Nominasjonene for Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM Awards) 2011 ble i dag presentert av Miranda Lambert og Ronnie Dunn live på CBS ‘The Early Show i USA.
Selve awards showet går av stabelen i Las Vegas 3.april i år, der Reba og Blake Shelton skal være programledere for showet som vil inneholde en rekke opptredener av country musikkens største artister.
Dette er de nominerte: (Vi har skrevet i kursiv tekst de vi TROR vinner)
ÅRETS ENTERTAINER
Jason Aldean
Toby Keith
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Taylor Swift
Keith Urban
ÅRETS BESTE MANNLIGE ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban
ÅRETS BESTE KVINNELIGE ARTIST
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
ÅRETS BESTE DUO
The JaneDear girls
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
ÅRETS BESTE VOKALE GRUPPE
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
ÅRETS BESTE NYE SOLOARTIST
Eric Church
Easton Corbin
Randy Houser
ÅRETS BESTE NYE GRUPPE ELLER DUO
the JaneDear girls
Steel Magnolia
The Band Perry
ÅRETS BESTE ALBUM
[Pris til Artist(er)/Produsent(er)/Plateselskap]
Hemingways Whiskey – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Produsert av: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produsert av: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley
The Guitar Song – Jamey Johnson (Mercury)
Produsert av: Arlis Albritton, Dave Cobb, The Kent Hardly Playboys
Speak Now – Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records)
Produsert av: Nathan Chapman, Taylor Swift
Up on the Ridge – Dierks Bentley (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produsert av: Jon Randall Stewart
You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produsert av: Zac Brown, Keith Stegall
ÅRETS BESTE SINGEL
[Pris til Artist(er)/Produsent(er)/Plateselskap]
A Little More Country Than That – Easton Corbin (Mercury)
Produsert av: Carson Chamberlain
As Shes Walking Away – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson (Southern Ground / Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produsert av: Zac Brown, Keith Stegall
If I Die Young – The Band Perry (Republic Nashville)
Produsert av: Paul Worley
Love Like Crazy – Lee Brice (Curb Records)
Produsert av: Lee Brice, Doug Johnson
The Boys of Fall – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Produsert av: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produsert av: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
ÅRETS BESTE LÅT
[Pris går til Komponist(er)/Utgiver(e)/Artist(er)]
A Little More Country Than That – Easton Corbin
Komponister: Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress, Wynn Varble
Utgivere: A Sling And A Prayer Music (ASCAP), Chrysalis One Music (ASCAP), Don Poythress Songs (ASCAP), Precious Flour Music (BMI), Universal Music-MGB Songs (ASCAP), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
As Shes Walking Away – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson
Komponister: Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette
Utgivere: Angelika Music (BMI), Weimerhound Publishing (BMI)
If I Die Young – The Band Perry
Komponist: Kimberly Perry
Utgivere: Pearlfeather Publishing (BMI), Rio Bravo Music, Inc. (BMI)
Love Like Crazy – Lee Brice
Komponister: Tim James, Doug Johnson
Utgivere: Mike Curb Music (BMI), Sweet Radical Music (BMI), T-Birds Music (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Komponister: Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin
Utgivere: Built On Rock (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tomdouglasmusic (BMI)
ÅRETS BESTE VIDEO
Hillbilly Bone – Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins
Only Prettier – Miranda Lambert
Stuck Like Glue – SugarlandThe Boys of Fall – Kenny Chesney
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
ÅRETS BESTE VOKALE BEGIVENHET
[Pris går til Artist(er)/Produsent(er)/Plateselskap]
As Shes Walking Away – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson (Southern Ground / Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produsert av: Zac Brown, Keith Stegall
Blue Sky – Emily West Featuring Keith Urban (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produsert av: Mark Bright
Coal Miners Daughter – Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produsert av: John Carter Cash, Patsy Lynn Russell
Cold Beer – Colt Ford Featuring Jamey Johnson (Average Joes)
Produsert av: Shannon Houchins, Adrian Young
Good to Be Me – Uncle Kracker Featuring Kid Rock (Top Dog/ Atlantic / Bigger Picture)
Produsert av: Kid Rock