Nominees for the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards have been announced. Multi-nominees include the Earls of Leicester, the SteelDrivers and more.

In 2015, the Earls of Leicester took home the IBMA trophies for Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Instrumental Group of the Year and Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year; in addition, the group's Jerry Douglas was awarded Dobro Player of the Year, and another of the band’s members, Shawn Camp, earned Male Vocalist of the Year. In 2016, the Earls are again nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year; they also received a nod for Vocal Group of the Year, while Camp earned a Male Vocalist of the Year nom, Charlie Cushman has a Banjo Player of the Year nod, Douglas earned a nod for Dobro Player of the Year and Barry Bales received a Bass Player of the Year nom.

The SteelDrivers, meanwhile, earned recognition in the Song of the Year and Album of the Year categories. Of the nominations, the group's Tammy Rogers says in a press release, "We are thrilled and honored to be among the nominees for the 2016 IBMA Awards. These nominations continue to make 2016 our best year ever. Thank you to all who have believed and supported the SteelDrivers!"

A complete list of 2016 IBMA Awards nominees is below; nominees for Bluegrass Songwriter of the Year, as well as Special Awards and Momentum Awards recipients, have yet to be revealed. The awards ceremony is set to take place on Sept. 29 in Raleigh, N.C., during the annual World of Bluegrass event.

2016 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Nominees

Entertainer of the Year

Balsam Range

Del McCoury Band

The Earls of Leicester

Flatt Lonesome

The Gibson Brothers

Female Vocalist of the Year

Becky Buller

Dale Ann Bradley

Claire Lynch

Amanda Smith

Rhonda Vincent

Male Vocalist of the Year

Shawn Camp

Del McCoury

Buddy Melton

Tim O'Brien

Danny Paisley

Vocal Group of the Year

Balsam Range

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

The Earls of Leicester

Flatt Lonesome

The Gibson Brothers

Instrumental Group of the Year

The Earls of Leicester

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

Punch Brothers

Sam Bush Band

The Travelin' McCourys

Song of the Year

"Black River," Sierra Hull

"Long Way Down," the SteelDrivers

"Radio," Steep Canyon Rangers

"Thunder & Lightning," Lonesome River Band

"You're the One," Flatt Lonesome

Album of the Year

Bridging the Tradition, Lonesome River Band

It's About Tyme, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out

Runaway Train, Flatt Lonesome

The Muscle Shoals Recordings, the SteelDrivers

Weighted Mind, Sierra Hull

Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year

"All Dressed Up," Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers

"In the Heat of the Fire," Flatt Lonesome

"Rocking the Cradle," Lonesome River Band

"The Savior Is Born," Becky Buller

"Won't You Come Sing for Me," Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands.

Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year

"Cazenovia Cassanova," Frank Solivan with Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas

"Fireball," Special Consensus feat. Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley and Alison Brown

"Hogan's Goat," the Boxcars

"Hogan's House of Music," Ron Block

"Smartville," Ron Block

Emerging Artist of the Year

Band of Ruhks

The Lonely Heartstring Band

Mountain Faith

Sister Sadie

Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle

Town Mountain

Recorded Event of the Year

"Fireball," Special Consensus feat. Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley and Alison Brown

"Highway 40 Blues," Special Consensus with Della Mae

"In the Pines," Carl Jackson and Brad Paisley

"Longneck Blues," Junior Disk and Ronnie Bowman

"Pretty Woman," Frank Solivan and Del McCoury

Bluegrass Songwriter of the Year

TBA

Banjo Player of the Year

Charlie Cushman

Jens Kruger

Mike Munford

Noam Pikelny

Sammy Shelor

Bass Player of the Year

Barry Bales

Alan Bertram

Mike Bub

Miss Raines

Mark Schatz

Dobro Player of the Year

Jerry Douglas

Andy Hall

Rob Ickes

Phil Leadbetter

Josh Swift

Fiddle Player of the Year

Becky Buller

Jason Carter

Michael Cleveland

Stuart Duncan

Ron Stewart

Guitar Player of the Year

Bryan Sutton

Kenny Smith

Chris Aldridge

Josh Williams

Jim Hurst

Mandolin Player of the Year

Jesse Brock

Sam Bush

Sierra Hull

Frank Solivan

Adam Steffey

Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductees

Clarence White

Rounder Records founders Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton-Levy and Bill Nowlin

Distinguished Achievement Awards

Bluegrass Unlimited magazine

Boston Bluegrass Union

Bill Emerson

Jim Rooney

SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction