This Is 2020:
Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett are up for Country Artist of the Year at the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Country Song of the Year nominees are Combs' "Beautiful Crazy," Maren Morris' "Girl," Blake Shelton's "God's Country," Justin Moore's "The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home" and Morgan Wallen's "Whiskey Glasses." Jimmie Allen, Matt Stell, Wallen, Riley Green and Runaway June are vying for Best New Country Artist. Other nominations include Combs for all-genre Male Artist of the Year; Dan + Shay for all-genre Best Duo/Group; the duo and Justin Bieber's "10,000 Hours" and Morris' "The Bones" for the socially-voted Best Lyrics; Ashley Gorley for all-genre Songwriter of the Year; and Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" is up for Song of the Year and the socially-voted Best Remix with Billy Ray Cyrus. Full list here. The awards air live from Los Angeles March 29 on Fox, and will be broadcast on iHeart stations and iHeartRadio.
The Year End Print Special
featuring:
The Year In Music:
Morgan, Ella & More
CMA Radio Winners
Recap The Week
Label Of The Year
Big Loud Turns 10
BMG's Jon Loba:
The Interview
The 2026 Grammy
Voter's Guide
A quick reference guide to the 2026 Grammy Nominees
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