All six of Frankie Ballard’s singles have landed in the Top 10, and three of them have hit No. 1; he’s also earned a Top 5 album and spent plenty of time in the last several years on the road. However, awards show recognition has evaded him: The singer has yet to even be nominated at the ACM Awards or CMA Awards, let alone win a trophy - but it’s only making Ballard more determined.

“It’s the industry I’m in, and it’s my colleagues, so you want them to go, ‘Hey, man, we think you’re alright.’ But I haven’t really got there yet,” Ballard tells The Boot. “I just always take that as, you gotta get better; you gotta keep working harder.

“If I get there, then I get there, and I’ll be happy about it, and if I don’t, then I guess I never did it well enough, because I think great songs and great music will be recognized,” the artist adds. “Until it’s great, it can be overlooked, so we just keep trying to make it great.”

Ballard isn’t willing to conform to trends just to win awards, though.

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