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Luke Bryan: It’s ‘Disturbing’ If Carrie Underwood Never Wins The CMA Entertainer Of The Year

Luke Bryan spoke to the media yesterday (7/29) and during the session, he was asked about Garth Brooks’ announcement that he wishes to permanently remove himself from Entertainer of the…

Luke Bryan Says It's 'Disturbing' If Carrie Underwood Never Wins The CMA ETOY
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Luke Bryan spoke to the media yesterday (7/29) and during the session, he was asked about Garth Brooks' announcement that he wishes to permanently remove himself from Entertainer of the Year consideration at the CMA Awards. Bryan noted that when he won the honor in 2014 and 2015, he felt he earned it.

"I truly believe that when I won, I was deserving. Hell, I really felt like the best entertainer that year. And there's been years where I felt like the best entertainer and I didn't win, but that's just the way it goes."

Garth decided he doesn't want to be considered any longer, admitting even he fully expected Carrie Underwood to win last November. Bryan said that he did too. He said, "My thought is, if we go for some long period of time and Carrie Underwood never wins a CMA Entertainer of the Year, that's quite disturbing for me, because she's definitely ... she's done everything you can do to win, in my opinion."

He added: "And that goes for Eric (Church)."

Neither Underwood nor Church has ever won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards. Both are candidates to be nominees again in 2020, but the actual nominations won't be revealed for several more weeks.

Born Here Live Here Die Here is Bryan's seventh studio album and will be released on August 7.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.