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First-Time ACM Nominees in Limbo as Pandemic Expands the Promotional Calendar

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It's often said that you never forget your first time, and that's certainly true for a dozen inaugural Academy of Country Music Awards nominees.

Had things gone as planned, CBS would have telecast the awards on April 5, and those artists making their debut appearance on the academy's ballot — including Morgan Wallen, Gabby Barrett, Riley Green, Cody Johnson and Tenille Townes — would already know if they could move from first-time ACM nominee to first-time ACM winner.

Instead, the disruption of the COVID-19 coronavirus leaves those artists in limbo for an additional five months, with most of them waiting until Sept.

16 to find out if their name is in the proverbial envelope. The glass-half-empty version of that scenario is that the winners

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