ACM nominations announced, Carrie Underwood competing for entertainer of the year
Carrie Underwood accepts the top female vocalist award at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards. (Associated Press photo)
Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood will compete for three awards, including the coveted entertainer of the year award, at this spring’s Academy of Country Music Awards.
The academy announced this morning the nominees for its 44th annual awards show. Other Oklahomans who earned nominations include Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts and Trisha Yearwood.
The ceremony will air live from Las Vegas on April 5 on CBS. McEntire, who was raised in Chockie, will host the show for the 11th time.
Along with entertainer of the year, Underwood, who hails from Checotah, is nominated for top female vocalist, a title she has won the past two years, and video of the year for her heartwrenching hit “Just a Dream.”
Women have rarely cracked the entertainer of the year category in the past few years; all five 2008 nominees were men, with Kenny Chesney winning the top award for the fourth straight year. The Dixie Chicks were the last women to win the honor in 2000.
If Underwood wins, she will be just the seventh woman to take the award, putting her in league with stars such as Loretta Lynn, the 1975 winner, and McEntire, the 1994 honoree.
McEntire and duo Brooks & Dunn, which includes Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, are nominated for vocal event of the year for their hit “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.” The collaboration became McEntire’s 56th song to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard singles chart, setting a record for the most Top 10 hits of any female country artist.
Brooks & Dunn also is nominated for top vocal duo; if Dunn and Kix Brooks emerge victorious, it will be their 16th straight win in the category.
Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert also earned two nominations: for top female vocalist and for single record of the year for her hit “Gunpowder & Lead.”
Oklahoma native and Norman resident Toby Keith will vie for the title of top male vocalist. Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher, will compete for top vocal group, a title the trio won for the sixth straight year in 2008.
Trisha Yearwood, who lives in Owasso, is nominated in the vocal event of the year category for “Another Try,” her duet with Josh Turner.
Brad Paisley received a leading six nominations, while former Trick Pony singer Heidi Newfield earned five nods.
For the first time, the academy will let fans pick the winners in its three newcomer categories: top new female vocalist, top new male vocalist and top new vocal duo or group. The winners in the categories will then compete in a new category, top new artist. Fan voting will open Friday at http://www.gactv.com/.
Fans also will select the winner of the entertainer of the year prize for the second year. Online voting will start soon at http://www.voteacm.com/.
Country singers Julianne Hough, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes and Jessica Simpson announced the nominations today on CBS’ “The Early Show.”
-BAM
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I think this is so….awesome that Carrie is nominated for entertainer of the year, top female vocolist and also her most heartfelt video to date, Just A Dream which touched so….many people. She is the most gorgeous young lady in the music industry today, inside and out and deserves to win all categories. Congratulation Carrie, and good luck!!!!!
carrie sucks…perhaps your right..she sucks so bad that she has sold more then 10 million albums, has won acm’s, cma’s, has 9 # one songs, and the list goes on oh yeah she is nominated for “female vocalist” again this year her 4th nominee for this category actually and whats the other nomination ummm oh “entertainer of the year”…
yeah i agree carrie sucks.
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! Carrie Underwood for entertainer of the year!! WOOT WOOT! that is so amazing. she totally deserves to be there!! she is the most amazing singer and she is so beautiful and down to earth!! love carrie underwood! she is amazing!