Ella Langley leads Country Music Association Awards nods, with mentor Miranda Lambert close behind
NEW YORK (AP) — Ella Langley, riding the wave of her crossover megahit “Choosin’ Texas,” leads the nominations for the 2026 Country Music Association Awards with nine nods, followed by her mentor Miranda Lambert with six.
Ella Langley has received the most nominations for the 2026 Country Music Association Awards, with nine nods for her crossover hit "Choosin’ Texas," followed closely by her mentor Miranda Lambert with six nominations. Other top nominees announced include Kacey Musgraves, Ben West, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Stephen Wilson Jr., Dave Clauss, Luke Combs, and Lainey Wilson, all with four nominations each.
Langley's "Be Her" and "Choosin’ Texas" were nominated for single of the year, along with Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" from "Toy Story 5," Wilson's "Somewhere Over Laredo," and Johnson's "The Fall." Producer-writer Jack Antonoff earned his first single of the year nomination for producing Swift's song. Langley, the only woman to simultaneously top the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Country Airplay charts in February, won all her awards at the 2026 ACM Awards. The 60th annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live on ABC and Disney+ on November 18.
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