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Keith Urban, Maren Morris lead 2017 ACM Awards nominations

The nominations for the 2017 ACM Awards have been announced and Keith Urban is leading with 7 nominations.

Following closely behind him are Maren Morris, who recently picked up a Grammy Award, and Miranda Lambert with 6 nominations. Other artists picking up multiple nominations include Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw with 5 nominations, Dierks Bentley and Chris Stapleton with 3 nominations.

The 2017 ACM Awards will take place on 2nd April 2017 in Las Vegas. It will air live on CBS at 8PM ET from the T-Mobile Arena. Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley will return as co-hosts for another year.

The full list of nominations for this year’s awards is:

Entertainer of the Year

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban

Male Vocalist of the Year

Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo of the Year

Big & Rich
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae

Vocal Group of the Year

Eli Young Band
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
Lady Antebellum

Album of the Year

Black, Dierks Bentley
Dig Your Roots, Florida Georgia Line
Hero, Maren Morris
Ripcord, Keith Urban
The Weight of These Wings, Miranda Lambert

New Male Vocalist of the Year

Kane Brown
Chris Janson
Chris Lane
Jon Pardi
Brett Young

New Female Vocalist of the Year

Lauren Alaina
Cam
Brandy Clark
Maren Morris

New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year

A Thousand Horses
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
LoCash
Maddie & Tae

Video of the Year (Awarded to Producer(s) / Director(s) / Artist(s))

ā€œFire Away,ā€ Chris Stapleton
ā€œForever Country,ā€ Aritsts of Then, Now and Forever
ā€œHumble and Kind,ā€ Tim McGraw
ā€œPeter Pan,ā€ Kelsea Ballerini
ā€œVice,ā€ Miranda Lambert

Vocal Event of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s) / Producer(s) / Record Label(s))

ā€œDifferent for Girls,ā€ Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King
ā€œForever Country,ā€ Artists of Then, Now and Forever
ā€œMay We All,ā€ Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw
ā€œSetting the World on Fire,ā€ Kenny Chesney feat. Pink
ā€œThink of You,ā€ Chris Young feat. Cassadee Pope

Single Record of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s) / Producer(s) / Record Label(s))

ā€œBlue Ainā€™t Your Color,ā€ Keith Urban
ā€œH.O.L.Y.,ā€ Florida Georgia Line
ā€œHumble and Kind,ā€ Tim McGraw
ā€œMy Church,ā€ Maren Morris
ā€œVice,ā€ Miranda Lambert

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter(s) / Publisher(s) / Artist(s))

ā€œBlue Ainā€™t Your Color,ā€ Keith Urban (Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey, Steven Lee Olsen)
ā€œDie a Happy Man,ā€ Thomas Rhett (Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur)
ā€œHumble and Kind,ā€ Tim McGraw (Lori McKenna)
ā€œKill a Word,ā€ Eric Church feat. Rhiannon Giddens (Eric Church, Luke Dick, Jeff Hyde)
ā€œTennessee Whiskey,ā€ Chris Stapleton (Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove)
ā€œVice,ā€ Miranda Lambert (Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne)

Songwriter of the Year

Ashley Gorley
Luke Laird
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Lori McKenna

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