As you all know, the nominees were revealed for the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards this morning, and the list features all of our favorite artists.
This year’s ACM host Reba McEntire announced the nominees on CBS This Morning, including the five artists that are up for Entertainer of the Year.
This year, Jason Aldean, Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, and Keith Urban earned a nod in the prestigious category, but many people — including us — were wondering why no women were in this category.
Household names like Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, and Shania Twain are killing it when it comes to ticket sales and head counts at their shows, so why wouldn’t they be recognized for their work at the show?
Country music fans took to Twitter to show their opinions about this year’s EOTY nominees, asking the Academy of Country Music why the category was stacked with male artists.
https://twitter.com/emilylovesgwen/status/969206592242683904
https://twitter.com/kelspalmer/status/969247298894131202
The queen of country returns with a fantastic album after a 15 year hiatus, debuts at no.1 in multiple countries around the world and announces a massive sell out tour yet you choose to ignore her. Shania Twain sweetie, the real entertainer of the year, I’m so sorry
— Lewis (@ConfideInTay13) March 1, 2018
That nominees for this category are all male. What does females have to do to get nominated???
— Bridget Feehan (@bridgetfeehan13) March 1, 2018
So….women aren't good enough? #boysclub
— Sally Ryland (@SallyRyland) March 1, 2018
Not one female. Really?? #ACMawards
— M.Lynn (@lynn1329) March 1, 2018
❤️then but No girls 😢
— Marianne (Taylor’s Version)💜🫶💜 (@m7dolphin) March 1, 2018
It’s as if they think woman can’t entertain or something?! #dontgetit
— Queenie (@meQueenieB) March 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/PennyJack2010/status/969311888839528448
Is this Male Entertainer of the year only? Or did no Female Entertainers release music, tour or generally entertain the world of country music then?
— Cris Samways (@AgeingLock68) March 1, 2018
In addition to the women not being nominated, country fans were REALLY upset that Eric Church was snubbed again, as he sold out sixty-one shows and over 1,000,000 tickets on his recent tour.
How is @ericchurch not nominated? Sold out 61 shows, 1,000,000 tickets sold, had 2 #1s, had the#1 rated tour of the year of ALL genres in Billboard and Rollingstone Magazine. SERIOUSLY…How do you guys have jobs after screwing up yearly?
— Chris Johnson (@ChrisJohnson036) March 1, 2018
@ACMawards what about @ericchurch he played 62 sold out shows playing almost 40 songs per night almost 4 hours. Nobody does that. That is entertainment. Bias proved once again. Also no women. Same old nominations. Sad.
— Scott Jaye (@jottscaye) March 1, 2018
Again, where’s @ericchurch ?
— Charlie Mitchell (@mitchcaitch) March 1, 2018
I love all of these artists and have seen them all, but after seeing him give a marathon performance last year at @barclayscenter I really feel like @ericchurch should *also* be on this list…
— Kelly Murtha (@kellym725) March 1, 2018
What are your thoughts on this year’s snubs at the ACMs? Tweet us your opinions at @CS_Country and make sure to catch the 53rd ACM Awards on Sunday, April 15th @ 8PM ET/PT on CBS.
