LUKE COMBS: On how 2020 will impact 2021 awards, specifically Entertainer of the Year (Audio)
Question: How do you think award shows will be next year with awards like Entertainer of the Year when there hasn’t been much happening this year?
Luke Combs: I don’t know, I think that’s a really interesting question, I can’t say that’s the first time I’ve thought about that because I do think you can still do Song of the Year and Single of the Year will remain pretty normal, but then when you get into Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Entertainer, it is different. I think you just take the current criteria and you just kind of morph it and tweak it a little bit. I view Entertainer as whose done the most for the genre in the last year, and I think you can still take that same criteria and apply it to 2020, it’s just going to be different things. It’s going to be releasing music, doing livestreams, people were still out there doing Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel, it was all just from the comfort of their homes. I think you take streaming into account and sales, radio, it’s the same kind of thing, just without the massive touring piece that is normally so associated with that particular award.