The CMA nominations are all out for this year, and Miranda Lambert is the leader, with 9 nominations. Lady Antebellum as a group have 5, and in three categories, Miranda is competing with herself. For single of the year, song of the year and for music video of the year, she's nominated for "The House That Built Me" and "White Liar." In Single of the Year and Vocal Event, she's up against her "financy," Blake Shelton. Anybody else notice that Jason Aldean's name is nowhere to be found on this list? What's up with that?
Entertainer of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist
Dierks Bentley
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban
Album of the Year
(Award goes to artist and producer.)
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
Producers: Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
Play On
Carrie Underwood
Producers: Mark Bright and Max Martin
Revolution
Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Twang
George Strait
Producers: Tony Brown and George Strait
Up on the Ridge
Dierks Bentley
Producer: Jon Randall Stewart
Musical Event
(Award goes to each artist.)
"Bad Angel"
Dierks Bentley featuring Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson
"Can't You See"
Zac Brown Band featuring Kid Rock
"Hillbilly Bone"
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
"I'm Alive"
Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
"Till the End"
Alan Jackson with Lee Ann Womack
New Artist
Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Niemann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Group
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo
Brooks & Dunn
Joey & Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
Single of the Year
(Award goes to artist and producer.)
"A Little More Country Than That"
Easton Corbin
Producer: Carson Chamberlain
"Hillbilly Bone"
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Producer: Scott Hendricks
"Need You Now"
Lady Antebellum
Producers: Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
"The House That Built Me"
Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
"White Liar"
Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Song of the Year
(Award goes to songwriter.)
"A Little More Country Than That"
Songwriters: Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress and Wynn Varble
"Need You Now"
Songwriters: Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Josh Kear
"The House That Built Me"
Songwriters: Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin
"Toes"
Songwriters: Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins and Shawn Mullins
"White Liar"
Songwriters: Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby
Music Video
(Award goes to artist and director.)
"Hillbilly Bone"
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Director: Roman White
"Need You Now"
Lady Antebellum
Director: David McClister
"The House That Built Me"
Miranda Lambert
Director: Trey Fanjoy
"Water"
Brad Paisley
Director: Jim Shea
"White Liar"
Miranda Lambert
Director: Chris Hickey
Musician
Paul Franklin -- Steel Guitar
Dann Huff -- Guitar
Brent Mason -- Guitar
Mac McAnally -- Guitar
Randy Scruggs -- Guitar
The CMA Awards will air Nov. 10 on ABC.
Brad Paisley has been having such a good time on the road that he's extended his H2O World Tour through November 20th. Darius Rucker and Justin Moore are the openers for him. The new shows are on Brad's website.
Joe Nichols says he'd be a baseball fan no matter what city he grew up in, but since he lived in St. Louis and his Dad was a security guard at Busch Stadium, he's a rabid fan of baseball and the Cardinals. So much so that he's featured on MLB.com's "Major League Artist" page. In other Billy Currington news, he's broken the attendance record at the Kentucky State Fair's Cardinal Stadium. Charlie Daniels was the previous record-holder, and his record stood for more than 20 years, until Billy Currington showed up last weekend. More than 20-thousand people packed the stadium to see him play.
Tim McGraw will be in Atlanta on October 2nd to accept the True Ally Award at the 2010 Men Stopping Violence Annual Awards Dinner. Tim and Faith have raised thousands of dollars for womens shelters, and that's what he'll be honored for.
Don't forget - tonight's the night for "Country's Night to Rock." It's the best parts of the CMA Music Festival, reduced to a three-hour tv special. Performances by Reba, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldea, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift are the highlights, but not the only ones you'll see. Tim McGraw hosts the show, which airs from 8-11 eastern tonight on ABC.
The tweet of the day is from David Nail: "Validation is a funny thing, it comes in different shapes, sizes, times, etc. Congrats Luke, Miranda and Lady A, you guys inspire me!"
