NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) -
Brooks & Dunn and
Toby Keith lead the field of nominees for the 37th Annual Academy of Country
Music Awards with six nods each.
Superstar duo Brooks & Dunn scored nominations for Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (Steers & Stripes), Song of the Year ("Only in America"), Single Record of the Year ("Ain't Nothing 'Bout You"), Top Vocal Duo, and Country Video of the Year ("Only In America").
Keith grabbed nods for Top Male Vocalist, Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (Pull My Chain), and Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Country Video of the Year for "I Wanna Talk About Me."
Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, and Travis Tritt were next in line with four nominations each, followed by Diamond Rio and Tammy Cochran with three each.
Toby Keith |
GRAMMY? Award-winning Album of the Year, the soundtrack to
O Brother, Where Art Thou?, scored two nominations. One for Album of the Year and another for Vocal Event of the Year for "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by the fictitious Soggy Bottom Boys.
The ACM Awards will be broadcast live from the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles on May 22 at 8 p.m. ET.
Here is a partial list of 2002 Academy of Country Music Awards nominees.
Entertainer Of The Year:
Garth Brooks
Brooks & Dunn
Alan Jackson
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Album of the Year:
Down the Road I Go,Travis Tritt
O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Soundtrack
Pull My Chain, Toby Keith
Set This Circus Down, Tim McGraw
Steers & Stripes, Brooks & Dunn
Single Record of the Year:
"Ain't Notrhing 'Bout You," Brooks & Dunn
"I Wanna Talk About Me," Toby Keith
"It's a Great Day to Be Alive," Travis Tritt
"One More Day," Diamond Rio
"Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
Song of the Year:
"Angels in Waiting," Tammy Cochran
"I Wanna Talk About Me," Toby Keith
"One More Day," Diamond Rio
"Only in America," Brooks & Dunn
"Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
Vocal Event of the Year:
"Beer Run," Garth Brooks with George Jones
"Bring on the Rain," Jo Dee Messina with Tim McGraw
"I am a Man of Constant Sorrow," Soggy Bottom Boys
"Out Of Control Raging Fire," Patty Loveless with Travis Tritt
"Too Country," Brad Paisley, Buck Owens, George Jones, and Bill Anderson
Video of the Year:
"Angels in Waiting," Tammy Cochran
"I Wanna Talk About Me," Toby Keith
"I'm Tryin'," Trace Adkins
"Only in America," Brooks & Dunn
"Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly," Aaron Tippin
Top Female Vocalist:
Sara Evans
Faith Hill
Martina McBride
Lee Ann Womack
Trisha Yearwood
Top Male Vocalist:
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Travis Tritt
Top Vocal Duo:
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
The Bellamy Brothers
The Kinleys
The Warren Brothers
Top Vocal Group:
Diamond Rio
Dixie Chicks
Lonestar
Nickel Creek
Trick Pony
Top New Female Vocalist:
Tammy Cochran
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Cyndi Thomson
Top New Male Vocalist:
Chris Cagle
Blake Shelton
Phil Vassar
Top New Vocal Duo/Group:
Nickel Creek
Sons of the Desert
Trick Pony
