Think Sturgill Simpson is a lock to win Best Country Album at the 59th Grammy Awards on Feb. 12? Think again.
Sturgill picked up two nominations at this year’s Grammys: Album of the Year and Best Country Album for A Sailor’s Guide to Earth. Sturgill is the only country artist to earn a nomination in the all-genre Album of the Year category, which might lead you to believe that he’s a shoo-in to take home Best Country Album.
Logically, if A Sailor’s Guide to Earth is the only country album nominated in the all-genre Album of the Year category, then it must be the Best Country Album. As “The Donald” likes to say: “Wrong.”
History has proven the aforementioned philosophy to be incorrect.
Take a look at the Album of the Year and Best Country Album nominees at the 2017 Grammys.
