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Laura Bell Bundy and Evan Farmer announced the final nominees for the CMT Music Awards on People.com today.

And here are the CMT Music Awards 2010 Nominees ….

Female Video of the Year:
* Miranda Lambert- “White Liar”
* Reba McEntire- “Consider Me Gone”
* Taylor Swift-”You Belong With Me”
* Carrie Underwood-”Cowboy Casanova”

Male Video of the Year:
* Jason Aldean-”The Truth”
* Billy Currington-”People Are Crazy”
* Toby Keith-”American Ride”
* Tim McGraw-”Southern Voice”
* Keith Urban-”Til Summer Comes Around”

Group Video of the Year:
* Gloriana-”How Far Do You Wanna Go”
* Lady Antebellum-”Need You Now”
* Rascal Flatts-”Here Comes Good Bye”
* Zac Brown Band-”Toes”

Duo Video of the Year:
* Brooks & Dunn: “Indian Summer”
* Steel Magnolia-”Keep on Lovin You”
* Sugarland-”Keep You”
* Sugarland-”Night Swimming/Joey”

USA WEEKEND BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
* Luke Bryan-”Do I”
* Easton Corbin-”A Little More Country than That”
* Steel Magnolia-”Keep on Lovin You”
* Laura Bell Bundy-”Giddy on Up”

Collaborative Video of the Year:
* Taylor Swift & Kellie Pickler-”Best Days of Your Life”
* Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins-”Hillbilly Bone”
* Jason Aldean & Bryan Adams-”Heaven”
* Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews-”I’m Alive”

Video Director of the Year
*Deaton Flanigen (eligible videos include: Jason Aldean’s “The Truth” and Carrie Underwood’s “Temporary Home”)
*Chris Hicky (eligible videos include: Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” and Justin Moore’s “Small Town USA”)
*Shaun Silva (eligible videos include: Kenny Chesney’s “Out Last Night” and Rascal Flatts’s “Summer Nights”)
*Roman White (eligible videos include: Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” and Kellie Pickler’s “Best Days of Your Life”)

CMT Performance of the Year
*Lady Antebellum – “Lookin’ For A Good Time”
*Reba McEntire – “Consider Me Gone”
* Tim McGraw – “Southern Voice”
* Brad Paisley – “Then”
* Carrie Underwood – “Temporary Home”

Video of the Year:
* Toby Keith-”American Ride”
* Lady Antebellum-”Need You Now”
* Keith Urban-”Til Summer Comes Around”
* Jason Aldean-”The Truth”
* Miranda Lambert-”White Liar”
* Carrie Underwood-”Cowboy Casanova”
* Kenny Chesney-”Out Last Night”
* Zac Brown Band-”Toes”
* Brad Paisley-”Welcome to the Future”
* Taylor Swift-”You Belong with Me”

Fans can vote online at CMT.com through June 8 to determine the winners. The final nominees for Video of the Year will be announced at the beginning of the live show, and fans can then vote at CMT.com and via text message throughout the live broadcast (ET/CT only) to determine the night’s big winner.

Universal Music Group Nashville and FromYouFlowers.com have decided to team up for Mother’s Day. The collaboration is offering 8 floral arrangements inspired by UMG’s lineup of country stars. When you purchase one of these country music arrangements, you will get a free song download from UMG artists. FromYouFlowers.com is even having a sweepstakes with a grand prize being tickets to see the artist of your choice in concert.

The complete list of Mother’s Day flowers, as inspired by UMG country music stars includes:
* “Sunny Skies”- Inspired by Sugarland and includes a free download of “It Happens” from the album Love on the Inside
* “Pink Reflections” – Inspired by Josh Turner and includes a free download of “Why Don’t We Just Dance” from the album Haywire
* “Cheek to Cheek” – Inspired by George Strait and includes a free download of “Gotta Get To you” from the album Twang
* “Polka Dots and Posies” – Inspired by Laura Bell Bundy and includes a free download of “Giddy On Up” from the album Achin’ and Shakin’
* “Fragrance Vase” – Inspired by Easton Corbin and includes a free download of “A Little More Country Than That” from his self-title album
* “Teacup Blossoms” – Inspired by David Nail and includes a free download of “Turning Home” from the album I’m About To Come Alive
* “Perfectly Pastel” – Inspired by Billy Currington and includes a free download of “That’s How Country Boys Roll” from the album Little Bit of Everything
* “Burgundy Blush” – Inspired by Gary Allan and includes a free download of “We Fly By Night” from the album Get Off On the Pain

These names are hilarious. I always knew Billy Currington was “Perfectly Pastel”!!! Great songs to download, especially the one from Gary Allan, “We Fly By Night”. One of the best from his new album. Does George Strait know his flower arrangement is called “Cheek to Cheek”? I Don’t think so.

Great performances last night in a show packed with the top artists in country music. Here are some pictures of the stars in action courtesy of cmt.com.

Billy Currington shows how Country Boys Roll!!

Here are some rehearsals and interviews from Las Vegas and the ACM Awards. Everyone is excited for tomorrow night and we will be here to post videos, pictures, and winners all night long. There is still time to go and vote for Top New Artist and Entertainer of the Year at VoteACM.com.

I think the ACM Awards are going to be 6 hours long this year. They can not possibly cram any more performers into one awards show. Today, the Academy of Country Music unveiled a few more performers to add to the list. The new additions are Billy Currington, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts and Miranda Lambert.

