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B&D, Paisley top CMA noms
Country Music Association Awards, set for November 6 in Nashville, also doles out multiple nods to Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood.
Country duo Brooks & Dunn and solo artist Brad Paisley nabbed six Country Music Association Award nominations apiece today, with the duo's Ronnie Dunn landing an additional songwriting nomination to top all artists.
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Both Paisley and Brooks & Dunn were nominated for entertainer of the year, single of the year, music video of the year, and album of the year, among other nominations, while Ronnie Dunn landed a seventh nod for Brooks & Dunn's inspirational song "Believe."
Country Music Association Awards, set for November 6 in Nashville, also tabbed Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood with four nominations apiece. Rascal Flatts and Dolly Parton, who sang with Paisley on his hit "When I Get Where I'm Going," were both nominated for three awards.
"It has felt like a really good year and getting these nominations, it feels really good because it feels like [I've] sort of grown into these clothes a little more, and that to me is one of the greatest feelings I've ever had," Paisley told the Associated Press.
The association announced the nominations in two locations this morning. Paisley and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles unveiled the nominees for the first five categories live on ABC's Good Morning America in New York, while the rest were revealed from Nashville a bit later.
The awards event will air live on ABC, with Brooks & Dunn hosting the show.
This year's CMA nominees:
Entertainer of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist
Sara Evans
Faith Hill
Martina McBride
Carrie Underwood
Gretchen Wilson
Male Vocalist
Dierks Bentley
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Vocal Group
Alison Krauss & Union Station (feat. Jerry Douglas)
Little Big Town
Lonestar
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
Vocal Duo
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Van Zant
The Wreckers
Horizon Award
Miranda Lambert
Little Big Town
Sugarland
Josh Turner
Carrie Underwood
Album of the Year
Brooks & Dunn, Hillbilly Deluxe
Rascal Flatts, Me and My Gang
Alan Jackson, Precious Memories
Kenny Chesney, The Road and the Radio
Brad Paisley, Time Well Wasted
Single of the Year
Brooks & Dunn, "Believe"
Keith Urban, "Better Life"
Carrie Underwood, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
Kenny Chesney, "Summertime"
Brad Paisley, "When I Get Where I'm Going" (feat. Dolly Parton)
Song of the Year
Big Kenny and John Rich, "8th of November"
Craig Wiseman and Ronnie Dunn, "Believe"
Hillary Lindsey, Brett James, and Gordie Sampson, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
Keith Urban and Monty Powell, "Tonight I Wanna Cry"
Rivers Rutherford and George Teren, "When I Get Where I'm Going"
Music Video of the Year
Big & Rich, "8th of November"
Brooks & Dunn, "Believe"
Carrie Underwood, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
Miranda Lambert, "Kerosene"
Brad Paisley (feat. Dolly Parton), "When I Get Where I'm Going"
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