57th CMA Awards: Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson discuss nominations, country music’s appeal – Tennessean
Though they’re both celebrating their combined 14 nominations for Nov. 8, 2023’s 57th CMA Awards right now, Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson’s success could be merely scratching the surface of reaching levels of acclaim set by iconic artists.
2012 was the last time highly-nominated male and female Country Music Association award-winning artists had a duet soaring up country’s radio charts — as Jelly Roll and Wilson’s CMA Musical Event of the Year-nominated collaboration “Save Me” will be — on award night.
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert’s “Over You” also won the CMA award for Song of the Year in 2012.
At Bridgestone Arena, Jelly Roll will be nominated for Single of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, Music Video of the Year and New Artist of the Year.
Insofar as Wilson, her previous nine-nomination success in 2022 is eclipsed a year later with an Entertainer of the Year nod alongside Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year.
In the Single and Music Event of the Year categories, Wilson is nominated twice and impressively competes against her own work.
The success of Jelly Roll and Wilson’s respective songs “Need a Favor,” “Heart Like a Truck” and “wait in the truck” and “Save Me” cements the potential future trophy-winning and genre-redefining success of the pair of artists under the Broken Bow Records umbrella.
In the past 12 months, she and Jelly Roll have played numerous sold-out concerts nationwide at venues of varying sizes. They have also succeeded as solo artists and collaborators with a diverse plethora of creators in music in general.
In a March 2023 Tennessean interview, Jelly Roll questioned whether his catalog of work “could stand up” against more established stars in the genre.
He’s now risen from a drug-addicted and law-breaking youth in Davidson County, Tennessee’s juvenile detention centers and corrections facilities to being the CMA Awards’ most nominated male performer. Ultimately, this highlights how much his catalog now — because of being championed by a passionate fanbase of millions who share his life circumstances — unquestionably meets the genre’s standards of excellence.
Wilson’s heart was “almost beating out of her chest” when she spoke to The Tennessean on Thursday morning.
“[Being nominated nine times, again] is a wild thing you call home about.”
About the call to her beloved father, Brian, she notes that though he was half asleep, he was blunt in his joyous assessment of his daughter’s success.
“Well ain’t that some s***,” Wilson said he stated.
Respect and support from peers and teams for both artists are “growing daily” and coming from an incredible array of “unbelievable” supporters who — by viewing the rising superstars’ appeal as similar to their own — have suddenly elevated what Wilson refers to as “the courage to keep on going.”
The reigning CMA New Artist and Female Vocalist of the Year adds that she feels like she’s a “leader in every facet of [her] life now,” which requires “maintaining a positive attitude while still treating people well, being a positive role model for the little ears and eyes paying attention to me and setting an example similar to the one my parents would’ve wanted me to follow if I [were my own fan].”
“Those are big shoes to fill.”
Regarding those “big shoes,” in March 2023, Jelly Roll also noted that the genre’s current boom bears similarities to the outlaw movement of the ’70s, ’90s rodeo music and the growth and development of acts like Garth Brooks.
“[Country music] is at its most diversely entertaining and interesting [moment] right now.”
The “Son of a Sinner” vocalist added the following in an early morning social media statement.
“Being nominated is already a win for me. Being recognized by my peers and the industry for the work we put in is amazing, especially for my people. This is a win for all the underdogs and forgotten. These are the moments I hope my people are the most proud of. I have taken our message to the masses without compromise and I have been embraced.”
When contemplating the enormity of the broad-based success the genre is having, Wilson paused, then offered thoughtful, grateful notions.
“In a very short amount of time, country music is re-setting historic musical records while staying at the top of the charts and gaining in momentum and pop cultural relevancy. I’m proud that [the genre] celebrates people’s desire to engage with a lifestyle and music that can transport you to memories, places and times where the attached stories make you feel deep emotions.”
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