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Luke Bryan Agrees with Reba, Country Music Needs More Women In ‘Entertainer’ Category

When Reba McEntire Told CBS This Morning that she was disappointed that there weren’t any females in the Entertainer of the Year Category at the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards,…

Luke Bryan Agrees with Reba, Country Music Needs More Women In 'Entertainer' Category

LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 07: Recording artist Luke Bryan speaks onstage during ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute To The Troops at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for ACM)

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When Reba McEntire Told CBS This Morning that she was disappointed that there weren't any females in the Entertainer of the Year Category at the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards, she wasn't alone.

Reba, who will host the ACM Awards again this year, said on the morning show the day she announced the nominees, "It doesn't make me very happy, because we've got some very talented women out there who are working their butts off."

Entertainer of the Year winner and a nominee again this year Luke Bryan told Buzzfeed News, he felt the same way. "It's something on everybody's radar, and it's so good that it's on everybody's radar, and I think Reba has earned the right to voice her opinion on matters like that," Luke says. "Somebody like Reba has to stand up and say to the Academy of Country Music and all forms of country music awards shows. It does get a little bit tricky when it is a naturally male-heavy format, but there's so many women out there that should feel the right to speak up."

Bryan is just one of country's male superstars that has weighed in and agreed with Reba on her stance, Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley have echoed Luke's sentiment.

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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.