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Nominations for the 2022 American Music Awards are out, with Cody Johnson leading this year’s country nominees with three nods, followed by Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Walker Hayes, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen, who each have two. Cody is up for Favorite Country Album for “Human: The Double Album,” Favorite Country Male and Favorite Country Song for “Til You Can’t.” He’ll compete in the Favorite Country Male Artist category with Chris, Luke, Morgan and Walker. Meanwhile this year’s Female Country Artists nominees include Carrie, Lainey Wilson, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift. Other Favorite Country Album nominees include Carrie’s “Denim & Rhinestones,” Luke’s “Growin’ Up,” Taylor’s “Red (Taylor’s Version)” and Walker’s “Country Stuff: The Album." The 2022 American Music Awards will air November 20th live on ABC from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Check out the full list of country nominees below and click here for a complete list.
Favorite Male Country Artist
- Chris Stapleton
- Cody Johnson
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
- Walker Hayes
Favorite Female Country Artist
- Carrie Underwood
- Lainey Wilson
- Maren Morris
- Miranda Lambert
- Taylor Swift
Favorite Country Duo or Group
- Dan + Shay
- Lady A
- Old Dominion
- Parmalee
- Zac Brown Band
Favorite Country Album
- Carrie Underwood, Denim & Rhinestones
- Luke Combs, Growin’ Up
- Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album
- Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)
- Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album
Favorite Country Song
- Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”
- Cody Johnson, “’Til You Can’t”
- Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”
- Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
- Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You”
Carrie Underwood kicks off her “Denim and Rhinestones Tour” tomorrow in Greenville, South Carolina, and fans can expect her to go farther than she has before. “I feel like with every tour we get better and more confident, and we get to play a little more with production and things like that,” she shares. “So, I hope everybody can just expect to have a great time when they’re out in the audience.” Carrie says when she was young she’s make sure to go out and get the artist’s album so she knew all the songs, noting, “I hope people kind of do that.” And that’s not all. “I hope people wear their denim and rhinestones to the shows,” she says. “I think that’s gonna be a lot of fun looking out on the audience and just seeing all the bling and the fringe and the denim. I think it’s gonna be an experience, so I’m excited and I can’t wait.” ONE MORE THING! Carrie gave fans a peek at some of the outfits she’ll be wearing on the tour, and no surprise it includes a lot of denim and rhinestones. Check it out below.
Jimmie Allen and Dierks Bentley are about to show off their skills, but not on the stage, on the pickleball court. The two artists are set to compete on CBS’ two-hour celebrity pickleball tournament, “Pickled,” hosted by Stephen Colbert. The show, airing November 17th at 9 pm, will have teams competing for “The Colbert Cup,” with the show benefiting Comic Relief US. In addition to Jimmie and Dierks, other celebs set to compete on the show include:
- Murray Bartlett “(The White Lotus”)
- Max Greenfield (“The Neighborhood”)
- Phil Keoghan (“Amazing Race” host)
- Daniel Dae Kim (“Hawaii Five-0”)
- Jaime Camil (“Jane the Virgin”)
- Tig Notaro (“Star Trek Discovery”)
- Paul Scheer (“Star Trek: Lower Decks”)
- Aisha Tyler (“Criminal Minds: Evolution”)
- Luis Guzman (“Wednesday”)
- June Diane Raphael (“Grace and Frankie”)
- Kelly Rowland
- Will Ferrell
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Emma Watson (“Harry Potter”)
In addition, Cari Champion, John Michael Higgins and CBS Sports vet Bill Raftery are on board for commentary.