He had some help: Morgan Wallen tops the 2024 Country Music Association Awards nominations with seven.

For a third year in a row, Wallen is up for both the top prize — entertainer of the year — and the male vocalist categories.

Rounding out the entertainer of the year categories are Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.

Post Malone’s massive radio hit, “I Had Some Help,” which features Wallen, is the main reason why the country singer leads the pack this year. It is up for single, song, musical event and music video of the year. His last nomination is a second one in the musical event category, for his collaboration with Eric Church, “Man Made a Bar.”

Ahead of the nominations announcement, some fans speculated that Beyoncé, whose landmark country-and-then-some reclamation “Cowboy Carter” was released during the eligibility window, could receive a nomination at the 2024 CMAs. She did not.

Earlier this year, the album hit No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, making her the first Black woman to top the chart since its 1964 inception.

The CMA Awards are nominated and voted on by members of the Country Music Association, which includes music executives, artists, publicists, songwriters and other industry professionals.

Wallen is followed by both Cody Johnson, who is also nominated in the male vocalist category for the third year in a row, and seven-time male vocalist of the year winner, Stapleton.

Stapleton and Johnson have five nominations each. Stapleton is both an artist and producer on “White Horse,” up for single of the year, and “Higher,” up for album of the year.

First-time nominee Malone and Wilson, last year’s entertainer of the year winner, are tied with four nominations. All of Malone’s nominations are for “I Had Some Help.”

Jelly Roll, Combs, Kacey Musgraves and Megan Moroney also boast three nods each.

The CMA Awards will air Nov. 20 on ABC.

Guitarist Scialfa reveals cancer diagnosis: Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen’s wife and E Street bandmate, says she has been dealing with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer.

In a documentary about the band that premiered Sunday, Scialfa, 71, said she was diagnosed in 2018 with the disease. The guitarist said the condition has led her to curtail touring with the band.

“This affects my immune system, so I have to be careful what I choose to do and where I choose to go,” she said in the film, titled “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.”

“Every once in a while, I come to a show or two, and I can sing a few songs onstage, and that’s been a treat,” she said. “That’s the new normal for me right now, and I’m OK with that.”

Sept. 11 birthdays: Comedian Tom Dreesen is 85. Director Brian De Palma is 84. Actor Lola Falana is 82. Drummer Mickey Hart is 81. Actor Amy Madigan is 74. Actor John Hawkes is 65. Singer Harry Connick Jr. is 57. Actor Taraji P. Henson is 54. Rapper Ludacris is 47. Singer Charles Kelley is 43. Actor Tyler Hoechlin is 37.