This past year has certainly been anything but normal, and for musicians it meant most were stuck at home and unable to tour, and for some, release records. This big change may make it difficult for next year’s award shows, especially when it comes to Entertainer of the Year, and that’s something Luke Combs has thought about.

Luke suspects that while Song of the Year and Single of the Year will be “pretty normal” at award shows, other categories, including Entertainer won’t be that easy. “I think you just take the current criteria and you just kind of morph it and tweak it a little bit,” he shares. “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.”

Luke thinks they’ll have to look at things like livestreams, and more. He notes, “it’s the same kind of thing, just without the massive touring piece that is normally so associated with that particular award.”