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ACM Awards’ Polls: Results
Thank-you for participating in our ACM Awards’ polls this past week! We love hearing from you all and appreciate the feedback.
We compiled the results from our polls. Here is how our awesome ‘Keepin’ It Country’ readers voted…
New Artist
The reigning American Idol champ, Scotty McCreery, was the favorite for ‘New Artist’ with 51% of the votes.
Vocal Duo
The ‘Vocal Duo of the Year’ category was by far our most popular poll. Thank-you so much for voting, and for all of your great comments! It was a battle of the fan bases between Steel Magnolia, Sugarland, and Thompson Square. Steel Magnolia fans were impressively representing for their duo and won the poll with 49% of the votes!
Vocal Group
In our ‘Vocal Group of the Year’ poll, The Band Perry edged out Lady Antebellum with 38% of the votes.
Continue reading for the rest of our results…
POLL: ACM Awards – Vocal Duo Of The Year
We want to hear from all of you country music fans!
Next category up for our ACM Awards‘ polls is Vocal Duo Of The Year…
Who gets your vote: Love & Theft, Montgomery Gentry, Steel Magnolia, Sugarland, or Thompson Square?
ACM Awards: Vocal Duo Of The Year
- Steel Magnolia (49%, 137 Votes)
- Sugarland (31%, 88 Votes)
- Thompson Square (17%, 47 Votes)
- Montgomery Gentry (2%, 6 Votes)
- Love and Theft (1%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 280
Loading ...Yesterday, we posted the New Artist poll! Did you vote?
And stay tuned, more polls will be rolling out soon!
Steel Magnolia To Perform At ACM Experience
Contrary to popular online rumors, Steel Magnolia will be making an appearance together at the first-ever ACM Experience in Las Vegas. The country music duo will perform at the free, 3-day open-to-the-public event during The Week Vegas Goes Country. They hit the stage on Saturday, March 31st at 1:30 pm after Mallory Hope.
Also joining the line-up are country music trio Gloriana, who will perform on March 31st at 5:30 pm, closing the night.
See the full ACM Experience line-up below:
EXCLUSIVE: Interview With James Otto
James Otto has been one pretty busy guy the last two years. He took some time out of the spotlight to raise his new daughter Ava Katherine Otto. He’ll be back in a big way in 2012, which is already starting off big for the singer-songwriter: his friends in the Zac Brown Band are releasing one of his co-writes as their new single.
We spoke to James over the phone last week about his plans for the year, on sharing war stories about raising kids with Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts, touring with Reba, his latest songwriting sessions, and how recording for his brand new album is going. Don’t worry James fans: he’ll be heading out to a city near you this summer!
Read our exclusive interview with James below and let us know if you’re planning on catching him on one of his tour dates this year.
Full List Of 2012 ACM Nominees
Congratulations to all the nominees for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music! Here’s the full list of nominees for the April 1st award show. Watch who wins live on CBS from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton will once again return to co-host the night.
For the fifth year, fans will select the winner of the Academy’s most prestigious honor, Entertainer of the Year, and for the fourth year, the New Artist of the Year category will also be opened up to fan voting. Nominees for New Artist of the Year were not announced in the press conference today because fan voting for those semi-finalists will close on January 30 (see page 2 below). The winners of Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year will be announced live during the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
Kenny Chesney leads with nine nominations, including Entertainer of the Year, a category he has won four times since 2004. He is nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year, a category he has been nominated in nine times previously. He is twice nominated for Album of the Year for Hemingway’s Whiskey, as both artist and producer, and also earned double nominations for Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year as both artist and producer for “You And Tequila” with Grace Potter. Chesney is also nominated for Song of the Year for “You And Tequila” with Grace Potter.
Jason Aldean is nominated for six awards, including his second consecutive nods for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. He is nominated for Album of the Year for My Kinda Party, and has nominations for Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” featuring Kelly Clarkson. He is nominated for Video of the Year for “Tattoos On This Town.”
Lady Antebellum leads group nominations with five nods, including Vocal Group of the Year, which they have won for two consecutive years. They are also nominated for Album of the Year as artists and producers for Own The Night, and for Song of the Year and Video of the Year for “Just A Kiss.”
Reigning Male Vocalist of the Year, Brad Paisley, is nominated for four awards, including his fifth consecutive nomination for Entertainer of the Year and eighth nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year, which he has won five times consecutively between 2006-2010. He received two nominations in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “Old Alabama” with Alabama and “Remind Me” with Carrie Underwood.
Toby Keith received three nominations for “Red Solo Cup,” including Video of the Year, which he last won in 2003 for “Beer For My Horses.” He also received a double nomination as artist and producer for Single Record of the Year for “Red Solo Cup.” Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill is also nominated for Nightclub of the Year in Minneapolis, MN (a nod that is not among Keith’s total nominations count, because it is awarded to the venue itself not it’s owners).
Reigning Entertainer of the Year, Taylor Swift, leads solo female nominees with three nominations, including her third consecutive nod for Entertainer of the Year. If Swift wins Entertainer of the Year, this will be her second consecutive win in that category. Swift is nominated for the fifth time for Female Vocalist of the Year, and for the third time for Video of the Year for “Mean.”
See the full list of nominees below:
Steel Magnolia Breaking Up?