Toby Keith will also be on hand to perform “Cryin’ For Me” with sax player Dave Koz. Dierks Bentley and Jack Ingram will be playing together and are expected to sing “Barbie Doll”, their collaboration from Ingram’s latest album. Also added to the lineup is John Fogerty who launched a country album in 2009. Performers who were previously announced for the April 18 show include Laura Bell Bundy, Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins, Lady Antebellum and Reba McEntire, set to host for the 12th time in her career.

The ACMs are getting close. Sunday, April 18th at 8 pm on CBS is the place to be for this tremendous event. Be sure to set your DVR to catch all the great performances.

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ASCAP and BMI each held a party Monday night to congratulate Billy Currington for reaching the top of the country music charts with his latest single, “That’s How Country Boys Roll”. This is Billy Currington’s fifth #1, as a singer, but his first as a co-writer. He wrote the hit song with Brett Jones and Dallas Davidson. Among the accolades and hardware Currington took home from these celebrations, he was surprised to when a gold album plaque was presented to him indicating 500,000 sold copies of his latest album “Little Bit of Everything”.

Congrats to Billy for another great song. What will be next?

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I do not think we have posted this video before. So why not?

After a four week run at #1, Josh Turner relinquished the top spot on the Billboard Hot Country Chart to Billy Currington’s, “That’s How Country Boys Roll”. This is Currington’s second consecutive #1 hit as “People Are Crazy” was #1 in 2009. Turner moved down one spot to #2 while Blake Shelton’s “Hillbilly Bone” moved up one place to #3. Easton Corbin with “A Little More Country Than That” and “Temporary Home” by Carrie Underwood round out the Top 5.

Other movers and shakers from this week’s chart include Jason Aldean moving up six spots to #30 with his newest single, “Crazy Town”. Miranda Lambert’s latest single, “The House That Built Me” was the most added song of the week and settled into #32 from last week’s #39. The Hot Shot Debut of the week is Little Big Town’s single, “Little White Church”. Other new songs to enter the Top 60 are, Josh Thompson’s title track, “Way Out There” and The Harters’ debut single “Jenny”.

Congratulations to Billy, but he better keep an eye on the hard charging Blake Shelton and “Hillbilly Bone” for next week. Stay tuned.

#1 Keeps Josh Turner Smiling!

For the fourth week in a row, Josh Turner has the #1 single on the Billboard Hot Country Chart. “Why Don’t We Just Dance” is followed by Billy Currington’s “That’s How Country Boys Roll”, which made the jump from #5 to #2. Darius Rucker’s “History In the Making” is hanging on in the #3 slot, while charging to the top in the #4 position is “Hillbilly Bone” by Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins.

Other songs on the move are Easton Corbin’s “A Little More Country Than That”, which jumped over Carrie Underwood to place 6th, from #9. Kenny Chesney is on the brink of the top 10 with his latest single, “Ain’t Back Yet”, which has reached #11 in the three weeks since being officially released. George Strait takes the “most added” title this week with his latest offering “I Gotta Get To You” in at #21.

Jewel, Jason Aldean, and Miranda Lambert all broke into the Top 40 this week with their latest singles. Both Lambert and Aldean accomplished the feat in their second week on the chart. Keep an eye on the “Hot Shot Debut” of the week Tyler Dickerson and his single, “Tell Your Sister I’m Single”. The 15 year old Dickerson enters the chart at #51. Tyler will be hitting the road with Brooks and Dunn during the “Last Rodeo Tour” this year.

Look out for Currington to take the top spot next week. I said that last week, but I think it will finally happen next week. Who is Tyler Dickerson? Here is your chance to find out.

For the third consecutive week, Josh Turner’s, “Why Don’t We Just Dance”, is the #1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Chart. Brad Paisley’s, “American Saturday Night” has stalled out in the #2 slot while Darius Rucker’s, “History In the Making”, made a little comeback after dropping a spot last week and made it back to the #3 hole. “The Truth” and Billy Currington’s, “That’s How Country Boys Roll” round out the top 5 of this weeks chart.

This week’s chart points out a few interesting side notes. First, Lady Antebellum’s “American Honey” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” are neck and neck at #12 and #13 respectively. They have both been on the charts for 10 weeks which shows the immense popularity of Lady A right now. The fact that they are able to rival the same chart success as Taylor is very impressive. Secondly, Kenny Chesney has skyrocketed up the chart and has broken into the top 20 in two weeks. His current single, “Ain’t Back Yet”, debuted at #23 and rose to #15 in week two. He may slow down but expect to see Kenny’s latest track reach the top spot and quickly. Maybe the song will reach #1 just about the time his 3-D movie is released??

Also on the lower part of the chart, Jaron and the Long Road to Love with his single, “Pray for You” has made a considerable jump from #44 to #38 this week. Debuting on the chart this week are Jason Aldean’s “Crazy Town” and Miranda Lambert’s “The House that Built Me”. Both Aldean and Miranda have a lot of momentum right now and it will be interesting to track the progress of these songs.

Next week’s #1 spot may be up for grabs. Will it be Josh Turner for a fourth week? Will Darius Rucker or Billy Currington make the jump to #1?

Taylor takes home the Country Album Grammy for “Fearless”

Carrie flying solo!!!

Carrie not flying solo at Clive Davis Grammy party!!

Keith and Kidman

Lady A with a Grammy already won.

Sugarland Looking Good

Dierks Bentley tweeted earlier that he has his fingers crossed.

Billy Currington shows how country boys roll.