CMA Awards Nominations

Why is she still nominated? She's not even country anymore!--

Oh sorry. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the reason I'm still relevant, Maroon Mondays Award Show Reviews. Today the Country Music Association released nominations to this years' CMA Awards, the largest country music awards ceremony
in the UNIVERSE!!!
(Ahem)
Well, at least in North America.

As you know, I am into country music (well, at least not as much as pop or hip-hop, sadly) but I do enjoy the awards show where I can watch the big artists (and Taylor Swift) perform their latest hits and battle against each other in the categories that make up the nominations (And in Taylor's case, just show up looking pretty, sing a song that sounds country enough, and you're automatically nominated).

So here they are, in their big, wonderful glory, the nominations to this years' CMA Awards:

Vocal Duo of the Year:
Big and Rich
Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
Sugarland
The Civil Wars
Thompson Square

Female Vocalist:
Kelly Clarkson (Not really a Country singer either)
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift (See?)
Carrie Underwood

New Artist:
Lee Brice
Brett Eldridge
Florida Georgia Line
Kip Moore
Kacey Musgraves

Male Vocalist:
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban

Entertainer of the Year"
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryant
Blake Shelton
George Strait (A surprise nom; I never heard of him before Drake's HYFR)
Taylor Swift (Another surprise; as she's not a country artist)

Well, that's it. Who will win it all? Who will will perform? Who will not show up in a hat? Find out when the CMA Awards air November 6 on ABC.
But, dear God, I hope it's not Taylor Swift. Hate all you want, TS fans, but she doesn't deserve any nom, and definitely doesn't deserve any awards. She's a pop artist now, and I have never ever (no pun intended) heard any song from her that sounds like country; just listen to most of Speak Now and ALL of Red. It's all right there.

So, see you in November?