The ACM Awards have announced a second round of performers that includes country music superstars Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, and Sam Hunt.
Ballerini, Bentley, Church, and Hunt will join an already impressive performance lineup which includes performances by Cam, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Florida Georgia Line. In addition to performing at the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards , Chesney will also be headlining the last night of the 4th ACM Party for a Cause Festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
Each of these performers is nominated at least once for a 2016 ACM Award. Cam and Eric Church, however, are leading with six nominations each.
Church has been nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Video of the Year, Vocal Event of the Year, and Song of the Year nominations for his performance in “Raise ‘Em Up” with Keith Urban. Cam is nominated for New Female Vocalist of the Year, Single Record of the Year (as artist and producer), Song of the Year (as artist and songwriter), and Video of the Year.
#ACMs keep getting bigger! @SamHuntMusic @KelseaBallerini @DierksBentley & @EricChurch will perform: https://t.co/43Fl4lJbkl @ACMawards
— CMT (@CMT) March 3, 2016
The Complete List of Academy of Country Music Awards Nominees
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean Garth Brooks Miranda Lambert Luke Bryan Eric Church
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Dierks Bentley Jason Aldean Brett Eldredge Chris Stapleton Eric Church
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Kelsea Ballerini Jana Kramer Miranda Lambert Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Little Big Town Old Dominion Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band Eli Young Band
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Joey + Rory Maddie & Tae
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood Producer: Jay Joyce Record Label: EMI Records Nashville
Chris Stapleton – Traveller Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton Record Label: Mercury Records
Sam Hunt – Montevallo Producers: Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally Record Label: MCA Nashville
Thomas Rhett – Tangled Up Producers: Dann Huff, Jesse Frasure, Chris DeStefano, Joe London Record Label: The Valory Music Co.
Chris Young – I’m Comin’ Over Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young Record Label: RCA Records
NEW MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Brett Eldredge Chris Janson Thomas Rhett Chase Rice Chris Stapleton
NEW FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Kelsea Ballerini Cam Mickey Guyton RaeLynn
NEW VOCAL DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR A Thousand Horses Brothers Osborne Maddie & Tae Old Dominion Parmalee
VIDEO OF THE YEAR Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)
“Biscuits” – Kacey Musgraves Director: Mark Klasfeld Producer: Nicole Acacio
“Burning House” – Cam Director: Trey Fanjoy Producer: Trent Hardville
“Girl Crush” – Little Big Town Director: Karla Welch & Matthew Welch Producer: Amanda Prunesti
“Mr. Misunderstood” – Eric Church Director: Reid Long & John Peets Producer: Megan Smith
“Riser” – Dierks Bentley Director: Wes Edwards Producer: Jennifer Rothlein
VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)
“Hangover Tonight” – Gary Allan Featuring Chris Stapleton Producer: Gary Allan, Greg Droman Record Label: MCA Nashville
“Home Alone Tonight” – Luke Bryan Featuring Karen Fairchild Producers: Jeff Stevens, Jody Stevens Record Label: Capitol Nashville
“Raise ‘Em Up” – Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church Producers: Nathan Chapman, Keith Urban Record Label: Hit Red, Capitol Nashville
“Smokin’ And Drinkin’” – Miranda Lambert Featuring Little Big Town Producers: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf Record Label: RCA Nashville
“Wild Child” – Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter Producer: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney Record Label: Blue Chair, Columbia Nashville
SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)
“Burning House” – Cam “Buy Me A Boat” – Chris Janson “Die A Happy Man” – Thomas Rhett “Girl Crush” – Little Big Town “I’m Comin’ Over” – Chris Young “Take Your Time” – Sam Hunt
SONG OF THE YEAR Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s) “Burning House” – Cam Songwriters: Jeffrey Bhasker, Tyler Johnson, Cam Publishers: Marvelous Oaks Records (ASCAP), Creative Pulse Music (BMI), One Year Yesterday Publishing (BMI), Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI), These Are Pulse Songs (BMI), Way Above Music (BMI)
“Girl Crush” – Little Big Town Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose Publishers: HillarodyRathbone Music (ASCAP), Hoodie Songs (BMI), Songs of Crazy Girl Music (BMI), Songs of Universal Inc (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
“Nobody To Blame” – Chris Stapleton Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Barry Bales, Ronnie Bowman Publishers: House of Sea Gayle Music (ASCAP), WB Music Corp (ASCAP), Quackhead Music (BMI), RayLynn Publishing (BMI)
“Raise ‘Em Up” – Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church Songwriters: Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston, Jeffrey Steele Publishers: Jeffrey Steele Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), TomDouglasMusic (BMI), Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP), Texa Rae Music (ASCAP)
“She Don’t Love You” – Eric Paslay Songwriters: Eric Paslay, Jennifer Wayne Publishers: Five Stone Publishing (ASCAP), Spirit Two Nashville (ASCAP), Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing (BMI)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR *(OFF CAMERA AWARD) Rodney Clawson Ross Copperman Ashley Gorley Shane McAnally Josh Osborne
EXCLUSIVE: @KelseaBallerini , @DierksBentley , @SamHuntMusic to perform at @ACMawards ! https://t.co/6PxEwTi11h pic.twitter.com/J0cIFDFAcK
— People Magazine (@people) March 2, 2016
The ACM Awards air live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS.
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