Voting Now Open For 2026 MusicRow Awards

Voting for the 38th annual MusicRow Awards begins today, Wednesday, Aug. 5 and runs through Friday, Aug. 14 at 5:00 p.m. CT. MusicRow subscribers will be receiving their ballots via email.

This year’s winners will be announced online on all MusicRow platforms on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Presenting Sponsor of the 2026 MusicRow Awards is City National Bank.

To receive a ballot to vote in the MusicRow Awards, become a subscriber here.

Read about the 2026 MusicRow Award nominees here.

Now in its 38th year, the MusicRow Awards are Nashville’s longest running music industry trade publication honors and celebrate the achievements of songwriters, artists, producers and more.

The final nominees revealed in this announcement are determined by a committee. For the categories of Breakthrough Songwriter and Breakthrough Artist-Writer, outside nominations are also considered. For the Male and Female Songwriter of the Year categories, nominees are based on data from MusicRow’s Top Songwriter Chart.

All nominations are based on projects that were active between the period of June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026. Continuing MusicRow’s tradition of recognizing talent behind the scenes, the Top 10 Album All-Star Musician Awards will be presented in conjunction with the MusicRow Awards. These honors salute Nashville’s most in-demand studio players who performed on the most albums reaching the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart during the eligibility period.