ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
· ERIC CHURCH
· LUKE COMBS
· MIRANDA LAMBERT
· CHRIS STAPLETON
· CARRIE UNDERWOOD
SINGLE OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))
· “Famous Friends” – CHRIS YOUNG with KANE BROWN,
· “The Good Ones” – GABBY BARRETT,
· “Hell Of A View” – ERIC CHURCH,
· “One Night Standards” – ASHLEY McBRYDE,
· “Starting Over” – CHRIS STAPLETON,
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s))
· 29 – CARLY PEARCE,
· Dangerous: The Double Album – MORGAN WALLEN,
· Heart – ERIC CHURCH,
· Skeletons – BROTHERS OSBORNE,
· Starting Over – CHRIS STAPLETON,
SONG OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Songwriter(s))
· “Forever After All”, Songwriters: LUKE COMBS,
· “The Good Ones”, Songwriters: GABBY BARRETT,
· “Hell Of A View”, Songwriters: ERIC CHURCH,
· “One Night Standards”, Songwriters: ASHLEY McBRYDE
· “Starting Over”, Songwriters: MIKE HENDERSON, CHRIS STAPLETON
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
· GABBY BARRETT
· MIRANDA LAMBERT
· ASHLEY McBRYDE
· MAREN MORRIS
· CARLY PEARCE
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
· DIERKS BENTLEY
· ERIC CHURCH
· LUKE COMBS
· THOMAS RHETT
· CHRIS STAPLETON
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
· LADY A
· LITTLE BIG TOWN
· MIDLAND
· OLD DOMINION
· ZAC BROWN BAND
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
· BROOKS & DUNN
· BROTHERS OSBORNE
· DAN + SHAY
· FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
· MADDIE & TAE
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist(s) and Producer(s))
· “Buy Dirt” – JORDAN DAVIS and LUKE BRYAN, Producer: PAUL DIGIOVANNI
· “Chasing After You” – RYAN HURD with MAREN MORRIS, Producers: AARON ESHUIS, TEDDY REIMER
· “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” – ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT, Producer: MARTIN JOHNSON
· “Famous Friends” – ChHRIS YOUNG with KANE BROWN, Producers: COREY CROWDER, CHRIS YOUNG
· “half of my hometown” – KELSEA BALLERINI (featuring KENNY CHESNEY), Producers: KELSEA BALLERINI, ROSS COPPERMAN, JIMMY ROBBINS
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
· JIMMIE ALLEN
· INGRID ANDRESS
· GABBY BARRETT
· MICKEY GUYTON
· HARDY
BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (by market size):
Daily National
· “The BIG D and BUBBA Show” (DEREK HASKINS, SEAN POWELL, PATRICK THOMAS and CARSEN HUMPHREVILLE) – COMPASS MEDIA NETWORKS
· “The BOBBY BONES Show” (BOBBY BONES, AMY BROWN, “LUNCHBOX” DAN CHAPPELL, EDDIE GARCIA, “MORGAN #2” HUELSMAN, “RAYMUNDO” RAY SLATER, “SCUBA STEVE” STEPHEN SPRADLIN, “MIKE D” RODRIGUEZ and “UTILITY HILLARY” BORDEN) – PREMIERE NETWORKS
· “CMT After MidNite” (CODY ALAN) – PREMIERE NETWORKS
· “The LIA Show” (LIA KNIGHT) – WESTWOOD ONE
· “The Music Row Happy Hour” (BUZZ BRAINARD and ANIA HAMMAR) – SIRIUSXM SATELLITE RADIO
Major Market
· ANGIE WARD – WUBL/ATLANTA
· “DOUBLE-L” (LOIS LEWIS) – KNIX/PHOENIX
· “HAWKEYE in the Morning with HAWKEYE and MICHELLE” (“HAWKEYE” MARK LOUIS RYBCZYK and MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ) – KSCS/DALLAS
· “The Morning Bull: GEORGE, MO & COWBOY DAVE” (GEORGE LINDSEY, “MO” MONICA LUNSFORD and “COWBOY DAVE” BAYLESS) – KILT/HOUSTON
· “Tampa Bay’s Morning Krewe with J.R., LAUNA and KEVIN” (“J.R.” JON JAUS, LAUNA PHILLIPS and KEVIN EBEL) – WQYK/TAMPA, FL
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (by market size):
Major Market
· KNIX/PHOENIX
· KNUC/SEATTLE
· KYGO/DENVER
· WNSH/NEW YORK
· WXTU/PHILADELPHIA
· WYCD/DETROIT