Chris Younger is the one to beat on the upcoming 2022 Academy of Nation Music (ACM) Awards.

On Thursday, officers from the nation music organisation introduced the nominees for the 57th annual prizegiving, which is ready to happen on the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on 7 March.

The Man I Need to Be hitmaker garnered seven nominations, together with Album of the 12 months and Single of the 12 months. He shares three of his nods with fellow artist and collaborator Kane Brown for his or her music Well-known Mates.

Walker Hayes and Chris Stapleton each obtained 5 nominations, whereas Miranda Lambert scored a record-making sixteenth Feminine Artist of the 12 months nod, in addition to 4 different nominations.

Lambert, Stapleton, Eric Church, Luke Combs, and Carrie Underwood are to compete for Entertainer of the 12 months, and curiously, Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris are the primary married couple to be nominated in the identical 12 months since Tim McGraw and Religion Hill in 2017.

As well as, Hollywood star Blake Full of life has obtained two nominations for producing and directing Taylor Swift’s music video I Wager You Suppose About Me (Taylor’s Model). This marks Full of life’s first ACM Award nomination and her first nomination at a music award present.

The complete checklist of nominees is as follows:

Entertainer of the 12 months:

Eric Church

Luke Combs

Miranda Lambert

Chris Stapleton

Carrie Underwood

Feminine Artist of the 12 months:

Gabby Barrett

Miranda Lambert

Ashley McBryde

Maren Morris

Carly Pearce

Male Artist of the 12 months:

Jimmie Allen

Luke Combs

Thomas Rhett

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

Duo of the 12 months:

Brooks & Dunn

Brothers Osborne

Dan + Shay

LOCASH

Maddie & Tae

Group of the 12 months:

Girl A

Little Large City

Midland

Previous Dominion

The Cadillac Three

New Feminine Artist of the 12 months:

Tenille Arts

Priscilla Block

Lily Rose

Caitlyn Smith

Lainey Wilson

New Male Artist of the 12 months:

HARDY

Walker Hayes

Ryan Hurd

Parker McCollum

Elvie Shane

Album of the 12 months:

29: Written in Stone – Carly Pearce

Nation Once more: Facet A – Thomas Rhett

Harmful: The Double Album – Morgan Wallen

Well-known Mates – Chris Younger

The Marfa Tapes – Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall

Single of the 12 months:

Purchase Dust – Jordan Davis that includes Luke Bryan

Well-known Mates – Chris Younger and Kane Brown

Fancy Like – Walker Hayes

If I Did not Love You – Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood

You Ought to Most likely Go away – Chris Stapleton

Music of the 12 months:

7 Summers – Morgan Wallen

Purchase Dust – Jordan Davis that includes Luke Bryan

Fancy Like – Walker Hayes

Figuring out You – Kenny Chesney

Issues A Man Oughta Know – Lainey Wilson

Video of the 12 months:

Drunk (And I Do not Wanna Go Dwelling) – Elle King and Miranda Lambert

Well-known Mates – Chris Younger and Kane Brown

I Wager You Suppose About Me (Taylor’s Model) – Taylor Swift that includes Chris Stapleton

If I Did not Love You – Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood

By no means Wished To Be That Woman – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde

Songwriter of the 12 months:

Jesse Frasure

Nicolle Galyon

Ashley Gorley

Michael Hardy

Josh Osborne

Music Occasion of the 12 months:

Purchase Dust – Jordan Davis that includes Luke Bryan

Well-known Mates – Chris Younger and Kane Brown

Half of My Hometown – Kelsea Ballerini that includes Kenny Chesney

If I Did not Love You – Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood

By no means Wished To Be That Woman – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde