Lainey Wilson On 9 CMA Nominations: ‘Holy Moly, Y’all’
Lainey Wilson topped the 2023 CMA nominations this morning (9/7), scoring nine nods in total, including the top nomination of Entertainer of the Year. She is nominated in the latter…
Lainey Wilson topped the 2023 CMA nominations this morning (9/7), scoring nine nods in total, including the top nomination of Entertainer of the Year. She is nominated in the latter category against Carrie Underwood, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and Chris Stapleton.
Lainey's other nominations include being nominated twice in the Musical Event category, once with HARDY for "Wait in The Truck" and the second nod with Jelly Roll for "Save Me."
Lainey is also nominated for Album of the Year for Bell Bottom Country (an award she won from the ACMs in May) and her second nomination for CMA Female Vocalist of the Year. She won the honor at last year's (2022) CMA Awards in Nashville.
She was nominated twice for Single and Song of the Year for her song "Heart Like A Truck" and for her duet with HARDY, "Wait In The Truck." Her ninth nomination is for Video of the Year for "Wait In The Truck."
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Wilson was up early this morning and posted a lengthy post to her fans on Instagram. She wrote, "Holy moly, y'all. Someone pinch me. I can't believe my eyes. I'm so proud of everything we've done this year for my own music and these collabs with my brothers @hardy and @jellyroll615. Thank y'all for having me on these songs."
She continued, "Being nominated in each of these categories amongst my friends means the world to me. And the coveted Entertainer Of The Year category?! It's absolutely surreal. We bust our butts out there on the road every dang night to give y'all the best show possible, and I have the time of my life doing it."
Lainey closed with, "All I gotta say is thank y'all. I love country music."
Fans and friends reacted to her post, including her boyfriend, Devlin Hodges, who commented, "COLD @coorslight to celebrate this morning !!!!! Sheeesh !!!!! PROUD!" A fan wrote, "Here's to hoping you rack up! Love your music!" One more die-hard said, "You deserve everything you're receiving!!! I believe you are the Dolly Parton of our generation with your amazing voice and charismatic personality."
As she celebrates her 31st birthday today (5/19), Lainey Wilson is the reigning Female Vocalist for the ACMs and the CMAs. She also won the ACM Album of the Year award for Bell Bottom Country, beating out albums by Miranda Lambert and Luke Combs.
There is no doubt that Lainey is well on her way to becoming a country music superstar. She currently opens stadium shows for Luke Combs and gets a performance slot at the 2023 CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium in June in front of 65,000 fans worldwide.
As she celebrates her big day today (5/19), we count down what we believe are her six very best songs to date, with many more to come in the future.
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6 - "Watermelon Moonshine" (2023)
BBRThe chorus of this fun song includes the lyrics, "Drinkin' watermelon moonshine / We cut the burn with a little lime / Parkin' back in them kudzu vines / I was his and every bit of that boy was mine / Too young to know what love was / But we were learnin' on a sweet buzz / There's never nothin' like the first time / And mine's always gonna taste like / Watermelon moonshine."
5 - "Never Say Never" (Cole Swindell with Lainey Wilson) (2021)
WBSwindell said, "I have been a fan of Lainey Wilson's for a while now, and what she brings to this song is everything it needed." The song hit number one on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.
4 - "Grease" - (2023)
BBRA fun song that Lainey performed at the 58th ACM Awards, where she won Album of the Year for "Bell Bottom Country." Wilson released a dancing video for the song, finding country breakdancers that she saw at one of her shows and tracked them down to appear in the video.
3 - "Things a Man Oughta Know" (2020)
BBRThe music video for this song was shot in Wilson's own home partially and filled with personal elements and close friends. She said of the video at the time, "For the music video, we wanted to create a piece of art where people could watch it and feel something all over again." The song won the ACM 2021 Song of the Year.
2 - "Heart Like a Truck" (2022)
BBRLainey said of the song when it came out, "It's a song about finding freedom and strength. Not being afraid of the scars and the bruises and the bumps along the way. That makes you who you are. It builds character." It recently became her third number-one song on the Billboard charts.
1 - "Wait in the Truck" (HARDY with Lainey Wilson) (2022)
BIG LOUDSo many things to say about this amazing song. It just recently won Visual Media (video) of the Year and Music Event of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards. The music video is epic of the song labeled as a "murder ballad" about a male protagonist killing an abuser. Lainey and HARDY performed the song at the 2022 CMA Awards.
