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American Country Awards Grab CMT's Attention

Posted by Christina Forte on 10/20/2010
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The American Country Awards gained the attention of CMT after calling their upcoming awards broadcast “the first and only Country Music awards show where fans determine all the winners by voting for their favorite nominees in music and video categories."
 
Since 2002, the Annual CMT Music Awards, originally called the Flameworthy Awards, have been devoted to presenting awards based strictly on the fans’ votes. CMT released the following statement in response to the ACA’s show description:
 
"While CMT congratulates this mysterious organization on its first awards show, we are amused by their self-proclaimed title as the first and only fan-voted award show. All within the Country Music community know that CMT has produced Country Music's only fan-voted awards show for nearly a decade. The CMT Music Awards were the first of their kind, engaging tens of millions of fans in the show's outcome every year. It will continue to work hard to maintain its reputation as Country Music's sensational, fan-voted and over the top celebration, attracting A-list talent. While we wish this new show every success, we would like to take this opportunity to remind them that the CMT Music Awards have been entirely fan-voted since their inception."
 
The ACA did not comment directly on CMT’s response, but their executive producer, Bob Bain, did say this, “The American Country Awards gives fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite artists not only in traditional categories but also in previously unrecognized areas of the business such as touring -- encompassing the entire spectrum of Country Music and bestowing honors that no other award show has."
 
The first American Country Awards are scheduled to take place Monday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. The two-hour awards show will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
 
2010 American Country Awards Nominees
 
Artist of the Year
 
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Zac Brown Band
 
Artist of the Year: Male
 
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
 
Artist of the Year: Female
 
Jewel
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
 
Artist of the Year: Duo or Group
 
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
 
Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
 
Easton Corbin
Danny Gokey
Jaron and The Long Road To Love
Jerrod Niemann
The Band Perry
 
Album of the Year
 
'Doin' My Thing,' Luke Bryan
'Need You Now,' Lady Antebellum
'Revolution,' Miranda Lambert
'Haywire,' Josh Turner
'Play On,' Carrie Underwood
 
Single of the Year
 
'Do I,' Luke Bryan
'A Little More Country Than That,' Easton Corbin
'Need You Now,' Lady Antebellum
'Gimme That Girl,' Joe Nichols
'Why Don't We Just Dance,' Josh Turner
 
Single of the Year: Male
 

'Do I,' Luke Bryan
'Little More Country Than That,' Easton Corbin
'That's How Country Boys Roll,' Billy Currington
'Gimme That Girl,' Joe Nichols
'Why Don't We Just Dance,' Josh Turner
 
Single of the Year: Female
 
'White Liar,' Miranda Lambert
'Wrong Baby Wrong,' Martina McBride
'Consider Me Gone,' Reba McEntire
'Didn't Know How Much I Loved You,' Kellie Pickler
'Cowboy Casanova,' Carrie Underwood
 
Single of the Year: Duo or Group
 
'Need You Now,' Lady Antebellum
'Little White Church,' Little Big Town
'Unstoppable,' Rascal Flatts
'Keep on Lovin' You,' Steel Magnolia
'Toes,' Zac Brown Band
 
Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
 
'Little More Country Than That,' Easton Corbin
'Pray for You,' Jaron and The Long Road To Love
'Lover, Lover,' Jerrod Niemann
'Keep on Lovin' You,' Steel Magnolia
'Beer on the Table,' Josh Thompson
 
Touring Headline Package of the Year
 
Brooks & Dunn
Toby Keith
Martina McBride and Trace Adkins
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
George Strait and Reba McEntire
Sugarland
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
 
Music Video of the Year
 
'A Little More Country Than That,' Easton Corbin
'Need You Now,' Lady Antebellum
'Hillbilly Bone,' Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
'Why Don't We Just Dance,' Josh Turner
'The Man I Want to Be,' Chris Young
 
Music Video: Male
 
'A Little More Country Than That,' Easton Corbin
'Southern Voice,' Tim McGraw
'Hillbilly Bone,' Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
'Why Don't We Just Dance,' Josh Turner
'The Man I Want To Be,' Chris Young
 
Music Video: Female
 
'White Liar,' Miranda Lambert
'Consider Me Gone,' Reba McEntire
'Didn't Know How Much I Loved You,' Kellie Pickler
'Cowboy Casanova,' Carrie Underwood
'Work Hard, Play Harder,' Gretchen Wilson
 
Music Video: Duo or Group
 
'Need You Now,' Lady Antebellum
'Little White Church,' Little Big Town
'Unstoppable,' Rascal Flatts
'Keep on Lovin' You,' Steel Magnolia
'Highway 20 Ride,' Zac Brown Band
 
Music Video: Breakthrough Artist
 
'Giddy on Up,' Laura Bell Bundy
'A Little More Country Than That,' Easton Corbin
'Lover, Lover,' Jerrod Niemann
'Keep on Lovin' You,' Steel Magnolia
'If I Die Young,' The Band Perry 
 
Source: TheBoot.com