{"id":14248,"date":"2021-04-30T06:10:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T10:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/gabby-barrett-up-for-nine-billboard-music-awards\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T06:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T10:11:04","slug":"gabby-barrett-up-for-nine-billboard-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2021\/04\/gabby-barrett-up-for-nine-billboard-music-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Barrett Up For Nine Billboard Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qcCH6JpcK5w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Gabby Barrett is the top female nominee across all genres at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards with a whopping nine to her name.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to several Country categories, she is also up for all-genre Top New Artist, Top Radio Song and Top Collaboration, among others. The Billboard Music Awards will air live on NBC on Sunday, May 23rd at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNINE?!?! Are you kidding me??? This year has already been unbelievable in so many ways. I feel so blessed that the fans and music community have embraced me and my music. God is good, ALL the time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COQ3JNzHQ0R\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n<p>Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Luke Combs, Maren Morris and Morgan Wallen are among the other BBMA nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Wallen is a finalist in five categories, but he won&#8217;t appear on the\u00a0broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Officials released a statement saying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMorgan Wallen is a finalist this year based on charting. As his recent conduct does not align with our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrcentertainment.com\/page\/diversity-equity-inclusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">core values<\/a>, we will not be including him on the show in any capacity (performing, presenting, accepting).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the result of a January 31st incident in which Wallen used the N-word with friends as they were entering his Nashville home.<\/p>\n<p>The nominations for this year\u2019s awards are based on the chart period of March 21, 2020, through April 3, 2021, and are chosen \u201cbased on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including MRC Data,\u201d according to a release.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Here are the country nominees for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top New Artist<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Gabby Barrett<\/em><br \/>\nDoja Cat<br \/>\nJack Harlow<br \/>\nPop Smoke<br \/>\nRod Wave<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Duo\/Group<\/strong><br \/>\nAC\/DC<br \/>\nAJR<br \/>\nBTS<br \/>\n<em>Dan + Shay<\/em><br \/>\nMaroon 5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Song Sales Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nJustin Bieber<br \/>\nBTS<br \/>\nMegan Thee Stallion<br \/>\n<em>Morgan Wallen<\/em><br \/>\nThe Weeknd<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Country Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nGabby Barrett<br \/>\nKane Brown<br \/>\nLuke Combs<br \/>\nChris Stapleton<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Country Male Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nLuke Combs<br \/>\nChris Stapleton<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Country Female Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nGabby Barrett<br \/>\nMaren Morris<br \/>\nCarrie Underwood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Country Duo\/Group<\/strong><br \/>\nDan + Shay<br \/>\nFlorida Georgia Line<br \/>\nMaddie &amp; Tae<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Christian Artist<\/strong><br \/>\nCasting Crowns<br \/>\nElevation Worship<br \/>\nfor KING &amp; COUNTRY<br \/>\n<em>Carrie Underwood<\/em><br \/>\nZach Williams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Country Album<\/strong><br \/>\nGabby Barrett \u2013 Goldmine<br \/>\nSam Hunt \u2013 SOUTHSIDE<br \/>\nChris Stapleton \u2013 Starting Over<br \/>\nCarrie Underwood \u2013 My Gift<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen \u2013 Dangerous: The Double Album<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Christian Album<\/strong><br \/>\nBethel Music \u2013 Peace<br \/>\nElevation Worship &#8211; Grave Into Gardens<br \/>\n<em>Carrie Underwood &#8211; My Gift<\/em><br \/>\nWe The Kingdom &#8211; Holy Water<br \/>\nZach Williams \u2013 Rescue Story<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Hot 100 Song Presented by Rockstar<\/strong><br \/>\n24kGoldn ft. iann dior \u201cMood\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth \u201cI Hope\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nChris Brown &amp; Young Thug \u201cGo Crazy\u201d<br \/>\nDaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch \u201cROCKSTAR\u201d<br \/>\nThe Weeknd \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Selling Song<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth \u201cI Hope\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nBTS \u201cDynamite\u201d<br \/>\nCardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion \u201cWAP\u201d<br \/>\nMegan Thee Stallion \u201cSavage\u201d<br \/>\nThe Weeknd \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Radio Song<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth \u201cI Hope\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nChris Brown &amp; Young Thug \u201cGo Crazy\u201d<br \/>\nDua Lipa \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now\u201d<br \/>\nHarry Styles \u201cAdore You\u201d<br \/>\nThe Weeknd \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Collaboration (Fan Voted)<\/strong><br \/>\n24kGoldn ft. iann dior \u201cMood\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Gabby Barrett ft. 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DaBaby, Tory Lanez, &amp; Lil Wayne \u201cWHATS POPPIN\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Country Song<\/strong><br \/>\nJason Aldean \u201cGot What I Got\u201d<br \/>\nGabby Barrett \u201cI Hope\u201d<br \/>\nLee Brice \u201cOne of Them Girls\u201d<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen \u201cChasin\u2019 You\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gabby Barrett is the top female nominee across all genres at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards with a whopping nine to her name.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"No","footnotes":""},"categories":[3337],"tags":[2352,673,584,3793,3949,357,3384,3845],"class_list":["post-14248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-billboard-music-awards","tag-carrie-underwood","tag-dan-shay","tag-gabby-barrett","tag-i-hope","tag-luke-combs","tag-maren-morris","tag-morgan-wallen"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 16:18:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2021\/04\/gabby-barrett-up-for-nine-billboard-music-awards\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14250,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14248\/revisions\/14250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}