Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney Among 2012 CMA Nominees

The 2012 CMA Award Nominees were announced on November 5, 2012 in New York City and in Nashville.  Did your favorite make the best of the best?

The CMA Awards will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood on ABC (WTEN in the Albany, New York area) on Thursday, November 1, 2012.

Entertainer of the Year

Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelly Clarkson
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban

Vocal Group of the Year

The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year

Big & Rich
Love and Theft
Sugarland
The Civil Wars
Thompson Square

New Artist of the Year

Lee Brice
Brantley Gilbert
Hunter Hayes
Love and Theft
Thompson Square

Album of the Year

Luke Bryan, ‘Tailgates and Tanlines’
Eric Church, ‘Chief’
Miranda Lambert, ‘Four the Record’
Dierks Bentley, ‘Home’
Lady Antebellum, ‘Own the Night’

Song of the Year (Awarded to songwriters)

‘Even if It Breaks Your Heart,’ Will Hoge and Eric Paslay
‘God Gave Me You,’ Dave Barnes
‘Home,’ Dierks Bentley and Jon Randall Stewart
‘Over You,’ Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton
‘Springsteen,’ Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell

Single of the Year

Jason Aldean, ‘Dirt Road Anthem’
Blake Shelton, ‘God Gave Me You’
Dierks Bentley, ‘Home’
Little Big Town, ‘Pontoon’
Eric Church, ‘Springsteen’

Musical Event of the Year

‘Dixie Highway,’ Alan Jackson and Zac Brown Band
‘Feel Like a Rock Star,’ Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw
‘Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,’ Willie Nelson featuring Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson
‘Safe and Sound,’ Taylor Swift featuring the Civil Wars
Stuck on You,’ Lionel Richie and Darius Rucker

Music Video of the Year

Eric Church, ‘Springsteen’
Kenny Chesney, ‘Come Over’
Miranda Lambert, ‘Over You’
Little Big Town, ‘Pontoon’
Toby Keith, ‘Red Solo Cup’

Musician of the Year

Sam Bush
Paul Franklin
Dann Huff
Brent Mason
Mac McAnally