Top Country Artists To Perform at ACM Awards Show
The stage is set for the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, and organizers have released a list of performers who will be gracing what everybody expects will be a star-studded event, setting the country music blog scene all abuzz with excitement with what the show has the offer this year. Heading the list of performers are Entertainer of the Year Nominees Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood, both of whom released new country songs from their respective albums this year. They will be supported by other artists such as Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn, Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, and Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins.
As is traditionally known, the Academy of Country Music Awards showcases the best of what the country music scene has to offer and acknowledges the achievements of its top artists every year. This year’s celebration is no different, and the producers and organizers of the show are working very hard to make sure that they will deliver the best ACM Awards show yet. Let’s take a closer look at this year’s major performers.
Heading the list of nominees this year is Kenny Chesney with four nominations including Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist, and Artist and Producer for Vocal Event of the Year for the album “I’m Alive,” which he produced with an equally talents and renowned artist, Dave Matthews. If Chesney bags the Entertainer of the Year award, it will be his fifth win in the category.
Country sweetheart Carrie Underwood is nominated for a whopping six awards this year, including Entertainer of Year, a title she has also won last year, making her the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year. On the strength of her latest album, “Play On,” Underwood has had a banner year with hit country songs from the album such as the No. 1 single, “Cowboy Casanova.” Her other nominations include Song of the Year (“Cowboy Casanova),” Album of the Year (Play On), Female Vocalist of the Year, and Vocal Event for her duet with Randy Travis entitled, “I Told You So.” Late last year, Underwood sent the country music blog world into wild speculations regarding her engagement with Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators, until they eventually announced their engagement last December.
Reba McEntire, on the other hand, is a perennial favorite performer for the ACM Award. She is also set to host the event this year, her twelfth time to do so. Not to be outdone by her younger contemporaries, she also garnered a nomination this year for the Top Female Vocalist of the Year award, which she has already won in the past.
Finally, legendary duo Brooks & Dunn are sentimental favorites to win this year’s Top Vocal Duo of the Year award against the likes of Sugarland and newcomers Joey + Rory. Apart from performing in this year’s awards show, the duo will also perform all their other hit country songs and will be awarded with the Academy’s Milestone Award as a tribute to their 20-year career in the industry in the star-studded special special, “ACM Present: Brooks and Dunn- The Last Rodeo,” which will be aired on CBS on May 23. According to ACM’s official country music blog, this year’s event will be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and will be broadcast over CBS on Sunday, April 18 (8:00-11:00 PM ET).
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