1 of 5 | Lainey Wilson performs "Wait in the Truck" with Hardy during the 56th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville in November, 2022. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI |
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April 13 (UPI) -- Hardy no longer has to "wait" for recognition. His song, "Wait in the Truck," which has already won him a CMA Award, is the Academy of Country Music's top nominee with seven nods.
He's followed by Lainey Wilson, with whom he shares three of those nominations for the song. Wilson has six total, followed by Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Cole Swindell with five.
Hardy is up for Song of the Year, Artist/Songwriter of the Year and more. Wilson's nominations include Female Artist of the Year. Miranda Lambert is nominated for Female Artist of the Year for the 17th time, breaking the record set by Reba McEntire.
Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Kane Brown and Luke Combs will compete for Entertainer of the Year.
Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are co-hosting the awards, which will air live on Prime Video from the Ford Center at the star in Frisco, Texas, on May 11. Parton hosted the awards with Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett last year.
Despite their lengthy careers, this is the first time Parton and Brooks have worked together.
"I am thrilled to return to host the ACM Awards, this time with my friend Garth," Parton said in March via a press release. "While I've had the pleasure of spending time with him throughout the years, I can't believe we've never had the chance to work together."
Dolly Parton, who founded the "Imagination Library" in her native Sevier County in Tennessee, attends a function at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2000. Parton was in town to pick up an award from the Association of American Publishers for her efforts to promote literacy. Her five-year-old program has already donated 150,000 books to the county's children. Photo by Joel Rennich/UPI |
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