CountryHound asked our fans to point out their choices for who they think should win in Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards.
In the biggest category, Rascall Flatts was the lucky dog, taking top place for the ACM Awards Entertainer of the Year with 34% of the votes. Brad Paisley and Keith Urban tied for second with 21% each.
Carrie Underwood was the pick of the litter for the ACM Awards Top Female Vocalist with a whopping 44%. Miranda Lambert came in second with 20%.
Kenny Chesney nosed out George Strait as the ACM Awards Top Male Vocalist, they had 26% and 23% respectively. Meanwhile, Luke Bryan and Jack Ingram tied as the ACM Awards Top New Male Vocalist with 34% of the votes each, while Jake Owen came in with 31%.
They jumped all over Taylor Swift as The ACM Awards Top New Female Vocalist, with 68% of the votes. A not-so-close second was Kellie Pickler with 22%.
And finally (we did not poll every category) tails were wagging for Brad Paisley’s 5th Gear as it took top honors as the ACM Awards Album of the Year with 23% of the votes, edging out Kenny Chesney’s Just Who I Am – Poets and Pirates and Taylor Swift’s Taylor Swift, who had 20% each.
Here are the finals for each category in our CountryHound / ACM Awards Poll:
ACM Awards Entertainer of the Year
Rascal Flatts 34%
Brad Paisley 21%
Keith Urban 21%
Kenny Chesney 13%
George Strait 8%
ACM Awards Top New Female Vocalist
Taylor Swift 68%
Kellie Pickler 22%
Sarah Buxton 9%
ACM Awards Top New Male Vocalist
Luke Bryan 34%
Jack Ingram 34%
Jake Owen 31%
ACM Awards Top Female Vocalist
Carrie Underwood 44%
Miranda Lambert 20%
Taylor Swift 16%
Martina McBride 12%
LeAnn Rimes 8%
ACM Awards Top Male Vocalist
Kenny Chesney 26%
George Strait 23%
Brad Paisley 19%
Keith Urban 19%
Rodney Atkins 11%
ACM Awards Album of the Year
5th Gear - Brad Paisley 23%
Just Who I Am - Poets and Pirates - Kenny Chesney 20%
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift 20%
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Miranda Lambert 18%
If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins 17%
