MUMBAI: Miranda Lambert tops the list of nominees for ‘The 51st Annual CMA Awards’with five nominations. Other nominees with multiple nods include Maren Morris with three and Old Dominion with two.

Lambert’s name appeared more than any others this year with nominations in the Single and Song of the Year categories for Tin Man, produced by Frank Liddell, Eric Masse, and Glenn Worf, and written by Jack Ingram, Lambert, and Jon Randall. Masse also mix engineered the song. Lambert secured her fourth nod for Album of the Year with The Weight of These Wings, produced by Liddell, Worf, and Masse; Music Video of the Year for Vice, directed by Trey Fanjoy; and Female Vocalist. This is Lambert’s eleventh nomination for Female Vocalist, a category she’s won a record-setting six consecutive times (2010-2015). Lambert is the most awarded female in CMA Awards history with twelve trophies. This year’s nods bring her to a career total of 44 CMA Awards nominations.

Reigning CMA New Artist of the Year Morris is nominated for Female Vocalist and as a featured artist with Thomas Rhett for Musical Event and Music Video for Craving You, which was directed by TK McKamy. This is Morris’ second nomination for Female Vocalist and first for Music Video and Musical Event. This year’s nominations bring her total CMA Awards nods to eight.

For the second year in a row, Old Dominion received nods for Vocal Group of the Year and New Artist of the Year. They have four career CMA nominations.

(Source: IANS)