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line

Best Country song (Awarded to Songwriter(s))

• “Break Up in the End” - Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill, & Jon Nite (Cole Swindell)
• “Dear Hate” - Tom Douglas, David Hodges, & Maren Morris (Maren Morris feat. Vince Gill)
• “I Lived It” - Rhett Akins, Ross Coperman, Ashley Gorley, & Ben Hayslip (Blake Shelton)
• “Space Cowboy” - Luke Lairs, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgraves (Kacey Musgraves)
• “Tequila” - Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, & Dan Smyers (Dan + Shay)
• “When Someone Stops Loving You” - Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill, & Lori McKenna (Little Big Town)

Best Country Album

• Unapologetically - Kelsea Ballerini
• Port Saint Joe - Brothers Osborne
• Girl Going Nowhere - Ashley McBryde
• Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
• From A Room: Volume 2 - Chris Stapleton

Best American Roots Performance

• “Kick Rocks” - Sean Ardoin
• “Saint James Infirmary Blues” - Jon Batiste
• “The Joke” - Brandi Carlile
• “All On My Mind” - Anderson East
• “Last Man Standing” - Willie Nelson

Best American Roots Song (Awarded to Songwriter(s))

• “All the Trouble” - Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack, & Adam Wright (Lee Ann Womack)
• “Build a Bridge” - Jeff Tweedy (Mavis Staples)
• “The Joke”- Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth (Brandi Carlile)
• “Knockin’ On Your Screen Door” - Pat McLaughlin & John Prine (John Prine)
• “Summer’s End” - Pat McLaughlin & John Prine (John Prine)

Best Americana Album

• By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile
• Things Have Changed - Bettye LaVette
• The Tree of Forgiveness - John Prine
• The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone - Lee Ann Womack
• One Drop of Truth - The Wood Brothers