ACM Nominees Announced

Country music fans live for the "big two" awards shows each year, the CMAs and the ACMs, and fortunately for those fans the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards are taking place just around on the corner on April 3rd in Las Vegas. Today the nominees were announced on The Early Show by country superstars Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn.

Lambert herself leads the nominees with seven nominations, while both The Zac Brown Band and Kenny Chesney are up for five ACMs, Taylor Swift and newcomers The Band Perry are nominated for four ACMs, and Lady Antebellum, Lee Brice, Easton Corbin, Alan Jackson, and Keith Urban have all been nominated for three ACMs apiece.

Here's the complete list of ACM nominees by category:

Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Toby Keith
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Taylor Swift
Keith Urban

Top Male Vocalist
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban

Top Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack

Top Vocal Duo
The JaneDear Girls
Joey & Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland

Top Vocal Group
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Top New Vocal Soloist
Eric Church
Easton Corbin
Randy Houser

Top New Duo or Group
The JaneDear Girls
Steel Magnolia
The Band Perry

Album of the Year
Hemingway's Whiskey, Kenny Chesney
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson
Speak Now, Taylor Swift
Up on the Ridge, Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band

Single Record of the Year
"A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
"As She's Walking Away," Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
"If I Die Young," The Band Perry
"Love Like Crazy," Lee Brice
"The Boys of Fall," Kenny Chesney
"The House That Built Me," Miranda Lambert

Song of the Year
"A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
"As She's Walking Away," Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
"If I Die Young," The Band Perry
"Love Like Crazy," Lee Brice
"The House That Built Me," Miranda Lambert

Video of the Year
"Hillbilly Bone," Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
"Only Prettier," Miranda Lambert
"Stuck Like Glue," Sugarland
"The Boys of Fall," Kenny Chesney
"The House That Built Me," Miranda Lambert

Vocal Event
"As She's Walking Away," Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
"Blue Sky," Emily West featuring Keith Urban
"Coal Miner's Daughter," Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow, and Miranda Lambert
"Cold Beer," Colt Ford featuring Jamey Johnson
"Good to Be Me," Uncle Kracker featuring Kid Rock

With that list of powerhouse country nominees, this year's ACMs is sure to be a star-studded affair with a great entertainment lineup. Country favorites (and two pretty funny Oklahoma natives) Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton are set to host the ACMs on April 3rd on CBS.