Kenny Chesney leads Academy of Country Music nominees

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) -

Kenny Chesney

grabbed a lead with 9 endowment nominations on Thursday from a

Academy of Country Music

, that hands out a prizes on Apr 1 in Las Vegas.

Jason Aldean

was a runner-up with 6 nods and contingent

Lady Antebellum

had five.

Chesney will have copiousness of foe for a fan-voted Entertainer of a Year esteem from nominees Aldean,

Brad Paisley

,

Blake Shelton

and final year's leader

Taylor Swift

.

Fans can opinion for hostess of a year and new artist of a year commencement on Mar 19. Voting for a tip esteem continues by a third hour of a live promote of a 47th book of a awards show.

One of a maestro performers on a list of nominees, Chesney also perceived his 10th assignment for tip masculine vocalist.

Aldean, whose career has taken off in a past few years, perceived his second

nominations

for hostess of a year and tip masculine vocalist.

The contingent of

Hillary Scott

, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, collectively famous as Lady Antebellum, is adult for outspoken organisation of a year, an endowment they have won for dual uninterrupted years.

Brad Paisley was nominated again for tip masculine vocalist, that he has won each year given 2006.

Toby Keith's exile strike "Red Solo Cup" brought him 3 nominations, including video and singular of a year. He took home a tip video endowment in 2003 for "Beer For My Horses," that featured Willie Nelson.

Swift perceived her third assignment for a tip esteem of hostess of a year and for a fifth time for tip womanlike vocalist. She perceived her third curtsy for best video.

Newcomer Grace Potter will be adult for 3 awards, formed on her opening with Chesney on their hit, "You and Tequila."

A comparatively new group, a Eli Young Band, was nominated in 3 categories including outspoken organisation of a year and tip singular and strain for "Crazy Girl."

YOUNGER GENERATION

Most of this year's nominees are from a stand of nation performers who have come along in a past 10 to 15 years. Swift, 22, is a youngest nominee.

The rope Alabama, nominated with Paisley for outspoken eventuality of a year, has not toured together given 2004.

Other maestro nominees embody Vince Gill, who began his solo career in 1983; and Martina McBride, who worked behind a scenes for Garth Brooks until she sealed her initial tag understanding in 1991.

Reba McEntire, one of a many successful nation singers of a 1980s and 1990s, acted as master of ceremonies for a announcement, with a nominations suggested for a initial time around a digital format on a Academy of Country Music's Facebook page.

That gave fans a possibility to board comments, including one bleat that Gill should not have been left off a list of nominees for tip guitarist.

Fan voting will establish a finalists for new artist of a year, to be announced during a finish of a month. Voting for a leader of that endowment will start on Mar 19 and tighten before a uncover starts on Apr 1.

McEntire and Blake Shelton will co-host a live CBS promote for a second uninterrupted year from a MGM Grand Garden Arena in Last Vegas.

(Reporting By Vernell Hackett; Editing by Andrew Stern and Vicki Allen)

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