American Music Award Nominees

Those will be coming later this afternoon so check back for the 2009 list.

This morning Paula Abdul, Adam lambert and Snoop Dogg will reveal this year's nominees - and I'll get the list up as soon as I get it.

The 2009 American Music Awards will be live from the Nokia theatre L.A. on November 22nd on ABC from 7 - 10pm.

Here's the list of Nominees - Country & those including country artists.

Favorite Female Artist
Beyonce
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

Favorite Album
Lady Gaga - The Fame
Michael Jackson - Number-Ones
Taylor Swift - Fearless

Artist of the Year (one from each genre)
Kings of Leon (Alternative)
Taylor Swift (Country)
Lady Gaga (Pop/Rock)
Eminem (Rap/R&B)
Michael Jackson (Soul/R&B)

Breakthrough Artist (fan votes to determine final four nominees)
Pop/Rock Breakthrough Artist - Kings of Leon, Lady Gaga
Country Breakthrough Artist - Gloriana, Zac Brown Band
Soul/R&B Breakthrough Artist - Keri Hilson, Jeremih
Rap/Hip-Hop Breakthrough Artist - Drake, Kid Cudi

COUNTRY
Favorite Male Artist
Jason Aldean
Darius Rucker
Keith Urban

Favorite Female Artist
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland (I smell an upset with Sugarland winning this year!)
Zac Brown Band

Favorite Album
Rascal Flatts - Unstoppable
Taylor Swift - Fearless
Zac Brown Band - The Foundation

2008 Country Winners
Country Music Favorite Male - Brad Paisley (1st AMA win)
Country Music Favorite Female - Taylor Swift (1st AMA win)
Country Music Favorite Band, Duo, or Group - Rascal Flatts (3rd consecutive AMA win)
Country Music Favorite Album - Carrie Underwood - "Carnival Ride"

You decide the winner.

http://www.amavote.com/
http://www.mycokerewards.com/

Taylor Swift has 6 nominations and here's what she wrote on her Twitter page: "SIX AMA NOMINATIONS??? WHAT???!!! PARTY!!!!"

Jason Aldean got his first AMA nods (fav Country Male - up against Keith Urban and Darius Rucker). Jason calls it, "one of the coolest award shows of the year. One of my first memories of the show was the year Michael Jackson came out carrying Emmanuel Lewis...crazy! It's great that I'll get to be a part of it this year. I'll be easy to spot since I'm sure I'll be the only guy in the room representin' with a cowboy hat!"
I think he's right about that - I don't think any of the other contenders choose that kind of headwear (ROFLMAO thinking of Keith Urban wearing one!)

Play On - Carrie Underwood

I bet I'm just like you - can't wait for November 3rd to get here so I can get my hands on Carrie's new CD "Play On." The lead off single, "Cowboy Casanova" is fantastic, and is zooming toward number one (she has yet to have a song NOT hit the number one spot!).

Now we can pre-order it and get a limited - edition print featuring new art from the album photo shoot when we do.

Just go to her revamped website CarrieUnderwoodOfficial.com and pre-order right now!

Trace & NASCAR & Extreme Makeover:Home Edition

Trace Adkins will sing the national anthem for the Nationwide Dollar General 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC Friday.

This Sunday Trace will be featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Back in July (ahhh warm July) Trace spent seven days building a house for the family of a disabled police officer in Dallas, TX who was wounded in the line of duty. Trace was the celebrity volunteer, which he says he was honored to do, "I personally feel that they're doing God's work. It's such a noble thing that those folks do and anytime I get a chance to be a part of it and help out in some way, I'm always eager to do it. This experience was very emotional because all of his fellow police officers were there and the emotion on those tough guys faces -- it was heavy. It was a beautiful moment."

Big Kenny's new album

It pays to pre-order Big Kenny's "Glotown, The Quite Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy." If you do you'll receive an instant dowload of his unreleased "One More Time," the Blackfoot Confederacy "Wake Up" chant, and the video for "Long After I'm Gone" (his current super duper awesome song!) And you know his cool top hat? You could win it! And you could win his personal iPhone and an 8GB custom flash drive. All packaging is 100% compostable materials and includes a variety of Big Kenny's fav perennieal wild flowers. Look for the videos that tell you how to plant you "musical garden." That sounds so cool.

Just go to bigkenny.tv/preorder

43rd Annual CMA Performers Announced

The first round anyway - more will be added as we get closer to the show that will be November 11th at the Sommet Center in Nashville live on ABC.





