Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan dominates the finalists for the inaugural American Country Countdown Awards, with seven nominations in categories including Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year, Album of the Year, and Digital Song of the Year (“Drink A Beer,” “Play It Again,” and “This Is How We Roll”).
Closely following Bryan are Florida Georgia Line with six nominations, including Artist of the Year, Group/Duo of the Year, Collaboration of the Year, Album of the Year, Digital Song of the Year (for “This Is How We Roll” and “Dirt”).
Jason Aldean picked up four nods, while Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert tied with three nominations.
The American Country Countdown Awards will air from Nashville’s Music City Center on Monday, Dec. 15, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. Bryan is a featured performer during the evening, as well as Florida Georgia Line and Miranda Lambert. Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley will serve as hosts for the awards.
Finalists were announced this morning (Nov. 11) on Cumulus’ nationally syndicated radio show, “America’s Morning Show with Blair Garner.”
Finalists are determined by statistics and radio airplay charts from Nov. 1, 2013 through Oct. 31, 2014. Finalists for Album of the Year are based on album sales from Soundscan and finalists for Artist of the Year are based on a combination of Mediabase airplay, digital data from Big Champagne and tour information from Pollstar. All other award categories are made of those with the largest audience reach according to Mediabase.
The only fan-voted category is Breakthrough Artist of the Year Presented by Samsung Galaxy. Fan voting begins Nov. 24 and continues through Dec. 10. Fans can vote by including the following in a tweet: the artist’s Twitter handle, “Breakthrough Artist,” and the hashtag #ACCAwards.
American Country Countdown Awards Finalists:
- Jason Aldean
- Luke Bryan
- Florida Georgia Line
- Lady Antebellum
- Blake Shelton
- Jason Aldean
- Dierks Bentley
- Luke Bryan
- Randy Houser
- Blake Shelton
- Danielle Bradbery
- Miranda Lambert
- Cassadee Pope
- Taylor Swift
- Carrie Underwood
- The Band Perry
- Eli Young Band
- Florida Georgia Line
- Lady Antebellum
- Zac Brown Band
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
(Fan-voted Award via Twitter)
- Brett Eldredge
- Tyler Farr
- Kip Moore
- Thomas Rhett
- Cole Swindell
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Jessica Nicholson serves as the Managing Editor for MusicRow magazine. Her previous music journalism experience includes work with Country Weekly magazine and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) magazine. She holds a BBA degree in Music Business and Marketing from Belmont University. She welcomes your feedback at jnicholson@musicrow.com.View Author Profile
