Maren Morris Leads Country Grammy Nominees List

Maren Morris
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The nominees for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards were announced today (12/6) and the reigning CMA New Artist of the Year Maren Morris led the list of country music names on the list.

Maren received four nominations including one in the all-genre New Artist of the Year category. Kelsea Ballerini is also nominated in that all-genre category as her only nomination.

Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban and Brandy Clark all received a pair of nominations each for the 2017 Grammys.

Here is the list of country music nominees for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards:

All- Genre Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak

Best Country Solo Performance
“Love Can Go To Hell”
Brandy Clark

“Vice”
Miranda Lambert

“My Church”
Maren Morris

“Church Bells”
Carrie Underwood

“Blue Ain’t Your Color”
Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Different For Girls”
Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King

“21 Summer”
Brothers Osborne

“Setting The World On Fire”
Kenny Chesney & P!nk

“Jolene”
Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton

“Think Of You”
Chris Young With Cassadee Pope

Best Country Song
“Blue Ain’t Your Color”
Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters
(Keith Urban)

“Die A Happy Man”
Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters
(Thomas Rhett)

“Humble And Kind”
Lori McKenna, songwriter
(Tim McGraw)

“My Church”
busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters
(Maren Morris)

“Vice”
Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters
(Miranda Lambert)

Best Country Album
Big Day In A Small Town
Brandy Clark

Full Circle
Loretta Lynn

Hero
Maren Morris

A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
Sturgill Simpson

Ripcord
Keith Urban

You can see a complete list of all of the nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards here.

The 59th Annual Grammy Awards will broadcast live on CBS on February 12, 2017.

Congratulations to the country music Grammy nominees and to all who received the honor in all genres of music!

By: Buck Stevens