Have country music duo Steel Magnolia broken up? Their March 24th show at the Greenville, Tennessee’s Niswonger Performing Arts Center has been canceled. The venue’s director started the rumors by saying that the pair are no longer performing together as Steel Magnolia:
“It is our understanding that the duo is no longer performing together,” reports NPAC Executive Director Darrell Bryan. “We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause our patrons.”
The duo is made up of the engaged pair Joshua Scott Jones and Meghan Linsey. They first appeared on the country music scene as the winners of CMT’s “Can You Duet?” in 2009. While there has been no official confirmation of the pair breaking up either professionally or personally, Big Machine Records did tell The Boot that Steel Magnolia is no longer on their roster.
Poll: CMA Vocal Duo of the Year
Next up… CMA Vocal Duo of the Year! The nominees are The Civil Wars, Montgomery Gentry, Steel Magnolia, Sugarland, and Thompson Square. Who gets your vote?
CMA Vocal Duo of the Year
- The Civil Wars (33%, 2 Votes)
- Sugarland (33%, 2 Votes)
- Steel Magnolia (17%, 1 Votes)
- Thompson Square (17%, 1 Votes)
- Montgomery Gentry (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 6
Loading ...CONTEST: Win The Ultimate CMA Awards Fan Package!
With just days until the 45th annual Country Music Association (CMA) awards, we wanted to give the fans at home the ultimate CMA awards fan package. One lucky winner will win a grand prize comprised of nominated artists CD’s, and one second place winner will receive 2 nominated artists albums. Sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it?
Blake Shelton is nominated for five awards on Country Music’s Biggest Night, including his first nomination for Entertainer of the Year. He’s also up for Male Vocalist of the Year, Single Of The Year “Honey Bee,” Album of the Year “All About Tonight,” and music video of the year “Honey Bee.” He’ll be opening the award show with a special duet of “Footloose” with Kenny Loggins.
Brad Paisley is returning to host the night again with Carrie Underwood, and they’ll perform their hit duet “Remind Me.” He’s also up for five awards on the evening, including Entertainer Of The Year, Male Vocalist Of The Year, Album Of The Year “This is Country Music,” Musical Event Of The Year “Old Alabama” with Alabama, and Music Video of the Year with “Old Alabama” with Alabama.
Chris Young is up for New Artist of the Year at this year’s CMA Awards. He’ll also be performing his new single “You” on the award show.
Darius Rucker will be performing at the CMA awards in a special performance with Lionel Richie. Lionel will be previewing his new country duets album with Darius part of the medley.
Eric Church is nominated for New Artist Of The Year at the 45th annual CMA awards. He’ll be performing his new single “Drink In My Hand” during the broadcast as well.
James Otto is currently on-tour with Steel Magnolia opening up for Reba’s “All The Woman I Am” tour. He’s filling in for Josh and will be singing with Meg on select stops.
Jason Aldean is one of the most nominated artist at this year’s award show, including being up for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist Of The Year. Jason also earned nominations for Single Of The Year “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Kelly Clarkson, Album of the year “My Kinda Party,” and Musical Event Of The Year “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Kelly Clarkson. He’ll also be performing on this year’s broadcast.
Rodney Atkins will be performing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 24th. He’ll be performing some of his greatest hits, including his latest number one “Take A Back Road.”
Thompson Square are up for both New Artist Of The Year and for Vocal Duo Of The Year. Keifer and Shawna Thompson will also be performing live on the broadcast on Wednesday, November 9th on ABC.
ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL WIN:
One (1) Blake Shelton “Red River Blue” album
One (1) Brad Paisley autographed “This Is Country Music” album
One (1) Chris Young autographed “Neon” album
One (1) Darius Rucker – “Charleston, SC 1966″ album
One (1) Eric Church “Chief” album
One (1) James Otto – “Shake What God Gave ya” album
One (1) Jason Aldean “My Kinda Party” album
One (1) Rodney Atkins – “Take A Back Road” album
One (1) Thompson Square “Thompson Square” album
ONE SECOND PLACE WINNER WILL WIN:
One (1) Jason Aldean – “My Kinda Party” album
One (1) Thompson Square – “Thompson Square” album
Want to win? It’s simple. Tell us why you love country music in the form below. For every friend you get to enter, if they mention your name in the entry, you will get a bonus entry for each friend entering. The contest runs immediately and until Tuesday, November 8th at 8 pm EST. We will announce a winner later that night. Good luck! We will randomly select a grand-prize winner and a second place winner from the entries received during the time frame.
James Otto Spends Halloween With His Little Lamb
Here’s one of the cuter pictures from Halloween this year. James Otto, home from spending the weekend filling in for Josh in Steel Magnolia, turned Halloween into a family affair. His daughter Ava, who turned one this past August, and her parents dressed up in her favorite nursery rhyme “Mary Had A Little Lamb” for Halloween. James took Ava on a hayride around their neighborhood to celebrate the evening before going trick-or-treating in Nashville.
From left to right in the picture is Amy Otto as Mary, Ava Otto as the Little Lamb, James Otto as a farmer, and their dog Izzy Otto as the Farmer’s Dog. How cute is this picture?
VIDEO: Reba & Tour Acts – Rolling In The Deep
Adele has one of the catchiest songs of the year, and it’s found it’s way into country music. Reba McEntire brought out all her opening acts on her “All The Woman I Am Tour” to perform a group number of Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep.” Watch Reba, The Band Perry, Eden’s Edge, James Otto and Steel Magnolia perform a country version of the rock/pop single:
