Reba McEntire, who will host the ACM Awards at 7 p.m. April 7 on CBS, was incensed that no females were included in the top category of Entertainer of the Year.
Reba McEntire revealed a portion of the nominees for the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS Wednesday morning. But her delivery of the names didn't come without criticism.
McEntire, who will host the ACM Awards at 7 p.m. April 7 on CBS, was incensed that no females were included in the top category of Entertainer of the Year.
McEntire has been nominated for the honor nine times and won the Entertainer of the Year category in 1994. Her criticism is part of a larger conversation about female singers being boxed out of country music. There were no female nominees in the category in November's CMA Awards. In fact, the nominees in the category are identical at both shows: Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton and Jason Aldean.