First-time nominee Jelly Roll is the runner-up to Wilson's nine nominations, with five nods.
The genre's consumption has increased by 20.3% year-over-year, and the "Last Night" superstar alone accounts for 40% of that growth.
That’s the most weeks any album has exceeded 100,000 units since the Billboard 200 began ranking titles by units in 2014.
The women got to now each other at this weekend's 2023 CMT Music Awards.
“Country music is due for disruption,” Witherspoon tells Billboard. We also caught up with the Apple TV+ show's mentors Mickey Guyton, Jimmie Allen & Orville Peck.
Projects are on the way from Tyler Hubbard, The War & Treaty, Nate Smith, BoomTown Saints and more.
"There's been a push for more artists of color within country music, but they also need the opportunity to team with people behind the scenes who look like them,” says CMA senior director Mia McNeal.
The country star played Toronto's ScotiaBank Arena on Dec. 4, making him the first artist ever to play all 29 NBA arenas during a single tour.
The genre expanded musically and geographically this year and a regime change happened at a major label.
On Friday, Grimes will release the song "No Horse to Ride."
