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 The County Music Association awards, or CMA, will be handed
out in a televised ceremony on Nov. 5 in Nashville, Tennessee,
the capital of country music. The show will be hosted by singers
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.
Lambert, 30, scored nominations for awards including for
entertainer of the year and album of the year on the back of her
acclaimed 2014 album "Platinum," and its wistful lead single
"Automatic."
The Texan will try for her fifth consecutive female vocalist of
the year award, as will her husband Blake Shelton, a country
music singer and judge on NBC's "The Voice," in the male
category.
Lambert's nine total nominations tie her own record for a female
artist.
Dierks Bentley's up-tempo, break-up song "Drunk on a Plane,"
helped the singer pick up the second-most nominations with five,
including nods for male vocalist and album of the year.
Eric Church and Australian singer Keith Urban scored four
nominations each.
Country music veteran George Strait will seek to defend his
entertainer of the year title, the ceremony's biggest honor.
The 62-year-old retired from touring this year and is up against
Lambert, Shelton, Urban and Luke Bryan.
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Shelton, Bryan, Underwood and upstart Kacey Musgraves each received
three nominations.
New artist of the year nominees include Brady Clark, Brett Eldredge,
Cole Swindell, Kip Moore and Thomas Rhett.
Florida Georgia Line will vie for a second consecutive top vocal duo
award against Dan + Shay, Love and Theft, the Swon Brothers and
Thompson Square.
The Country Music Association is a trade organization comprising
individuals working in the genre, and members vote winners across
singing categories.
The CMA awards show, which competes with the springtime's Academy of
Country Music Awards for prestige and TV audience will be broadcast
by Walt Disney Co's ABC network.
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey; editing by G Crosse and Piya Sinha-Roy)
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