Performers

• Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews will sing "I'm Alive"
• Brooks & Dunn
• George Strait
• Taylor Swift
• Reba McEntire
• Keith Urban
• Sugarland
• Darius Rucker
• Brad Paisley
• Carrie Underwood
• Tim McGraw - hasn't performed since 2005 (really!! Wow does time ever fly!)
• Jason Aldean
• Billy Currington
• Lady Antebellum
• Miranda Lambert
• Zac Brown Band
• Vince Gill & Daughtry - they will perform "Tennessee Line" from Daughtry's new CD "Leave This Town" (can't wait to hear it!!!)

More Awards to be Handed Out

The 2009 Nashville Music Award winners will be revealed at a reception in Nashville tomorrow.

Here are the Top Country Nominees.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kings of Leon
Alison Krauss
Paramore
Taylor Swift - WINNER
Jack White

BEST NEW ARTIST
Mat Kearney
Lady Antebellum - WINNER
Erin McCarley
SafetySuit
The SteelDrivers

SONG OF THE YEAR
"The Climb" Miley Cyrus - Writers: Jessi Alexander, Jon Mabe
"Decode" Paramore - Writers: Josh Farro, Hayley Williams, Taylor York
"Give Me Your Eyes" Brandon Heath - Writer: Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram
"I Run to You" Lady Antebellum - Writers: Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Tom Douglas
"In Color" Jamey Johnson - Writers: Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto
"The Motions" Matthew West - Writer: Jason Houser, San Mizell, Matthew West
"Old Enough" The Raconteurs - Writers: Brendan Benson, Jack White III
"Sex on Fire" Kings of Leon - Writers: The Followills (Caleb, Nathan, Jared, Matthew)
"The Time of My Life" David Cook - Writer: Regie Hamm
"White Horse" Taylor Swift - Writers: Taylor Swift, Liz Rose

SONGWRITER-ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kings of Leon, "Only By the Night"
Jamey Johnson, "That Lonesome Song"
Dolly Parton, "Backwoods Barbie"
Taylor Swift, "Fearless" - WINNER
Matthew West, "Something to Say"

MUSIC VIDEO / FILM OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean, "She's Country" - Directed by Wes Edwards
Justin Townes Earle, "Midnight At The Movies" - Directed by Ryan Newman
Jars Of Clay, "Two Hands" - Directed by Eric Welch
Rascal Flatts, "Here Comes Goodbye" - Directed by Shaun Silva - WINNER
John Rich, "Shuttin' Detroit Down" - Directed by Deaton-Flanigan

BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dale Ann Bradley, "Don't Turn Your Back," Compass Records
Dailey & Vincent, "Brothers from Different Mothers," Rounder Records
The Grascals, "Keep on Walkin'," Rounder Records
The Infamous Stringdusters, "The Infamous Stringdusters," Sugar Hill Records
The SteelDrivers, "The SteelDrivers," Rounder Records - WINNER

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Eric Church, "Carolina," Capitol Nashville Records
Jamey Johnson, "That Lonesome Song," Mercury Records
Brad Paisley, "American Saturday Night," Arista Records
Taylor Swift, "Fearless," Big Machine Records - WINNER
Lee Ann Womack, "Call Me Crazy," MCA Nashville Records

Christmas in October

Get your Christmas fix tomorrow.

"Now That's What I Call A Country Christmas" comes out on Tuesday. It's 29 songs - 2 CD's.

Here's what's on it.

DISC ONE
Darius Rucker, "Winter Wonderland"
Brad Paisley, "Away in a Manger"
Julianne Hough, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
George Strait, "Joy to the World"
Lady Antebellum, "It's Cold Outside"
Brooks & Dunn, "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
Luke Bryan, "Run Run Rudolph"
Josh Turner, "The First Noel"
Kellie Pickler, "Santa Baby"
Trace Adkins," It's Christmas"
Little Big Town , "Go Tell it on the Mountain"
Lee Ann Womack, "The Man With the Bag"
Taylor Swift, "Christmases When You Were Mine"
Kenny Chesney, "Silver Bells"

DISC TWO
Gene Autry, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
Elvis/Martina McBride, "Blue Christmas"
Merle Haggard , "Jingle Bells"
Vince Gill, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Alison Krauss, "Shimmy Down the Chimney"
Reba McEntire, "Up On the Housetop "
Glen Campbell, "O Holy Night"
Tanya Tucker, "What Child Is This"
Alabama, "Christmas In Dixie"
Brenda Lee, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Kenny Rogers, "Kentucky Home Made Christmas"
Dolly Parton, "Hard Candy Christmas"
Amy Grant, "A Christmas to Remember"
Johnny Cash, "Silent Night"
Burl Ives, "Holly Jolly Christmas"