FOX delivered a one-two punch of news regarding its upcoming American Country Countdown Awards, confirming a new superstar performer and the final list of nominees.<\/p>\n
The new performer is Carrie Underwood, who joins the previously confirmed Thomas Rhett and Florida Georgia Line on the bill.<\/p>\n
The nominees are detailed below.<\/p>\n
FOX’s 2016 ACC Awards broadcast takes place on Sunday, May 1; emanating from the Forum in Los Angeles, it will air in the 8-10PM timeslot.<\/p>\n
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
\nBlake Shelton
\nFlorida Georgia Line
\nJason Aldean
\nLuke Bryan
\nSam Hunt<\/p>\n
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
\nBlake Shelton
\nJason Aldean
\nLuke Bryan
\nSam Hunt
\nThomas Rhett<\/p>\n
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
\nCam
\nCarrie Underwood
\nJana Kramer
\nKelsea Ballerini
\nMiranda Lambert<\/p>\n
GROUP\/DUO OF THE YEAR
\nA Thousand Horses
\nDan + Shay
\nFlorida Georgia Line
\nOld Dominion
\nZac Brown Band<\/p>\n
BREAKTHROUGH MALE OF THE YEAR
\nChris Janson
\nMichael Ray
\nSam Hunt<\/p>\n
BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE OF THE YEAR
\nCam
\nJana Kramer
\nKelsea Ballerini<\/p>\n
BREAKTHROUGH GROUP\/DUO OF THE YEAR
\nA Thousand Horses
\nDan + Shay
\nOld Dominion<\/p>\n
SONG OF THE YEAR
\n\u201cStay A Little Longer\u201d \u2013 Brothers Osborne
\n\u201cHome Alone Tonight\u201d \u2013 Luke Bryan featuring Karen Fairchild
\n \u201cStrip It Down\u201d \u2013 Luke Bryan
\n\u201cDie A Happy Man\u201d \u2013 Thomas Rhett
\n\u201cHomegrown\u201d \u2013 Zac Brown Band<\/p>\n
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
\n\u201cStoryteller\u201d \u2013 Carrie Underwood
\n\u201cTraveller\u201d \u2013 Chris Stapleton
\n\u201cKill the Lights\u201d \u2013 Luke Bryan
\n\u201cMontevallo\u201d \u2013 Sam Hunt
\n\u201cJekyll + Hyde\u201d \u2013 Zac Brown Band<\/p>\n
DIGITAL SONG OF THE YEAR
\n\u201cGirl Crush\u201d \u2013 Little Big Town
\n\u201cKick The Dust Up\u201d \u2013 Luke Bryan
\n\u201cDie A Happy Man\u201d \u2013 Thomas Rhett<\/p>\n
DIGITAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
\n\u201cAnything Goes\u201d \u2013 Florida Georgia Line
\n\u201cMontevallo\u201d \u2013 Sam Hunt
\n\u201cTangled Up\u201d \u2013 Thomas Rhett<\/p>\n
TOURING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
\nGarth Brooks
\nKenny Chesney
\nLuke Bryan
\nShania Twain
\nZac Brown Band<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[3310,42,255],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n