CMA Snubs Taylor Swift for Major Category Nomination
Ren Benavidez | | Sep 04, 2014 02:00 PM EDT |
While Taylor Swift was nominated for the Female Vocalist of the Year category at the 2014 CMA Awards, the singer is not among those in the running for Entertainer of the Year.
The Country Music Association Awards is considered as the Oscars of country music. It is the most prestigious of Nashvilles award shows.
Like Us on Facebook
The CMA Awards announced on Wednesday on "Good Morning America" the list of the nominees.
In the top category of the show, Entertainer of the Year, the nominees included Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban and George Strait, but Taylor Swift, who won the award twice, was not included.
Swift's exclusion from the list of nominees for the category did not come as a shock since her most recent album, "1989," was announced to be her "first official pop album."
From having eight nominations in 2013, Swift is now down to only one nomination, reportedly due to her shift in genre.
For the Female Vocalist of the Year category, Swift is up against Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert.
Meanwhile, Scott Borchetta, president of Swift's record label, Big Machine, said during an interview that Swift "probably shouldn't be up for country entertainer of the year this year."
Borchetta added that in addition to Swift's shift to pop music, the singer hasn't toured the states this year.
But despite the snub she received in the CMA Awards, Swift's newest single, "Shake it Off," is the number one song on Billboard's Digital Songs Chart, raking in 355,000 paid downloads for this week.
The song has now garnered a total of 884,000 downloads for the two-weeks that it has been released.
It is expected to pass its one million mark by the end of the week.
Tagstaylor swift, CMA, country music awards, miranda lambert, Shake it Off
©2015 Chinatopix All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission
EDITOR'S PICKS
-
Did the Trump administration just announce plans for a trade war with ‘hostile’ China and Russia?
-
US Senate passes Taiwan travel bill slammed by China
-
As Yan Sihong’s family grieves, here are other Chinese students who went missing abroad. Some have never been found
-
Beijing blasts Western critics who ‘smear China’ with the term sharp power
-
China Envoy Seeks to Defuse Tensions With U.S. as a Trade War Brews
-
Singapore's Deputy PM Provides Bitcoin Vote of Confidence Amid China's Blanket Bans
-
China warns investors over risks in overseas virtual currency trading
-
Chinese government most trustworthy: survey
-
Kashima Antlers On Course For Back-To-Back Titles
MOST POPULAR
LATEST NEWS
Zhou Yongkang: China's Former Security Chief Sentenced to Life in Prison
China's former Chief of the Ministry of Public Security, Zhou Yongkang, has been given a life sentence after he was found guilty of abusing his office, bribery and deliberately ... Full Article
TRENDING STORY
-
China Pork Prices Expected to Stabilize As The Supplies Recover
-
Elephone P9000 Smartphone is now on Sale on Amazon India
-
There's a Big Chance Cliffhangers Won't Still Be Resolved When Grey's Anatomy Season 13 Returns
-
Supreme Court Ruled on Samsung vs Apple Dispute for Patent Infringement
-
Microsoft Surface Pro 5 Rumors and Release Date: What is the Latest?