Ella Langley Leads 2026 CMA Awards Nominations, Variety Reports

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Nomination totals released Thursday

Ella Langley leads the 2026 Country Music Association Awards nominations with nine nods, Variety reported on September 10. Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves also received large tallies.

The CMA list covers major performance and album categories used to set the televised awards show later this year. Langley’s total places her at the top of this cycle’s announcement.

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Variety posted the nomination rundown on its site and social accounts Thursday. Other entertainment desks repeated the same counts after the CMA release.

Performers typically confirm category lists through their labels after the CMA announcement. The awards broadcast date was not the focus of Thursday’s Variety item.

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Nomination totals released Thursday

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