2015 Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees Announced
The 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards nominees have been announced.
The ACM teased the early nominations for Songwriter and Video of the Year on Thursday (Jan. 29) through a press release and an announcement on 'Entertainment Tonight,' and invited a list of celebrities to join in online to reveal the others on Friday morning (Jan. 30).
The nominees include some of the biggest names in country music, with Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Keith Urban in the running.
Lambert leads the nominees with eight, including Entertainer, Album and Song of the Year. Dierks Bentley has seven nominations, including Male Vocalist, Album and Song of the Year. Chesney is up for four, including Song, Single Record and Video of the Year, and Urban scored a nod for Video of the Year for 'Cop Car.'
Jason Aldean will compete for Entertainer, Male Vocalist and Album of the Year, and fittingly, the legendary Glen Campbell scored a nod for the video to 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You,' the final song of his career.
2015 Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Florida Georgia Line
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Female Vocalist of the Year
Brandy Clark
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
New Artist of the Year
Sam Hunt
Thomas Rhett
Cole Swindell
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie + Tae
The Swon Brothers
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Album of the Year
Jason Aldean, 'Old Boots, New Dirt'
Little Big Town, 'Pain Killer'
Miranda Lambert, 'Platinum'
Dierks Bentley, 'Riser'
Eric Church, 'The Outsiders'
Song of the Year
Kenny Chesney, 'American Kids'
Miranda Lambert, 'Automatic'
Luke Bryan, 'Drink a Beer'
Kacey Musgraves, 'Follow Your Arrow'
Eric Church, 'Give Me Back My Homwetown'
Dierks Bentley, 'I Hold On'
Single Record of the Year
Kenny Chesney, 'American Kids'
Miranda Lambert, 'Automatic'
Florida Georgia Line, 'Dirt'
Dierks Bentley, 'Drunk on a Plane'
Lee Brice, 'I Don't Dance'
Vocal Event of the Year
Blake Shelton (Feat. Ashley Monroe), 'Lonely Tonight'
Tim McGraw (Feat. Faith Hill), 'Meanwhile Back at Mama's'
Miranda Lambert (Feat. Carrie Underwood), 'Somethin' Bad'
The Cadillac Three (Feat. Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley and Mike Eli), 'The South'
Florida Georgia Line (Feat. Luke Bryan), 'This Is How We Roll'
Video of the Year
Kenny Chesney, 'American Kids'
Keith Urban, 'Cop Car'
Dierks Bentley, 'Drunk on a Plane'
Glen Campbell, 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You'
Miranda Lambert (Feat. Carrie Underwood), 'Somethin' Bad'
Songwriter of the Year
Rodney Clawson
Ashley Gorley
Luke Laird
Josh Osborne
Chris Tompkins
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