and our very own kelsea ballerini. >> that is such -- listen, kelsea, that's such a good category.time, since we both had anything going on, and this is her first time being nominated in this category. so i'm excited for me, but i think i'm more excited for her honestly. >> let's move on to male artist of the year, t.j., you got the nominees for that. >> all right. dierks bentley, luke combs, eric church, thomas rhett, and chris stapleton. >> all right. that sounds good. the next category is single of the year, it is awarded to the song's artist, producer and the record label. john, you're up first, you're up on that one. who are the nominees? >> i got this. the nominees are "blue bird," miranda lambert, "i hope ," gabby barrett, "i hope you're happy now", carly pearce and lee bryce, "more hearts than mine," ingrid andress, "the bones" maren morris. great song. >> they're all good songs. kelsea this is the first time in acm history where all the nominees in that category are female artists. what do you make of that, if anything? >> progress. i mean -- >> 2021, yes. >> the fact that

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others like kelsea ballerini suggested while his actions do not represent country music. reached out to wallen for his response, but we have not heard back. he did issue a statement to tmz saying that this in part, quote, was no excuse to use this type of language ever. >>> and singer taylor swift is facing a new lawsuit. this is from a theme park in utah. evermore park said that it sued -- well, they're suing because of the title of her 2020 album "ever more." it violates the park's trademark rights. swift's lawyer said the allegations are baseless and now we know where evermore park is located. >>> and today nominations are out for the screen actors guild awards set to be announced later. lily collins and david digs will host those on instagram live. and a lot of people wondering if the crowd will repeat all of the nods it just got during the golden globe nominations. they are now the most nominated tv series of 2021. and it's a good series, no doubt. >> i just started it so i'm excited to trudge through it. >> oh, you did? i love it. i love it. i love those stories of

country music stars are expressing their outrage while singers like kelsea ballerini suggests that wallen's actions do not represent country music. nbc news has reached out to wallen for his response but haven't heard back from that. he did issue an apology, tmz capturing that. it says in part, quote, that there are no excuses to use this type of language ever. >>> singer taylor swift facing a new lawsuit against a theme park in utah. so evermore parksith the title violates the park's trademark rights. swift's lawyer says those allegations are baseless. evermore parks probably did win because now we know where it's located, in utah. >>> and today the nominees for the 2021 screen actors guild awards are set to be announced later this morning. lily collins and david digs will host that event on instagram live via the s.a.g. awards account. a lot of people are wondering whether "the crown" will repeat all of the nods it got during the golden globe awards. it is now the most nominated show of 2021 right now, so it's a good series, i watched it. so if you haven't, maybe you should get onboard. >

. >>> we're excited to announce country stars kelsea ballerini and brothers osborne will join us tomorrow at acm award. and brothers osborne have twice won vocal duo of the year. only on "cbs this morning," they'll help us announce the nominees for big categories including entertainer of the year. after we reveal those top categories, you can watch more of the acm nominations at etonline.com. and the 56th academy of country music awards will air sunday, april 18th, at 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central, right here on cbs. >> i know, do we dare make any predictions? >> i'm very curious about what's going to happen this year. >> me, too. there's a lot of good choices. some controversial choices. >> yeah. >> i'm looking forward to it -- it's going to dictate what i'll be listening to cooking dinner 10, 115 years from now. there's a filtering process for me. they win awards, stick around, they get to me. >> as we've reported, there's been a lot of turmoil in nashville, you know, in recent months. and it will be interesting to see how that affects -- >> reflected. i'm curious, too. >> if that affects the