Lady Antebellum scored a knock-out punch in nominations for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards, racking up seven nods, including Top Vocal Group and Album of the Year. Miranda Lambert also did extremely well on the nominees list, with six mentions, including Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year. Carrie Underwood tied with Miranda for six nominations.
Taylor Swift received five nominations, while tied at four each were Brad Paisley, the Zac Brown Band and Kenny Chesney.
Here's the full rundown on this year's nominations...and don't forget, you can see the Awards show IN PERSON with the VoC ACM Awards Tour (details available on this site):
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Kenny Chesney
- Toby Keith
- Brad Paisley
- George Strait
- Taylor Swift
- Carrie Underwood
- Keith Urban
- Zac Brown Band
TOP MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Kenny Chesney
- Brad Paisley
- Darius Rucker
- George Strait
- Keith Urban
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Miranda Lambert
- Reba McEntire
- Taylor Swift
- Carrie Underwood
- Lee Ann Womack
TOP VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Lady Antebellum
- Little Big Town
- Randy Rogers Band
- Rascal Flatts
- Zac Brown Band
TOP VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
- Brooks & Dunn
- Joey + Rory
- Montgomery Gentry
- Steel Magnolia
- Sugarland
TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST OF THE YEAR *
- Luke Bryan
- Jamey Johnson
- Chris Young
TOP NEW VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR *
- Bomshel
- Joey + Rory
- Steel Magnolia
TOP NEW VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR *
- Eli Young Band
- Gloriana
- The Lost Trailers
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)]
- American Saturday Night - Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Chris DuBois, Frank Rogers
- Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Victoria Shaw, Paul Worley
- Play On - Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Mark Bright
"Quitter" Produced by Max Martin & Shellback for Maratone Productions and Mark Bright
- Revolution - Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
- The Foundation - Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Keith Stegall, Zac Brown
SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)]
- Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley
- People Are Crazy - Billy Currington (Mercury)
Produced by: Carson Chamberlain, Billy Currington
- Red Light - David Nail (MCA Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
- Toes - Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Keith Stegall, Zac Brown
- White Liar - Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
- Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood
Composers: Mike Elizondo, Brett James, Carrie Underwood
Publishers: Brett James Cornelius Music (ASCAP), Carrie Okie Music (BMI), Rincon Ave Music
(ASCAP), Stage Three Songs (ASCAP)
- Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Composers: Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott
Publishers: EMI Foray Music (BMI), Darth Buddha (ASCAP), Dwhaywood Music (BMI), Hillary Dawn Publishing (SESAC), Radiobullets Publishing (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Year Of The Dog Music (ASCAP)
- People Are Crazy - Billy Currington
Composers: Bobby Braddock, Troy Jones
Publishers: Crozier Music Enterprises LLC (BMI), Mighty Nice Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
- White Liar - Miranda Lambert
Composers: Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
Publishers: Pink Dog Publishing (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
- You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
Composers: Liz Rose, Taylor Swift
Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Taylor Swift Music (BMI)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)] (Off Camera Award)
- Boots On - Randy Houser
Producer: Eric Welch
Director: Eric Welch (Drake footage: Vickie Vaughn)
- Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Producer: Clarke Gallican
Director: David McClister
- Welcome To The Future - Brad Paisley
Producers: Mark Kalbfeld, Jim Shea, Peter Tilden
Director: Jim Shea
- White Liar - Miranda Lambert
Producer: Tameron Hedge
Director: Chris Hicky
- You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
Producer: Randy Brewer
Director: Roman White
VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] (Off Camera Award)
- Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins (Reprise Records / Warner Music Nashville)
Producer: Scott Hendricks
- Honky Tonk Stomp - Brooks & Dunn featuring Billy Gibbons (Arista Nashville)
Producer: Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride
- I Told You So - Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis (19/Arista Nashville)
Producer: Mark Bright
- I'm Alive - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews (Blue Chair/BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
- Seeing Stars - Jack Ingram featuring Patty Griffin (Big Machine Records)
Produced by: Jack Ingram, Jeremy Stover
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