Kenny Chesney Dominates ACM Awards Nominations

The big surprises this year were the nominations for Miranda Lambert in the Album and Single categories and LeAnn Rimes in the Female Vocalist. Rodney Atkins was a big surprise too in the Male Vocalist Category. I think Josh Turner or Dierks Bentley were a bit more deserving of that spot, though.

good acm list overall. at least keith urban was nominated for entertaineer this year. and i love seeing rodney atkins nominated, he’s one of my favorites. although i am a fan of taylor swift i don’t think she is deserving of a female vocalist nomination. and it was also great to see gary allan nominated for song of the year. he’s usually underrepereseted.

A lot of the nominations are kind of sketchy to me I think it was done by a few people who really don’t listen to or know about country music. I think Taylor is a great entertainer overall from her marketing to look but Vocalist…no, she is not good in that category. Also like Chris said one of the nominees hasn’t put a record out and the other isn’t even in existence anymore.

Jim, I agree with you about the noms being apalling. I feel that way because I detest most of pop/mainstream country. I am curious as to why you are apalled, seeing as you have more tolerance for mainstream country than I do.

All I can say is “Shiftwork” for Vocal Performance….I think I’m going to scream!! I vote for Keith Urban for Entertainer! He is absolutely the best Entertainer!

Unlike Rodney Atkins, Dierks Bentley has headlined a tour… several times. Based on performances that I have seen (and in Dierks’ case, live shows), I would say Dierks Bentley deserved the nomination over him. I would also say that after three artistically-sound albums that all sold well, Dierks is the proven vocalist/entertainer. Don’t forget; Dierks also hit #1 in the eligibilty period.

Its nice to see the nominations for Jake Owen, Sarah Buxton, and Carolina Rain mixed in with the ultra popular, totally commercial, country crap-meisters that dominate Top 40 country radio. Sarah B. and Carolina Rain don’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell of winning, but Jake doesn’t have such stiff competition so there’s hope! Yee-Haw! The fact The Wreckers are kaput obviously doesn’t matter to the folks making the nominations. Does one have to undergo a frontal lobotomy to vote on this?

The fact Kenny Cheesy would dominate the nominations is solid proof that shallow and mediocre music rules the mainstream country roost these days. Pathetic…

As for the cool Blake Shelton EP, they blew it on one minor point. I have a CDX CD that has Blake performing a solo acoustic version of “Austin” that makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. It is far superior to the fully instrumented bombastic version included on the EP. Oh well……..

Dave, I like Dierks alot and don’t think touring/headlining has ANYTHING to do with a vocalist nomination. It’s what has done well on radio. And since this is the ‘elegibilty period’ I would think Rodney Atkins trumps Dierks. That being said, Dierks is an awesome artist and one of my favorite mainstream artists.

Jim, thanks. I felt the same way regarding the seemingly “xeroxed” list of nominations. It’s as boring as the emmys, where friggin “Frasier” can win 8 or 9 times in a row, and generally the same shows get the same nominations every year…..