The Academy of Country Music’s 47th annual
awards show nominations were announced on Thursday morning. Kenny Chesney leads
everyone with an incredible nine nominations. Jason Aldean snagged five of his
own and Lady Antebellum grabbed and five nominations as well. A bunch of other
artists got some good news as well by receiving multiple nominations as well. I
bolded who I think should take home the award. Here are the categories and
nominated artists...
Entertainer
of the Year
§ Jason Aldean
§ Kenny
Chesney
§ Brad Paisley
§ Blake Shelton
§ Taylor Swift
Although this is a fan voted award and all
these artists had an outstanding year. Kenny had a great year considering
taking a year off. It could be a tight race between him and Swift
Male
Vocalist of the Year
§ Jason
Aldean
§ Kenny Chesney
§ Brad Paisley
§ Blake Shelton
§ Chris Young
For the first time since 2002, Keith Urban is left out of category for this award
Female
Vocalist of the Year
§ Sara Evans
§ Miranda Lambert
§ Martina McBride
§ Taylor Swift
§ Carrie
Underwood
Although Underwood is the best vocalist out of all these women she most
likely won’t be taking home the prize this year since she was busy making her
record
Vocal
Duo of the Year
§ Love and Theft
§ Montgomery Gentry
§ Steel Magnolia
§ Sugarland
§ Thompson Square
Love and Theft?
Vocal
Group of the Year
§ The
Band Perry
§ Eli Young Band
§ Lady Antebellum
§ Rascal Flatts
§ Zac Brown Band
TBP needs to win this year they’re vocals
are amazing and they had a good year!
Album
of the Year
§ Chief – Eric Church
§ Four the Record – Miranda Lambert
§ Hemingway’s Whiskey – Kenny Chesney
§ My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean
§ Own the Night – Lady Antebellum
Chief was
on a Billboards list or something like that for being of the top albums this
year along with Four the Record.
Either one of these will win.
Single
Record of the Year
§ “Crazy Girl” – Eli Young Band
§ “Don’t
You Wanna Stay” – Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
§ “Red Solo Cup” – Toby Keith
§ “Tomorrow” – Chris Young
§ “You and Tequila” – Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter
Red Solo Cup really? This is a tossup
between all except RSC. Jason and Kelly should take this one home
Song
of the Year
§ “Crazy Girl” – Eli Young Band (written by Lee Brice and
Liz Rose)
§ “Home” – Dierks Bentley (written by Brett Beavers, Dierks
Bentley, Dan Wilson)
§ “Just a Kiss” – Lady Antebellum (written by Dallas
Davidson, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott)
§ “Threaten Me with Heaven” – Vince Gill (written by Amy
Grant, Vince Gill, Dillon O’Brian, Will Owsley)
§ “You
and Tequila” – Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter (written by Matraca Berg, Deana
Carter)
I’ve never heard Vince Gill’s this. Where
did that come from?
Video
of the Year
§ “Homeboy” – Eric Church
§ “Just a Kiss” – Lady Antebellum
§ “Mean” – Taylor Swift
§ “Red Solo Cup” – Toby Keith
§ “Tattoos
on this Town” – Jason Aldean
I could pick three of these videos that
shouldn’t be in here and replace them with three better videos. “Tattoos on
this Town” was a great video and so was “Homeboy”. Both showed a lot of
meaning.
Vocal
Event of the Year
§ “Country Boy” – Aaron Lewis featuring George Jones and
Charlie Daniels
§ “Don’t You Wanna Stay” – Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
§ “Old Alabama” – Brad Paisley featuring Alabama
§ “Remind Me” – Brad Paisley duet with Carrie Underwood
§ “You and Tequila” – Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter
This is a tough one! It’s between “Don’t
You Wanna Stay”, “Remind Me”, and “You and Tequila” I can’t choose this one
because I love them all.
New Artist
§ Brantley Gilbert
§ Hunter Hayes
§ Justin Moore
§ David Nail
§ Jerrod Niemann
§ JT Hodges
§ Scotty McCreery
§ Thompson Square
Fans can vote for this category along with
Entertainer of the Year by clicking on the link below
http://www.acmcountry.com/
Tune into the ACA’s Sunday April 1st
on CBS
