Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Lead 46th ACM Nominations

Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn (formerly of Brooks and Dunn) announced the nominees for the 46^th Academy of Country Music (ACM) awards on Tuesday, February 1. The ACM awards will be presented on Sunday, April 3, 2011, with country music stars Reba McEntyre and Blake Shelton serving as co-hosts. (Reba McEntyre and Blake Shelton teamed up last year to read the ACM awards nominations.)

This year's ACM award nominees were revealed during an early morning broadcast from Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, with Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn reading the names on CBS' "The Early Show" on February 1.

Topping the list with nine ACM award nominations was Miranda Lambert, who is engaged to marry Blake Shelton. Miranda Lambert won the ACM award for Top Female Vocalist last year.

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney earned five ACM awards nominations, as did relative newcomer Zac Brown Band. The Band Perry and Taylor Swift followed, with four ACM awards nominations apiece.

Several additional country music artists received three ACM awards nominations, including Lady Antebellum, Lee Brice, Easton Corbin, Alan Jackson and Keith Urban.

ACM award nominee counts include nominations as individual artists, composers, directors, group artists, producers and publishers.

Here's the full list of this year's ACM awards nominees.

Those receiving ACM nods this year include several long-time country music favorites, as well as a few newcomers.

ACM Entertainer of the Year nominees include Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.

ACM Top Male Vocalist of the Year nominees are Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, George Strait and Keith Urban.

ACM Top Female Vocalist of the Year nominees include Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Lee Ann Womack.

ACM Top Vocal Duo of the Year nominees are the JaneDear girls, Joey + Rory, Montgomery Gentry, Steel Magnolia and Sugarland.

ACM Top Vocal Group of the Year nominees include Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Randy Rogers Band, The Band Perry and Zac Brown Band.

ACM Top New Solo Vocalist of the Year nominees are Eric Church, Easton Corbin and Randy Houser.

ACM Top New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year nominees include the JaneDear girls, Steel Magnolia and The Band Perry.

ACM Album of the Year nominees are "The Guitar Song," by Jamey Johnson (Mercury Records - produced by Arlis Albritton, Dave Cobb and The Kent Hardly Playboys); "Hemingway's Whiskey," by Kenny Chesney (BNA Records - produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney); "Need You Now," by Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville - produced by Lady Antebellum and Paul Worley); "Speak Now," by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records - produced by Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift); "Up on the Ridge," by Dierks Bentley (Capitol Records Nashville - produced by John Randall Stewart), and "You Get What You Give," by Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground/Roar/Bigger Picture/Atlantic Records - produced by Zac Brown and Keith Stegall).

ACM Single Record of the Year nominees include "As She's Walking Away," by Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson (Southern Ground/Roar/Bigger Picture/Atlantic Records - produced by Zac Brown and Keith Stegall); "The Boys of Fall," by Kenny Chesney (BNA Records - produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney); "The House That Built Me," by Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville - produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke); "If I Die Young," by The Band Perry (Republic Nashville - produced by Paul Worley); "A Little More Country Than That," by Easton Corbin (Mercury Records - produced by Carson Chamberlain), and "Love Like Crazy," by Lee Brice (Curb Records - produced by Lee Brice and Doug Johnson).

ACM Song of the Year nominees are "As She's Walking Away," by Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson (composed by Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrett, published by Angelika Music/BMI and Weimerhound Publishing/BMI); "If I Die Young," by The Band Perry (composed by Kimberly Perry, published by Pearlfeather Publishing/BMI and Rio Bravo Music/BMI); "A Little More Country Than That," by Easton Corbin (composed by Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress and Wynn Varble; published by A Sling and a Prayer Music/ASCAP, Chrysalis One Music/ASCAP, Don Poythrees Songs/ASCAP, Precious Flour Music/BMI, Universi Music-MGB Songs/ASCAP and Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp./BMI); "Love Like Crazy," by Lee Brice (composed by Tim James and Doug Johnson, published by Mike Curb Music.BMI, Sweet Radical Music/BMI, T-Bird's Music/BMI and WarnerTamerland Publishing Corp./BMI), and "The House That Love Built," by Miranda Lambert (composed by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblen, published by Built on Rock/ASCAP, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/BMI and Tomdouglasmusic/BMI).

ACM Video of the Year nominees include "The Boys of Fall," by Kenny Chesney (produced by Don Lepore, directed by Shaun Silva); "Hillbilly Bone," by Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins (produced by Randy Brewer, directed by Roman White); "The House That Built Me," by Miranda Lambert (produced by Trent Hardville, directed by Trey Fanjoy); "Only Prettier," by Miranda Lambert (produced by Trent Hardville, directed by Trey Fanjoy), and "Stuck Like Glue," by Sugarland (produced by Tony McGarry, directed by Declan Whitebloom).

ACM Vocal Event of the Year nominees are "As She's Walking Away," by Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson (Southern Ground/Roar/Bigger Picture/Atlantic Records - produced by Zac Brown and Keith Stegall); "Blue Sky," by Emily West with Keith Urban (Capitol Records Nashville - produced by Mark Bright); "Coal Miner's Daughter," by Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville - produced by John Carter Cash and Patsy Lynn Russell); "Cold Beer," by Colt Ford with Jamey Johnson (Average Joes - produced by Shannon Houshins, Jared Scuillo and Justin Spillner), and "Good to Be Me," by Uncle Kracker with Kid Rock (Top Dog/Atlantic/Bigger Picture - produced by Kid Rock).

ACM award categories open to fan voting may be seen online.

Presented by the Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions, the 46^th ACM awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, beginning at 8 PM ET on Sunday, April 3, on CBS TV.