Country Music Nominations for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards

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On Friday, December 5, The Recording Academy® kicked off the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards® nominations on “CBS This Morning,” with Pharrell Williams and Ed Sheeran announcing nominees for Record Of The Year, Best Country Album, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Urban Contemporary Album. Following was a series of additional nominations announced via Twitter video made by artists and celebrities, including Jake Owen, watch here: https://twitter.com/jakeowen.

For the latest list of nominations in 82 out of 83 categories, go to www.grammy.com/nominees, and follow @theGRAMMYs to see the artist announcements and join the #GRAMMYs conversation.

Country Music GRAMMY Nominees

Best New Artist
Iggy Azalea
Label: Def Jam Recordings

Bastille
Label: Virgin Records

Brandy Clark
Label: Slate Creek Records

Haim
Label: Columbia Records

Sam Smith
Label: Capitol Records

Best Country Solo Performance
Give Me Back My Hometown
Eric Church
Track from: The Outsiders
Label: EMI Nashville

Invisible
Hunter Hayes
Track from: Storyline
Label: Atlantic Records

Automatic
Miranda Lambert
Track from: Platinum
Label: RCA Nashville

Something In The Water
Carrie Underwood
Label: Sony Nashville

Cop Car
Keith Urban
Track from: Fuse

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Gentle On My Mind
The Band Perry
Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack EP
Label: Big Machine Records

Somethin’ Bad
Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
Track from: Platinum
Label: RCA Nashville

Day Drinking
Little Big Town
Label: Capitol Nashville

Meanwhile Back At Mama’s
Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
Track from: Sundown Heaven Town
Label: Big Machine Records

Raise ‘Em Up
Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
Track from: Fuse
Label: Capitol Nashville

Best Country Song
American Kids
Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird & Shane McAnally, songwriters (Kenny Chesney)
Label: Blue Chair Records, LLC / Columbia Nashville

Automatic
Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Track from: Platinum
Label: RCA Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Pink Dog Publishing admin. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Wruckestrike

Give Me Back My Hometown
Eric Church & Luke Laird, songwriters (Eric Church)
Track from: The Outsiders
Label: EMI Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Longer And Louder Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Music PublishingLLC/Songs Of Universal , Inc./Creative Nation Music/Twangin And Slangin, admin. by Songs Of Universal, Inc.

I’m Not Gonna Miss You
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
Track from: Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me Soundtrack
Label: Big Machine Records

Meanwhile Back At Mama’s
Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill)
Label: Big Machine Records

Best Country Album
Riser
Dierks Bentley
Label: Capitol Records

The Outsiders
Eric Church
Label: EMI Nashville

12 Stories
Brandy Clark
Label: Slate Creek Records

Platinum
Miranda Lambert
Label: RCA Nashville

The Way I’m Livin’
Lee Ann Womack
Label: Sugar Hill Records