Chris Willman Music WriterFor Ingrid Andress, becoming the designated face of country music in this year’s Grammy nominations just seven months after her debut album came out is “mind-blowing.”Among country artists, she’s tied with Miranda Lambert for the most overall nominations, with three.
But one of Andress’ nods was for best new artist — and she’s not just the only country nominee in that category, but in any of the four top all-genre categories.“I was thinking maybe one” nomination, she admits — “like maybe country song.
But was not expecting three at all. The new artist one really floored me. Literally floored. Like, I was on the floor.”Andress says she has “no idea how this happened, but being able to represent the country genre.
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