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ACM Nominations Announced
March 8, 2006 at 7:09 AM (PT)
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All eyes were on NASHVILLE this morning (3/8) as the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC (ACM) nominations were announced live from the COUNTY MUSIC HALL OF FAME. RASCAL FLATTS and CARRIE UNDERWOOD were on hand to make the announcements and each walked away with a number of nominations themselves. The awards will be handed out on TUESDAY MAY 23rd during a live broadcast from the MGM GRAND in LAS VEGAS. And the nominees are:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
BROOKS & DUNN
KENNY CHESNEY
TOBY KEITH
RASCAL FLATTS
KEITH URBANTOP MALE VOCALIST
DIERKS BENTLEY
KENNY CHESNEY
BRAD PAISLEY
GEORGE STRAIT
KEITH URBANTOP FEMALE VOCALIST
SARA EVANS
MARTINA McBRIDE
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
GRETCHEN WILSON
LEE ANN WOMACKTOP VOCAL GROUP
ALABAMA
LITTLE BIG TOWN
LONESTAR
RASCAL FLATTS
SUGARLANDTOP VOCAL DUO
BIG & RICH
BROOKS & DUNN
MONTGOMERY GENTRY
VAN ZANT
THE WARREN BROTHERSTOP NEW MALE VOCALIST
JASON ALDEAN
BILLY CURRINGTON
CRAIG MORGANTOP NEW FEMALE VOCALIST
MIRANDA LAMBERT
JULIE ROBERTS
CARRIE UNDERWOODTOP NEW DUO OR VOCAL GROUP
BIG & RICH
LITTLE BIG TOWN
SUGARLANDALBUM OF THE YEAR
"Feels Like Today" - RASCAL FLATTS - LYRIC STREET
"There's More Where That Came From" - LEE ANN WOMACK - MCA
"Time Well Wasted" - BRAD PAISLEY - ARISTA
"Tough All Over" - GARY ALLAN - MCA
"Twice The Speed Of Life" - SUGARLAND - MERCURYSINGLE OF THE YEAR (awarded to artist and record label)
"Alcohol" - BRAD PAISLEY - ARISTA
"Baby Girl" - SUGARLAND - MERCURY
"Believe" - BROOKS & DUNN - ARISTA
"Best I Ever Had" - GARY ALLAN - MCA
"Jesus Take The Wheel" - CARRIE UNDERWOOD - ARISTASONG OF THE YEAR (awarded to songwriter)
"Baby Girl" - KRISTIAN BUSH, KRISTEN HALL, JENNIFER NETTLES, LISA SIMONTON, ROBERT HARTLEY, TROY BIESER
"Believe" - RONNIE DUNN, CRAIG WISEMAN
"Jesus Take The Wheel" - BRETT JAMES, HILLARY LINDSEY, GORDON SAMPSON
"Skin (Sarabeth)" - DOUG JOHNSON, JOE HENRY
"When I Get Where I'm Going" - RIVERS RUTHERFORD, GEORGE TERENVIDEO OF THE YEAR
"As Good As I Once Was" - TOBY KEITH
"Believe" - BROOKS & DUNN
"I May Hate Myself In The Morning" - LEE ANN WOMACK
"Kerosene" - MIRANDA LAMBERT
"When I Get Where I'm Going" - BRAD PAISLEY and DOLLY PARTONVOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
"I Play Chicken With The Train" - COWBOY TROT and BIG & RICH
"Like We Never Loved At All" - FAITH HILL and TIM McGRAW
"When I Get Where I'm Going" - BRAD PAISLEY and DOLLY PARTON
"Who Says You Can' Go Home" - JENNIFER NETTLES and BON JOVIThe nominations for the ACM broadcast awards were also announced this morning. And those nominees are:
ON-AIR PERSONALITY-NATIONAL
JON ANTHONY -HIGHWAY 16 (XM RADIO)
BLAIR GARNER - AFTER MIDNITE
LIA KNIGHT - (JONES RADIO NETWORKS)
DARREN TANDY - COUNTRY LOVIN' (SUPERADIO NETWORKS)
DANNY WRIGHT - ALL NIGHT (JONES RADIO NETWORKS)ON-AIR PERSONALITY-MAJOR MARKET
JD CANNON - WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS, IN
JIM DENNY, DEBORAH HONEYCUTT & KEVIN FREEMAN - WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS, IN
LISA DENT - WUSN/CHICAGO, IL
GERRY HOUSE & THE HOUSE FOUNDATION - WSIX/NASHVILLE, TN
KELLY, JONATHAN & MUDFLAP - KYGO/DENVER, COON-AIR PERSONALITY-MEDIUM MARKET
BILL BARRETT, TIM FOX, & TRACY BERRY - KKNU/EUGENE, OR
MARK ERICSON & DANIELLE CARRIER - WOKQ/DOVER, NH
GUNNER - WIVK/KNOXVILLE, TN
SCOTT INNES - WYNK/BATON ROUGE, LA
BUZZ JACKSON - KIIM/TUCSON, AZON-AIR PERSONALITY-SMALL MARKET
BECKY AUSTIN & BRAD AUSTIN - KLUR/WICHITA FALLS, TX
BUDDY BARON & ALLYSON SCOTT - WBBN/LAUREL, MS
CARRIE & UNCLE - KCLR/COLUMBIA, MO
MARTY McFLY & STEW JAMES - WGSQ/COOKEVILLE, TN
SCOTT SCHULER & ANGIE FOSTER - KRKT/ALBANY, ORRADIO STATION - MAJOR MARKET
KNIX/PHOENIX, AZ
KYGO/DENVER, CO
WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS, IN
WPOC - BALTIMORE, MD
WUSN - CHICAGO, ILRADIO STATION - MEDIUM MARKET
KIZN/BOISE, ID
KTTS/SPRINGFIELD, MO
WBBS/SYRACUSE, NY
WGNA/SCHENECTADY, NY
WUSY/CHATTANOOGA, TNRADIO STATION - SMALL MARKET
WGSQ/COOKEVILLE, TN
WIXY/CHAMPAIGN, IL
WPAP/PANAMA CITY, FL
WTCR/HUNTINGTON, WV
WYCT/PENSACOLA, FLFor a complete list of nominees including producers, musicians, venues and promoters visit www.acmcountry.com.

