Country Stars clean up in Grammy Nominations
By Tara McLaughlin
Country music stars have featured heavily in the 2017 Grammy shortlist.** **
'Peter Pan' singer Kelsea Ballerini has been nominated in the 'Best New Artist' category as well as Maren Morris.
The country field has over four different categories including 'Best Country Solo Performance,' 'Best Country Duo/Group Performance,' 'Best Country Song' and 'Best Country Album.'
The 59th annual awards ceremony will take place in February next year in LA. The most recent number of nominees are proof that the genre is as popular as ever.
See the full list of nominations in the country field below:
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
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