The Finalists for the American Country Countdown Awards, airing on FOX on December 15, have been announced. Danielle Bradbery, Cassadee Pope, Carrie Underwood (the female category is chock full of reality grads) Gwen Sebastian, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban have received nominations.
FOX tried to make the American Country Awards a holiday tradition for the last few years. But in a bid for some cred, I assume, they’re changing it up this year. Instead of handing out a made up trophy, the honors will be based on a long running radio countdown show “American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks,” which runs on Cumulus radio stations which will cross promote the show. Not surprisingly, Luke Bryan and Florida-Georgia Line leads the pack of nominees with seven and six nods, respectively.
The Breakthrough Artist of the Year is the only fan voted category.
Check out the press release below. Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and Miranda Lambert are set to perform.
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR “AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS”
LUKE BRYAN LEADS WITH SEVEN CATEGORIES; FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE GARNERS SIX
LIVE EVENT BRINGS COUNTRY MUSIC’S LONGEST-RUNNING RADIO COUNTDOWN SHOW, “AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN WITH KIX BROOKS,” TO TELEVISION
LUKE BRYAN, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE AND MIRANDA LAMBERT TO PERFORM LIVE FROM THE MUSIC CITY CENTER IN NASHVILLE MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, ON FOX
Nashville, TN (November 11, 2014) – The AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS, based on country music’s longest-running radio countdown show, “American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks,” which has recognized the best in country radio for more than 40 years, today announced the inaugural event’s finalists. Country megastar Luke Bryan dominates the list with seven nods, followed closely by superstar duo Florida Georgia Line, with six. Florida Georgia Line and Kix Brooks made the announcement on Cumulus radio’s nationally syndicated show, “America’s Morning Show with Blair Garner.”
The AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS will air live from Nashville’s Music City Center Monday, Dec. 15 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX and feature performances by finalists Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and Miranda Lambert. Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard will host the live music celebration. Additional performers and presenters will be announced.
Additional multiple category finalists include Jason Aldean, with four nods, and Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, who are tied with three. Brett Eldredge, Brantley Gilbert, Lady Antebellum, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell each were named finalists in two categories.
AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS finalists are determined based on statistics and radio airplay charts from November 1, 2013-October 31, 2014. The Finalists for Album of the Year were based on album sales from SoundScan and the finalists for Artist of the Year were based on a combination of Mediabase airplay, digital data provided by Big Champagne and tour information from Pollstar. All other award categories were made up of those with the largest audience reach, according to Mediabase.
The Breakthrough Artist of the Year Presented by Samsung GALAXY® category is the only fan-voted category. Fan voting begins on November 24 and continues through December 10. Fans will vote for their favorite Breakthrough finalist by including the following in a tweet: the artist’s Twitter handle, “Breakthrough Artist” and the hashtag #ACCAwards. For more information, please visit TheACCAwards.com.
The AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro (CEO, dick clark productions), Mike Mahan (President, dick clark productions), Mark Bracco (Executive Vice President, Programing and Development, dick clark productions), John Dickey (Executive Vice President of Content and Programming, Cumulus), Richard Godfrey (“MTV Europe Music Awards”) and Tom Forrest (“CMT Crossroads”) are executive producers. Baz Halpin is co-executive producer.
Tickets are now on sale at www.TheACCAwards.com/tickets.
Below are the finalists for the 2014 AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
• Jason Aldean
• Luke Bryan
• Florida Georgia Line
• Lady Antebellum
• Blake Shelton
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
• Jason Aldean
• Dierks Bentley
• Luke Bryan
• Randy Houser
• Blake Shelton
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
• Danielle Bradbery
• Miranda Lambert
• Cassadee Pope
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood
GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
• The Band Perry
• Eli Young Band
• Florida Georgia Line
• Lady Antebellum
• Zac Brown Band
SONG OF THE YEAR
• “When She Says Baby” – Jason Aldean
• “Beat Of The Music” – Brett Eldredge
• “Lettin’ The Night Roll” – Justin Moore
• “Drink To That All Night” – Jerrod Niemann
• “Chillin’ It” – Cole Swindell
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
• “This Is How We Roll” – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan
• “Small Town Throwdown” – Brantley Gilbert featuring Justin Moore
and Thomas Rhett
• “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” – Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
• “My Eyes” – Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Sebastian
• “We Were Us” – Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
• “Crash My Party” – Luke Bryan
• “The Outsiders” – Eric Church
• “Here’s To The Good Times” – Florida Georgia Line
• “Just As I Am” – Brantley Gilbert
• “Platinum” – Miranda Lambert
DIGITAL SONG OF THE YEAR
• “Burnin’ It Down” – Jason Aldean
• “Drink A Beer” – Luke Bryan
• “Play It Again” – Luke Bryan
• “Dirt” – Florida Georgia Line
• “This Is How We Roll” – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY®
(Fan-voted Award via Twitter)
• Brett Eldredge
• Tyler Farr
• Kip Moore
• Thomas Rhett
• Cole Swindell
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