Taylor Swift is officially back in the CMA Awards conversation. The superstar just earned her first nomination in four years, picking up a Single of the Year nod for“I Knew It, I Knew You.”It’s her first Single of the Year nomination since 2013 and her first CMA recognition since 2022. Her last CMA win came in 2017, when she took home Song of the Year as a songwriter on Little Big Town’s“Better Man.”
The song has had a run nobody saw coming. Released in June on the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, it climbed all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a genuine country radio force. Now it’s competing against Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson, and Cody Johnson in one of the night’s toughest categories.
Swift has been open about what this era means to her, saying she loves her country roots more and more the further along her path she gets, and that the people who shaped her as an artist and writer all happened in Nashville. The 60th annual CMA Awards air November 18 on ABC and stream on Disney+. So who are you rooting for in Single of the Year?
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