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B&D, Paisley top CMA noms
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
August 30, 2006 at 11:30:00 AM | more stories by this author

Country Music Association Awards, set for November 6 in Nashville, also doles out multiple nods to Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood.

Country duo Brooks & Dunn and solo artist Brad Paisley nabbed six Country Music Association Award nominations apiece today, with the duo's Ronnie Dunn landing an additional songwriting nomination to top all artists.

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Both Paisley and Brooks & Dunn were nominated for entertainer of the year, single of the year, music video of the year, and album of the year, among other nominations, while Ronnie Dunn landed a seventh nod for Brooks & Dunn's inspirational song "Believe."

Country Music Association Awards, set for November 6 in Nashville, also tabbed Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood with four nominations apiece. Rascal Flatts and Dolly Parton, who sang with Paisley on his hit "When I Get Where I'm Going," were both nominated for three awards.

"It has felt like a really good year and getting these nominations, it feels really good because it feels like [I've] sort of grown into these clothes a little more, and that to me is one of the greatest feelings I've ever had," Paisley told the Associated Press.

The association announced the nominations in two locations this morning. Paisley and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles unveiled the nominees for the first five categories live on ABC's Good Morning America in New York, while the rest were revealed from Nashville a bit later.

The awards event will air live on ABC, with Brooks & Dunn hosting the show.

This year's CMA nominees:


Entertainer of the Year

Brooks & Dunn

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

Rascal Flatts

Keith Urban


Female Vocalist

Sara Evans

Faith Hill

Martina McBride

Carrie Underwood

Gretchen Wilson


Male Vocalist

Dierks Bentley

Kenny Chesney

Alan Jackson

Brad Paisley

Keith Urban


Vocal Group

Alison Krauss & Union Station (feat. Jerry Douglas)

Little Big Town

Lonestar

Rascal Flatts

Sugarland


Vocal Duo

Big & Rich

Brooks & Dunn

Montgomery Gentry

Van Zant

The Wreckers


Horizon Award

Miranda Lambert

Little Big Town

Sugarland

Josh Turner

Carrie Underwood


Album of the Year

Brooks & Dunn, Hillbilly Deluxe

Rascal Flatts, Me and My Gang

Alan Jackson, Precious Memories

Kenny Chesney, The Road and the Radio

Brad Paisley, Time Well Wasted


Single of the Year

Brooks & Dunn, "Believe"

Keith Urban, "Better Life"

Carrie Underwood, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"

Kenny Chesney, "Summertime"

Brad Paisley, "When I Get Where I'm Going" (feat. Dolly Parton)


Song of the Year

Big Kenny and John Rich, "8th of November"

Craig Wiseman and Ronnie Dunn, "Believe"

Hillary Lindsey, Brett James, and Gordie Sampson, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"

Keith Urban and Monty Powell, "Tonight I Wanna Cry"

Rivers Rutherford and George Teren, "When I Get Where I'm Going"


Music Video of the Year

Big & Rich, "8th of November"

Brooks & Dunn, "Believe"

Carrie Underwood, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"

Miranda Lambert, "Kerosene"

Brad Paisley (feat. Dolly Parton), "When I Get Where I'm Going"

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