Taylor Swift Nominated For Five ACM Awards
It seems that the Taylor Swift magic still has the entire country music industry enchanted with her charm, delicate looks, and great music. This month, the Academy of Country Music Award has just released its official list of nominees, and Swift is still way up there among the best country acts and country singers of today, bagging a total of five nominations including Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year (artist and songwriter for “You Belong With Me”), and Video of the Year for the same song.
Making a name for herself as a singer and great songwriter of great country love songs, just last year, Swift also received the ACM Album of the Year award (“Fearless”) and the Academy of Country Music’s Crystal Milestone Award in recognition of her success in the past year. Apart from the ACM Awards, Swift also received a multitude of accolades from the Grammys (Album of the Year and Best Country Album for Fearless; Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song for “White Horse”); the American Music Awards (Artist of The Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Country Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Favorite Country Album); Country Music Association Awards (Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, International Artist Achievement Award, Album of the Year, and Music Video of the Year); and the CMT Music Awards (Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year). These are but some of the awards she harvested last year.
With all these achievements, it is now safe to say that Swift has created a niche for herself in the country music scene, bringing her achievements up to par with other female country love songs such as Carried Underwood and Miranda Lambert, among many others. On the strength of her well-known country love songs with a pop-tinged sound, Swift has certainly come a long way from her early years.
This year, all her fans are anxiously awaiting the 45th Annual ACM Awards to see if Swift can once again conquer the country music scene with her brand of unique country love songs. However, this year’s batch of nominees are not weak contenders either, thus the awards show promises to be a night of friendly competition. In the Entertainer of the Year category, Swift is nominated alongside country heavyweights Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and the Zac Brown Band. Meanwhile, in the hotly contested Top Female Vocalist of the Year category, Swift is pitted against fellow female country singers, such as Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, and Lee Ann Womack.
The Song of the Year Category is expected to be a head to head match between Swift’s “You Belong With Me” and Underwood’s hit single “Cowboy Casanova.” Other nominees include “Need You Now” by supergroup Lady Antebellum, “People Are Crazy” by Billy Currington, and “White Liar” by Miranda Lambert.
The 45th ACM awards will air on April 18, Sunday (8:00 PM ET) via CBS.
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