[Music] the CMA Awards nominations were announced Monday morning and Morgan Valen leads the pack in nominations receiving a total of seven Valen is up for many awards including single of the Year song of the Year music video of the year and twice in the musical event of the Year category the wasted on You singer has also been nominated for the award shows top honors of the night including Entertainer of the Year and male vocalist of the year he has been nominated in both categories in the past and faces stiff competition this year when it comes to Entertainer of the Year he is nominated alongside last year's big winner Lany Wilson and newcomer to the category jelly roll Valen is also up against jelly roll in the male vocalist of the Year category many of valon's nominations come from his collaboration with post Malone on the song I had some help the song also earned Malone four CMA Award nominations while post Malone's crossover into country music earned him his first CMA award nomination the same cannot be said for Beyonce whose first official country album Cowboy Carter was shut out from the awards ceremony following Valen in the nomination count are Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton both of whom have five nominations each Stapleton is nominated for Entertainer of the Year single of the year and song of the year for white horse album of the year for hire and male vocalist of the year next on the list is Wilson who along with being nominated for Entertainer of the Year is also up for female vocalist of the Year single of the year for watermelon moonshine and music video of the year for wild flowers and wild horses the final nominee for this year's Entertainer of the Year is Luke comes who is also nominated for male vocalist of the year and album of the year for Fathers and Sons the CMA Awards are set to take place on November 20th on ABC