Final Nominees For 28th Annual MusicRow Awards Announced

MusicRow is pleased to announce the nominees for the 28th Annual MusicRow Awards, Nashville’s longest-running industry trade publication honors.

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Subscribed members of MusicRow will receive ballots by email on Wednesday, May 18. Voting closes on Tues., May 24 at 5 p.m.

The 2016 MusicRow Awards will be presented during a private event at BMI on Wednesday, June 29.

Nominees in all four categories are determined by the MusicRow editorial team. Winners are determined by ballots sent to the publication’s subscribed members.

Outside submissions were accepted for the Breakthrough Songwriter category, which honors writers and co-writers who scored their first Top 10 single during the eligibility period (May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016).

MusicRow will also distribute the Top 10 Album All-Star Musician Awards at the event, recognizing the studio musicians who played on the most albums reaching the Top 10 of Billboard‘s country album chart during the eligibility period. Honors will be presented for guitar, bass, drums, fiddle, keyboards, steel, vocals and engineer categories.

Winners will be profiled in MusicRow’s June/July print magazine, which will debut at the ceremony.