Surprising Country Music Snubs At This Year's Grammy Awards
The 60th Grammy Awards kick off this Sunday. The best in music will take the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It's the first time the show is being held outside of Los Angeles since 2003.
Not a single country artist was nominated in the four big categories - Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Record of the Year and New Artist of the Year. Rare Country's Hunter Kelly joins to discuss the snubs.
Little Big Town and Chris Stapleton have the most nominations as far as country artists go with three nominations each. Kelly believes Stapleton will win Best Country Album and that Little Big Town will win for Best Country Song.
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