Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees 2015 – Miranda Lambert Tops the List

2015 ACM Awards Nominees
Miranda Lambert (Photo Courtesy of ACM)

Miranda Lambert leads the 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominees list with eight followed by Dierks Bentley with seven and Florida Georgia Line with five. Lambert’s nominations include her ninth nomination in the Female Vocalist of the Year category and her fourth in the Entertainer of the Year category. Bentley’s seven nominations include nods in the Male Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year categories.

This year’s Country music celebration will be hosted by Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton and will air live on Sunday, April 19, 2015 on CBS. And to celebrate the awards show’s 50th year, the broadcast has been extended by half an hour and will run from 8-11:30pm ET (delayed on the West Coast).

Fans are once again helping to select the Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year winners, with voting opening on April 8th at 3pm ET for the Entertainer of the Year and closing during the third hour of the show. Voting in the first round of the New Artist of the Year category nominees will be open from February 10th at 6pm ET.

2015 Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Jason Aldean
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Florida Georgia Line

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR [TIE]

Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Brandy Clark
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
The Swon Brothers

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean
Pain Killer – Little Big Town
Platinum – Miranda Lambert
Riser – Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders – Eric Church

SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR

American Kids – Kenny Chesney
Automatic – Miranda Lambert
Dirt – Florida Georgia Line
Drunk On A Plane – Dierks Bentley
I Don’t Dance – Lee Brice

SONG OF THE YEAR [TIE]

American Kids – Kenny Chesney, Songwriters: Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally
Automatic – Miranda Lambert, Songwriters: Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
Drink A Beer – Luke Bryan, Songwriters: Jim Beavers, Chris Stapleton
Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves, Songwriters: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves
Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church, Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Laird
I Hold On – Dierks Bentley, Songwriters: Dierks Bentley, Brett James

For the complete list, visit www.acmcountry.com.