This year’s event will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood (again) and feature live performances by a literal who’s who of contemporary country music, twenty acts at my last count: Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Sugarland, and Zac Brown Band, plus three duets including Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield, Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter, and co-hosts Paisley and Underwood.
Add to that, for the first time since 2008, all five nominees in the New Artist of the Year category will also be performing: Chris Young, Thompson Square, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, and The Band Perry.
This year, though, all eyes will be on season 10 American Idol winner Scotty McCreery. He recently became the youngest country star to debut at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 with his debut album, “Clear as Day.” He is also the youngest male artist of ANY genre to debut at number one with his debut release, having turned 18 the same week it was released!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot: I don’t know where they’re going to find the time, but they plan on giving away some awards, too!
Up for Entertainer of the Year are Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, and Taylor Swift. Female Vocalist of the Year nominees are Swift, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, and Carrie Underwood. And it’s Aldean, Paisley, Shelton, Urban, and Kenny Chesney all with a cowboy hat in the ring for Male Vocalist of the Year.
Other categories include:
· Vocal Group of the Year, with nominees The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, and Zac Brown Band.
· Vocal Duo of the Year, featuring nominees The Civil Wars, Montgomery Gentry, Steel Magnolia, Sugarland, and Thompson Square.
· Single of the Year, with nominees “A Little Bit Stronger,” by Sara Evans, “Colder Weather,” by Zac Brown Band, “Don’t You Wanna Stay," from Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton with “Honey Bee,” and The Band Perry’s huge triple-platinum hit “If I Die Young.”
· Album of the Year, featuring nominees Blake Shelton with “All About Tonight,” Brad Paisley’s “This is Country Music,” Zac Brown Band’s “You Get What You Give,” Jason Aldean’s monstrously successful “My Kinda Party,” and the world’s current darling, Taylor Swift with “Speak Now.”
· Song of the Year, with nominees Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Levi Lowrey, and Coy Boyles for “Colder Weather,” Brantley Gilbert and Colt Ford for “Dirt Road Anthem,” Kimberly Perry for “If I Die Young,” Taylor Swift for “Mean,” and Matraca Berg and Deana Carter for “You and Tequila.”
The show will be broadcast live in High Definition with 5.1 channel surround sound on ABC.
And don’t forget this: Cowboy boots and cowboy hats will saturate the best red carpet fashion parade of all those show biz award shows!! It’s a sneak peek at what will dictate the next popular western fashion trends. Be sure to tune in and see what western wear your favorite stars are wearing.
No comments:
Post a Comment