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NASHVILLE (AP) -- Kenny Chesney, the Country Music Association's reigning
entertainer of the year, dominated the CMA Award nominations on Wednesday with
seven, including album of the year.
Chesney was also nominated for entertainer of the year again, a category he
has won for the past two years. Other nominees for the award included Brad
Paisley, Keith Urban, George Strait and Sugarland.
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"Mornings like this is where you know the music that means so much to you
means something to other people, too," Chesney said.
Strait and Sugarland each received five nominations, including single of the
year — Strait for "I Saw God Today," and Sugarland for "Stay."
Other multiple nominees included Paisley, Urban, Carrie Underwood and Alan
Jackson.
Underwood's "Carnival Ride," Chesney's "Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates,"
and Jackson's "Good Time" were nominated for album of the year along with
Strait's "Troubadour" and Brooks & Dunn's "Cowboy Town."
Other CMA nominees included Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts, who were on hand
to reveal some of the nominees during a live announcement on Wednesday's ABC's
"Good Morning America" in New York.
The 18-year-old Swift, who last year won CMA's Horizon award for upcoming
acts, giggled excitedly when her name was read as a nominee for female vocalist
of the year, a category that included Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Martina
McBride and Underwood, who won the award the past two years.
"I can't believe it!" Swift said. "I'm having a really good morning."
Underwood said she always hopes the music she records will touch people's
lives.
"There is nothing more rewarding than to be recognized by your peers and to
know your fans are enjoying the same ride," she said.
Nominees for male vocalist included Chesney, Jackson, Strait, Urban, and
Paisley, last year's winner.
Rascal Flatts was nominated for vocal group of the year, an award they have
claimed the past five years. Other nominees in that category included the
Eagles, Emerson Drive, Lady Antebellum, and Little Big Town.
"In the same category as the Eagles!" exclaimed Dave Haywood, Lady
Antebellum's guitarist, when he heard the group's nomination on TV.
"Oh, my word!" cried singer Hillary Scott.
Lady Antebellum also were nominated for new artist of the year, alongside
Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, James Otto and Kellie Pickler.
The bulk of the nominees were announced in Nashville on the CMT network. (Story Continues On Next Page...) |
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