Luke Combs, Carly Pearce & More React to 2021 CMA Awards Nominations

Several country music artists woke up on Thursday (Sept. 9) to the news that they are nominees for the 55th annual Country Music Association Awards. Some artists were celebrating their very first CMA nods in certain categories, while for other artists, being nominated clearly never gets old.
Carly Pearce earned her first CMA female vocalist of the year nomination, as well as her first album of the year nomination (for 29).
“When we started working on 29, I was trying to write my way throug