Little Big Town, Eric Church lead CMA nominations

Published 10:00 am Sunday, September 13, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Little Big Town crushed it with their song “Girl Crush” and are tied with Eric Church with five nominations each at this year’s Country Music Association Awards.

In the nominations announced Wednesday, the four-part vocal group rode the success of the song to nominations for album of the year for “Pain Killer”; vocal group; musical event for a duet with Miranda Lambert; music video and single of the year. The songwriters for “Girl Crush,” Liz Rose, Lori McKenna and Hillary Lindsey, also received a nomination for song of the year.

Church earned his first nomination for entertainer of the year and was also nominated for male vocalist, single, song and musical event of the year for a duet with Keith Urban.

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Kenny Chesney earned four nominations including entertainer, single, musical event and album for “The Big Revival,” which he also produced. Lambert also earned four nominations for entertainer, female vocalist, musical event and music video.