Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Miranda Lambert Takes The Lead With ACM Nominations

Nominees for the 46th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Toby Keith
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Taylor Swift
Keith Urban

TOP MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban

TOP FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack

TOP VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
the JaneDear girls
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland

TOP VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Previously Announced)
Eric Church
Easton Corbin
Randy Houser

TOP NEW VOCAL DUO or GROUP OF THE YEAR (Previously Announced)
the JaneDear girls
Steel Magnolia
The Band Perry

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Hemingway's Whiskey -- Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
The Guitar Song -- Jamey Johnson (Mercury)
Speak Now -- Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records)
Up On The Ridge -- Dierks Bentley (Capitol Records Nashville)
You Get What You Give -- Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)

SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] (TIE)
A Little More Country Than That -- Easton Corbin (Mercury)
As She's Walking Away -- Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson (Southern Ground / Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
If I Die Young -- The Band Perry (Republic Nashville)
Love Like Crazy -- Lee Brice (Curb Records)
The Boys Of Fall -- Kenny Chesney (BNA)
The House That Built Me -- Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)

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 OF THE YEAR
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