Chris Stapleton is country’s Grammy 2018 frontrunner. He grabbed three nominations: Best Country Solo Performance for “Either Way,” Best Country Song for “Broken Halos” and Best Country Album for From a Room: Volume 1. Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and Midland each earned two nods.
Best Country Solo Performance
- “Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt
- “Losing You” – Alison Krauss
- “Tin Man” – Miranda Lambert
- “I Could Use a Love Song” – Maren Morris
- “Either Way” – Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- “It Ain’t My Fault” – Brothers Osborne
- “My Old Man – Zac Brown Band
- “You Look Good – Lady Antebellum
- “Better Man” – Little Big Town
- “Drinkin’ Problem” – Midland
Best Country Song (Songwriters award)
- “Better Man” – Taylor Swift, songwriter (Little Big Town)
- “Body Like a Back Road” – Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, songwriters (Sam Hunt)
- “Broken Halos” – Mike Henderson and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
- “Drinkin’ Problem” – Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Midland)
- “Tin Man” – Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Best Country Album
- Cosmic Hallelujah – Kenny Chesney
- Heart Break – Lady Antebellum
- The Breaker – Little Big Town
- Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
- From a Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton