The Guide to ACM Awards 2008
The 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards runs tonight live from Las Vegas on CBS. Who takes the awards this year?
Well, Kenny Chesney is up for an Entertainer of the Year, he won it last year. Can he do it again or could Rascal Flatts take it home this year? They are also nominated for a Top Vocal Group, which they brought home last year.
Here's the list of nominees spiced up with last years winners.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
George Strait
Keith Urban
(2007 Winner: Kenny Chesney)
TOP MALE VOCALIST
Rodney Atkins
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban
(2007 Winner: Brad Paisley)
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
LeAnn Rimes
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
(2007 Winner: Carrie Underwood)
TOP VOCAL GROUP
Diamond Rio
Eagles
Emerson Drive
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
(2007 Winner: Rascal Flatts)
TOP VOCAL DUO
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Halfway To Hazard
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland
(2007 Winner: Brooks & Dunn)
TOP NEW MALE VOCALIST
Luke Bryan
Jack Ingram
Jake Owen
(2007 Winner: Rodney Atkins)
TOP NEW FEMALE VOCALIST
Sarah Buxton
Kellie Pickler
Taylor Swift
(2007 Winner: Miranda Lambert)
TOP NEW DUO OR VOCAL GROUP
Carolina Rain
Lady Antebellum
The Wreckers
(2007 Winner: Little Big Town)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
5th Gear - Brad Paisley
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Miranda Lambert
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates - Kenny Chesney
If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
(2007 Winner: Some Hearts - Carrie Underwood)
A little more about the ACM Awards, things to look out for:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/05/acm-awa...