Scotty McCreery Nominated for ACM New Artist of The Year

By On 01/13/2012 · 65 Comments · In American Idol, Scotty McCreery

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Scotty McCreery is one of the nominees in the Academy of Country Music Awards New Artist of the Year category. Voting begins on Monday January 16 at VoteACM.com and GACTV.com/ACM:

From the Press Release

The Academy of Country Music and Great American Country (GAC) announced today that for the fourth consecutive year, the newcomer category for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards — New Artist of the Year—will be opened up to interactive fan voting through VoteACM.com and GACTV.com/ACM, beginning Monday, January 16, 2012.

While in the past, there were several newcomer categories, The ACM has combined them all into one big category that includes the old categories, New Male Vocalist, New Female Vocalist, New Vocal Duo, New Vocal Group, New Solo Vocalist and New Vocal Duo or Group.

The winner will be announced on the LIVE telecast at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, boadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Good luck, Scotty!

NEW ARITST OF THE YEAR semi-finalists are:

Brantley Gilbert
Hunter Hayes
JT Hodges
David Nail
Jerrod Niemann
Justin Moore
Scotty McCreery
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  • Jean Richard

    Since this is fan voted, I assume Scotty will win

      I’d certainly like to think so, but not knowing how much influence the industry gets on the winner, I don’t think it’s a near certainty.  I know they like Hunter Hayes because he’s been around since he was about 5 years old (probably think he’s “paid his dues”) and is a good musician and songwriter even though IMO he can’t hold a candle to the others, in particular Scotty, as far as singing goes it wouldn’t surprise me to see him get the industry vote.  He also has a lot of fans so it will be interesting to see the outcome. 

    Not fair?  Maybe not, but to me it seems to be the way the country music insiders seem to handle things when I look at the resistance the PD’s/DJ’s are giving to TTWG, a video which is only about 40K away from 4 mil views and flooded with positive comments on YouTube about it.

    I think Scotty will need all the votes his fans can give him on this one and then some.  Think they will have to be overwhelming to get the industry voters to let him have it.  Sure hope some of you can say “I told you so” to me when we see the final outcome! lol

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UITYTUSGL7IK7WLFFDXXRYP7GA Falfor

    So for the next 823 years, people will say, that never happens, then poof, there it will be.  That is interesting.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UITYTUSGL7IK7WLFFDXXRYP7GA Falfor

    Well hey, the thought was interesting. So now we will see it in our lifetime. in a few years.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UITYTUSGL7IK7WLFFDXXRYP7GA Falfor

    Good luck to Scotty and Congratulations on the nomination. Not a country fan, but talent is talent, no matter where it comes from and Scotty is a huge talent. So is Lauren.

  • Anonymous

    Yep, you are right ,just checked it myself and went back to read it but couldn’t find it,may be they just oops like me:(

  • Anonymous

    One word: WOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AGWO435FL6UN2ICRVTFLWRJZSA Lexie

    eyelinerandcigarettes…you always say the right things:)))

  • windmills

    JudyOhio: And if that is the case, after fan voting on the “8″, it will be the industry who chooses the final “3″…….and after that, the fans only will vote and make the decision for the winner (with no input from “the industry” at that point)?

    I hadn’t realized the rules had changed this year. SaSa8 posted the new ones:

    “The top 8 artists from the first round of ACM professional voting are considered semi-finalists and will compete via the GAC fan vote at GACTV.com/ACM, combined with the ACM professional membership vote, to determine the final 3 nominees for the Award. The final 3 nominees will compete for the trophy, with a combined fan and professional membership vote to determine the winner”

    So, the 8 semifinalists were selected by the industry, and both the 3 finalists and the winner will be selected by a fan/industry vote combo where they won’t reveal how each vote is weighted.
    I know fans will be fans and fans will worry. I think there’ll be some jostling to be 1 of the final 3 (because it may mean the difference between a performance splot and not) and not much more. Scotty being in the category means he’s running away with the fan vote, the industry knows that, and I don’t think they’ll get in the way. 

    amaryl: How many country award shows are there? No really. 

    2 major ones, the CMAs and the ACMs. 

    amaryl: What award did Scotty win just recently?

    An ACA, a new FOX ratings grab that people don’t take seriously.

  • Anonymous

    oh how awesome is that!  I think he totally deserves it. :)

  • mchcat

    David Nail and Jerrod are both good – don’t care for Hunter – he is too rock for me

  • falafel

    So, it’s almost like Entertainer Of The Year’s becoming more of a “breakthrough” category in some cases, at least for some nominations.

    In addition to the Brad thing in 2010, I get the sense that the CMAs are really going out of their way to reward people who have had crossover success (Taylor, Lady A) or otherwise acted as “ambassadors” for country music by achieving success in other media (Taylor, Blake, Taylor). Unfortunately, the only place to do that is in EOTY, since all the other categories are either rigidly defined or song-related. “Entertainer” is kind of nebulous compared to “Vocalist”. I think that also explains why established acts with huge tours are getting shut out of the category in favor of their, or other artists’, opening acts; those opening acts have had a bigger pop culture impact. Maybe this is their attempt to be edgy.

    I mean, they were able to get Blake’s crappy 6 pack album All About Tonight nominated for Album Of The Year at the CMAs despite sales of
    like 200k and meh reviews! Crazy!

    This doesn’t get any less ridiculous the more I read it, and this is coming from someone who didn’t mind the Entertainer nom. My conspiracy theory is that the groups behind the other four nominees voted like crazy for Blake’s EP to be included because it reduced the number of their competitors from four to three.

    … And dammit, I had an actual relevant comment to make, but I forgot it in my rage about the EP.

  • Anonymous

    So happy for Scotty , sending him best wishes on the BP tour and a BIG Congratulations for his Platinum Album ….. good start !! . Go Scotty !!

  • http://www.facebook.com/Hexander Henrik Xander Aquino

    I’m so pumped up after reading this. First, platinum album, then, the tour, and now this nomination. So many blessings to be thankful. I do believe that when it rains, it pours. Congrats, in advance, Scotty!

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “An ACA, a new FOX ratings grab that people don’t take seriously.”

    I thought the same thing when this awards show was initially announced.

  • hoa_teca

    But it’s better than nothing cos it shows fan supports.

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