Entertainer of the Year:
• Kenny Chesney • Toby Keith • Brad Paisley • George Strait • Taylor Swift • Carrie Underwood • Keith Urban • Zac Brown Band
Top Male Vocalist:
• Kenny Chesney • Brad Paisley • Darius Rucker • George Strait • Keith Urban
Top Female Vocalist:
• Miranda Lambert • Reba McEntire • Taylor Swift • Carrie Underwood • Lee Ann Womack
Top Vocal Group:• Lady Antebellum • Little Big Town • Randy Rogers Band • Rascal Flatts • Zac Brown Band
Top Vocal Duo:
• Brooks & Dunn • Joey + Rory • Montgomery Gentry • Steel Magnolia • Sugarland
Top New Solo Vocalist:
• Luke Bryan • Jamey Johnson • Chris Young
Top New Vocal Duo:
• Bomshel • Joey + Rory • Steel Magnolia
Top new Vocal Group:
• Eli Young Band • Gloriana • The Lost Trailers
Album of the Year
• American Saturday Night - Brad Paisley • Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum • Play On - Carrie Underwood • Revolution - Miranda Lambert • The Foundation - Zac Brown Band
Single Record:
• Need You Now - Lady Antebellum • People Are Crazy - Billy Currington • Red Light - David Nail • Toes - Zac Brown Band ( • White Liar - Miranda Lambert
Song:
• Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood • Need You Now - Lady Antebellum • People Are Crazy - Billy Currington • White Liar - Miranda Lambert • You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
Video:
• Boots On – Randy Houser • Need You Now – Lady Antebellum • Welcome To The Future – Brad Paisley • White Liar – Miranda Lambert • You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
Vocal Event:• Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins • Honky Tonk Stomp - Brooks & Dunn featuring Billy Gibbons • I Told You So - Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis • I’m Alive - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews • Seeing Stars - Jack Ingram featuring Patty Griffin
There's a new "little" on the way in Little Big Town - Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild are expecting their first baby. Fans have asked about sending presents for the little one, who's due any day now, but the band has decided to have an online baby shower, with gifts going to Danita's Children and Hope For Haiti Children's Center.
Told you at the beginning of February about Taylor Swift auctioning off her guitar to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Here's the rest of the story - the guitar sold for $16,250. No word so far on who the new proud owner is, but nice donation!
Joe Nichols had an awkward moment last night. He stopped at a Subway for a late-night snack and the woman behind the counter freaked out, saying "Oh my God! Are you Blake Shelton??" Knowing Joe, he was probably polite and kind, but how awkward would that have been?
Miranda Lambert's #1 party for "White Liar" was last Friday night in Nashville, and was a '40's themed party. Of course her boyfriend, Blake Shelton, was there with a congratulatory kiss. All the guests wore spiffy black & white and partied way into the wee hours.
The Tennessean.com has a great photo album from last week's country radio event in Nashville. Country stars showed up in droves to perform for and party with the radio industry.
The Brooks & Dunn Last Rodeo tour line-up just got a young face: Tyler Dickerson has been added to the tour, which kicks off in April.
Dierks Bentley's been in the studio working on two new albums, and here he gives us a sneak-peek at the work:
New music out today: Blake Shelton's "Hillbilly Bone 6-Pack," Luke Bryan's "Spring Break 2...Hangover Edition" EP, Easton Corbin's self-titled debut, and Danny Gokey's "My Best Days."
Blake Shelton and Reba were on the CBS Early Show, announcing the ACM nominees, and Blake Shelton was also on the Today show this morning. Then Wednesday, he's on Fox & Friends and Hannity's America. That had to be some fancy schedule-juggling!
Keith Urban is on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, Tim McGraw & the Dancehall Doctors are on Good Morning America tomorrow morning, and Lady Antebellum is on the Today Show tomorrow morning. Country stars hit prime time this week, too - on Thursday this week, the Rascal Flatts episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation airs and also on Thursday, Danny Gokey will be on American Idol, singing his new country single, "My Best Days are Ahead of Me."
