2011 Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced live from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville by Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn nominations during CBS’ The Early Show . Miranda Lambert leads with 7 nominations; Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Band each receive 5 nominations, with Zac Brown receiving 4 additional nods; The Band Perry and Taylor Swift each receive 4 nominations; Lady Antebellum, Lee Brice, Easton Corbin, Alan Jackson and Keith Urban each receive 3 nominations Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban are nominated for Entertainer of the Year.
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2011 ACM Awards Nominations
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Toby Keith
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Taylor Swift
Keith Urban
Top Male Vocalist
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban
Top Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
Top Vocal Duo
The JaneDear Girls
Joey & Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
Top Vocal Group
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Top New Solo Vocalist
Eric Church
Easton Corbin
Randy Houser
Top New Duo or Group
The JaneDear Girls
Steel Magnolia
The Band Perry
Album of the Year
Hemingway’s Whiskey – Kenny Chesney
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
The Guitar Song – Jamey Johnson
Speak Now – Taylor Swift
Up on the Ridge – Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band
Single Record of the Year
“A Little More Country Than That” – Easton Corbin
“As She’s Walking Away” – Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
“If I Die Young” – The Band Perry
“Love Like Crazy” – Lee Brice
“The Boys of Fall” – Kenny Chesney
“The House That Built Me” – Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year
“A Little More Country Than That” – Easton Corbin
“As She’s Walking Away” – Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
“If I Die Young” – The Band Perry
“Love Like Crazy” – Lee Brice
“The House That Built Me” – Miranda Lambert
Video of the Year
“Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
“Only Prettier” – Miranda Lambert
“Stuck Like Glue” – Sugarland
“The Boys of Fall” – Kenny Chesney
“The House That Built Me” – Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event
“As She’s Walking Away” – Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
“Blue Sky” – Emily West featuring Keith Urban
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” – Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert
“Cold Beer” – Colt Ford featuring Jamey Johnson
“Good to Be Me” – Uncle Kracker featuring Kid Rock
Miranda Lambert leads with seven nominations, including Top Female Vocalist and her first ever nomination for Entertainer of the Year. In addition, Lambert was nominated for Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “The House That Built Me” and received two nominations for Video of the Year for “Only Prettier” and “The House That Built Me.” She is nominated for Vocal Event of the Year with Sheryl Crow and Loretta Lynn for “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Lambert is the reigning ACM Top Female Vocalist.
Kenny Chesney is nominated for five awards, including Album of the Year for Hemingway’s Whiskey and Single Record of the Year for “The Boys Of Fall,” both of which he is nominated for as an artist and producer. He is also nominated for Video of the Year for “The Boys Of Fall.”
Zac Brown Band is nominated for five awards including Top Vocal Group and Album of the Year. Zac Brown Band is also nominated for Song of the Year, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away” featuring Alan Jackson.
Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band also received four additional individual nominations as the producer for Album of the Year contender You Get What You Give, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away” and additionally as a composer for Song of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away.”
The Band Perry is nominated for four awards, including Top Vocal Group and Top New Vocal Duo or Group. They are also nominated for Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “If I Die Young.” Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry also received an additional individual nomination as a composer for Song of the Year contender “If I Die Young.”
Taylor Swift is nominated for four awards, including her second nod for Entertainer of the Year. If Swift wins Entertainer of the Year, this will be her first Entertainer of the Year win. Swift is nominated as an artist and producer for Album of the Year for Speak Now and she also received a nomination for Top Female Vocalist.
Lady Antebellum is nominated for three awards including Top Vocal Group. They are also nominated for Album of the Year as artists and producers for Need You Now. They are the reigning Top Vocal Group.
Lee Brice is nominated for three awards for Song of the Year and as both an artist and producer for Single Record of the year for “Love Like Crazy.” This is Brice’s first year to be nominated.
Easton Corbin is nominated for three awards for Top New Solo Vocalist and for Song of the Year and Single Record of the Year for “A Little More Country Than That.” This is Corbin’s first year to be nominated.
Alan Jackson is nominated for three awards for Song of the Year, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “As She’s Walking Away,” with the Zac Brown Band.
Keith Urban is nominated for three awards including Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist. Urban is also nominated for Vocal Event of the Year for “Blue Sky” with Emily West.
Fan voting for Top New Solo Vocalist and Top New Vocal Duo or Group began at VoteACM.com and GACtv.com/ACM on January 28, 2011 and will close on Thursday, February 24 at 12 noon EST. The winner in each category will be announced in March, and will move on to compete for Top New Artist. Fan voting for Top New Artist and Entertainer of the Year begins on March 11 at noon PT at VoteACM.com. Fan voting for Top New Artist will close at 5 p.m. PT on April 3 (before the LIVE show starts) and fan voting for Entertainer of the Year will close during the third hour of the LIVE broadcast.
Sugarland will headline the first-ever ACM Fan Jam, a fans-only live concert event taking place in Las Vegas during and after the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast. The ACM Fan Jam will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, during and after the ACM Awards from the M
GM Grand Garden Arena, and will give fans the ultimate opportunity to be part of the LIVE telecast. Throughout the three-hour live show from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, there will be performances from the Mandalay Bay Events Center by Sugarland and other top-tier music acts, to be announced at a later date.
Brad Paisley is the greatest. To get Alabama back into the mainstream of country music, and to perform with them during the awards show is total Brad. Only he could do te unbeliebable. God Bless Brad for his awesome personality and total love for Country Music!! – said cheryl on May 27, 2011
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