how do y'all this is daily news with keep it truck in all things country music and entertainment Morgan Wallen faces off with jelly roll Laney Wilson for top country music award Morgan Wallen leads the pack with seven nominations the CMA Awards nominations were announced Monday morning and Morgan Wallen leads the pack in nominations receiving a total of seven Wallen 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 new 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 Laney Wilson a newcomer to the category jelly roll in the male vocalist of the Year category many of wallen'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 the final Nomine 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 [Music]