Yet Another Male Dominated Lineup at the CMA Awards

The 2018 CMA Award nominees were announced by Luke Bryan, Dan + Shay, and Sugarland on Good Morning America August 28th. With an all too predictable lineup, we choose to compare the number of female artists to male artists who received nominations this year. Of the 60 total nominees 72% were given to males, 15% were given to females, and 13% were given to mixed duos or groups. Additionally 8% of the nominees given to women were for Female Vocalist of the Year and all five Entertainer of the Year nominees were given to male vocalists.

The 2018 CMA Awards will broadcast on ABC November 14t at 8pm ET. See the full list of nominees below.

Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Percentage of male artists: 100%
Percentage of female artists: 0%

Music Video of the Year
"Babe" by Sugarland (feat. Taylor Swift)
"Cry Pretty" by Carrie Underwood
"Drunk Girl" by  Chris Janson
"Marry Me" by Thomas Rhett Akins
"Tequila" by Dan and Shay
Percentage of male artists: 60%
Percentage of female artists: 20%
Percentage of male/female artists: 20%

Music Event of the Year
"Burning Man" by Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne
"Dear Hate" by Maren Morris (feat. Vince Gill)
"Drowns the Whiskey" by Jason Aldean (feat. Miranda Lambert)
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" by David Lee Murphy (with Kenny Chesney)
"Meant To Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line
Percentage of male artists: 40%
Percentage of female artists: 0%
Percentage of male/female artists: 60%

Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Percentage of male artists: 100%
Percentage of female artists: 0%

Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
Percentage of male artists: 0%
Percentage of female artists: 100%

Album of the Year
“From a Room Vol. 2” by Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton)
“Golden Hour” by Kacey Musgraves (Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian and Kacey Musgraves)
“Graffiti U” by Keith Urban (Producers: Keith Urban, Dan McCarroll, JR Rotem, Josh Kerr, Jason Evigan, Greg Wells, Benny Blanco, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Jesse Shatkin, Jimmy Robbins, Oscar Holter, Matt Rad, Eric Valentine, Ian Kirkpatrick, Mike Elizondo, Captain Cuts, Ross Copperman, Dann Huff and Peter Karlsson)
“Life Changes” by Thomas Rhett (Producers: Julian Bunetta, Jesse Frasure, Dann Huff, Joe London and Thomas Rhett)
“The Mountain” Dierks Bentley (Producers: Ross Copperman, Jon Randall Stewart and Arturo Buenahora Jr.)
Percentage of male artists: 80%
Percentage of female artists: 20%

New Artist of the Year
Lauren Alaina
Luke Combs
Chris Janson
Midland
Brett Young
Percentage of male artists: 80%
Percentage of female artists: 20%

Song of the Year
"Body Like a Back Road" by Sam Hunt (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne)
"Broken Halos" by Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
"Drowns the Whiskey" by Jason Aldean with Miranda Lambert (Josh Thompson, Brandon Kinney, Jeff Middleton)
"Drunk Girl" by Chris Janson (Chris Janson, Scooter Caruso, Tom Douglas)
"Tequila" by Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers, Nicole Gallyon, Jordan Reynolds)
Percentage of male artists: 100%
Percentage of female artists: 0%

"Broken Halos" by Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell)
"Drinkin' Problem" by Midland (Producers: Dann Huff, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne; Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank)
"Drowns the Whiskey" by Jason Aldean Feat. Miranda Lambert (Producer: Michael Knox; Mix Engineer: Jeff Braun)
"Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha Feat. Florida Georgia Line (Producer: Willshire; Mix Engineer: Serban Ghenea)
"Tequila" by Dan + Shay (Producer: Scott Hendricks and Dan Smyers; Mix Engineer: Jeff Juliano)
Percentage of male artists: 80%
Percentage of female artists: 0%
Percentage of male/female artists: 20%

Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Lanco
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Percentage of male artists: 60%
Percentage of female artists: 0%
Percentage of male/female artists: 40%
 
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
Sugarland
Percentage of male artists: 60%
Percentage of female artists: 20%
Percentage of male/female artists: 20%

Musician of the Year
Jerry Douglas
Paul Franklin
Dann Huff
Mac McAnally
Derek Wells
Percentage of male artists: 100%
Percentage of female artists: 0%