The 2024 Country Music Awards nominations are out — and Beyoncé’s name is nowhere to be found on the list of nominees.

The pop icon made her foray into country music in March of this year with the release of “Cowboy Carter.” The 27-track album, featuring fan favorites “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” broke streaming records upon its release, becoming Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 and earning the title of most first-day streams of a country album by a female artist on Amazon Music.

According to the CMA website, the nominees and winners of the annual award show are determined by a  group of 6,000 industry professional members who make up the Country Music Association.

Shaboozey, who is featured in two tracks on “Cowboy Carter,” posted on his X account after the nominations were announced, writing: “That goes without saying. Thank you @Beyonce for opening a door for us, starting a conversation, and giving us one of the most innovative country albums of all time!”

Shaboozey received nominations for this year’s Country Music Music Awards, including Single of the Year and New Artist of the Year.

Other artists who racked up nominations include Morgan Wallen, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.

Wallen led the pack with seven total nominations. “The Voice” alum made headlines in April after getting arrested for allegedly throwing a chair from a bar rooftop in Nashville. He received a sharp rebuke from the music industry in 2021 after a video surfaced of him shouting a racial slur.

This isn’t the first time Beyoncé has been snubbed in the eyes of her fans and closest supporters. In February, Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z publicly called out the Grammys after her album “Renaissance” lost out on the album of the year award to Harry Styles’ “Harry’s House.”

“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than anyone and never won album of the year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work,” Jay-Z said during his acceptance speech for the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award.

Beyoncé holds the record as the artist with the most Grammy wins, with 32 total.

The CMAs will air on Nov. 20 on ABC.

Who was nominated?

Here’s the full list of nominees from the CMA website.

Entertainer Of The Year

• Luke Combs
• Jelly Roll
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen
• Lainey Wilson

Single Of The Year

• “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey
  Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry
  Mix Engineer: Raul Lopez
• “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson
  Producer: Trent Willmon
  Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke
• “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
  Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
  Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore
• “Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson
  Producer: Jay Joyce
  Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
• “White Horse” – Chris Stapleton
  Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton
  Mix Engineer: Vance Powell

Album Of The Year

• Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
  Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian
  Mix Engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder
• Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs
  Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
  Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews
• Higher – Chris Stapleton
  Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton
  Mix Engineer: Vance Powell
• Leather – Cody Johnson
  Producer: Trent Willmon
  Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke
• Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll
  Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens
  Mix Engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley

Song of the Year

• “Burn It Down”
  Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
• “Dirt Cheap”
  Songwriter: Josh Phillips
• “I Had Some Help”
  Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters
• “The Painter”
  Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins
• “White Horse”
  Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Kelsea Ballerini
• Ashley McBryde
• Megan Moroney
• Kacey Musgraves
• Lainey Wilson

Male Vocalist Of The Year

• Luke Combs
• Jelly Roll
• Cody Johnson
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen

Vocal Group Of The Year

• Lady A
• Little Big Town
• Old Dominion
• The Red Clay Strays
• Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo Of The Year

• Brooks & Dunn
• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Maddie & Tae
• The War And Treaty

Musical Event Of The Year

• “Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan)
  Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym
• “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
  Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
• “I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves)
  Producer: Zach Bryan
• “Man Made A Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)
  Producer: Joey Moi
• “you look like you love me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green)
  Producer: Will Bundy

Musician Of The Year

• Tom Bukovac – Guitar
• Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
• Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
• Rob McNelley – Guitar
• Charlie Worsham – Guitar

Music Video Of The Year

• “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson
  Director: Dustin Haney
• “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
  Director: Chris Villa
• “I’m Not Pretty” – Megan Moroney
  Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney
• “The Painter” – Cody Johnson
  Director: Dustin Haney
• “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson
  Director: Patrick Tracy

New Artist Of The Year

• Megan Moroney
• Shaboozey
• Nate Smith
• Mitchell Tenpenny
• Zach Top
• Bailey Zimmerman

Just an hour outside Detroit, in the city of  Port Huron, Michigan, one resident is making waves with an unusual act of community service.  Dressed as a clown, she hits the streets with trash bags and a shopping cart she calls “Carter,” cleaning up the city while also trying to shift people’s perspectives. What she’s doing has caught the attention of her entire city. Hundreds of people have turned out to help her pick up the trash by participating in cleanup events that she holds on Saturdays.

Outside of the clown outfit, “Trash the Clown,” a stay-at-home mom of two kids who has been with her partner since high school, is just a normal neighbor. She noticed garbage piling up around her town and decided to do something about it.

Instead of blending in, she chose to stand out by dressing as a clown while collecting litter. When asked how she came up with the idea, the 33-year-old mom explained that her goal was to create a character that would make people feel uncomfortable at first, since clowns tend to be divisive. 

By changing how people feel about clowns, she believed she could also shift their perspectives on other things. Her mission goes beyond just addressing litter; it’s about changing how people view the world and each other, she said.

“We go through our days without really seeing the world around us without really engaging one another,” she added. “So if we can learn to like, actually engage the world, see it, then we start to see the litter on the ground. Then we can see how, you know, we’re hateful to one another, and how we can fill in those gaps with kindness and with love.”

Dolly Becker, a viewer who grew up in Port Huron, first brought “Trash the Clown” to the attention of “CBS Mornings.” Becker said she’d seen posts online about a clown walking around with a shopping cart picking up trash. Many people assumed the person was homeless or mentally ill. But Becker decided to reach out to her directly, and the two became friends.

“I think every town needs somebody, you know, to advocate, to clean things up. Take pride in your town,” Becker said.

Trash the Clown’s unusual method has made her the talk of Port Huron. Initially, people mocked her but now the community sees the value in her work. Hundreds of her neighbors have even joined in to help clean up the town.

“It’s it’s a simple shtick, you know. Yeah. I just go around and pick up trash when I see it. The world is really noisy, so it’s hard to hear good messages sometimes. And so to kind of cut through all that negative noise, sometimes you have to speak loud but loud in a different way,” said the stay-at-home mom. 

Several community members have applauded her recent efforts, with one resident writing on Facebook: “We love our Trash the Clown so much!! She is a glorious human who has done more to unite this town than words can describe. Group cleanups, art & music gatherings, and using some of her dumpster treasures to create beautiful art pieces.”

Despite the attention, “Trash the Clown” prefers to stay in character and keep the focus on her mission.

“I don’t want it to be about me,” she said. “I want people to see the world as we’re in it together. We’re a community, and we can get stuff done to together. It’s not about just one person or a clown.” 

David Begnaud loves uncovering the heart of every story and will continue to do so, highlighting everyday heroes and proving that there is good news in the news with his exclusive “CBS Mornings” series “Beg-Knows America.” Every Monday, get ready for moments that will make you smile or even shed a tear. Do you have a story about an ordinary person doing something extraordinary for someone else? Email David and his team at DearDavid@cbsnews.com

David Begnaud

David Begnaud is a CBS News contributor and previously served as the lead national correspondent for “CBS Mornings,” based in New York City.