American Country Countdown Award Nominations

The first-ever "American Country Countdown Awards" nominations were announced yesterday and LUKE BRYAN came up big with seven, including Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist, and Album of the Year for "Crash My Party".

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, who are HOSTING the show, picked up six nominations . . . while MIRANDA LAMBERT has three.  The show airs December 15th on Fox.

Here are the nominations:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
Blake Shelton

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Randy Houser
Blake Shelton

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Danielle Bradbery
Miranda Lambert
Cassadee Pope
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
Zac Brown Band

SONG OF THE YEAR

“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

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

“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

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

"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

DIGITAL SONG OF THE YEAR

“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

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY

Brett Eldredge
Tyler Farr
Kip Moore
Thomas Rhett
Cole Swindell