Ronnie Dunn
ACM Nominations To Be Announced Next Week
On Tuesday, February 1st, reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Miranda Lambert and Ronnie Dunn will announce the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards nominees.
Previously announced live on CBS’ The Early Show, this year the announcements will be made from a press held at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
The 46th annual ACM’s, often referred to as country music’s “Party of the Year”, will broadcast live from MGM’s Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3rd at 8:00pm (EST) on CBS.
Taylor Swift Wins Country Songwriter Of The Year
There's just no stopping Taylor Swift. Last night at the BMI Songwriters Awards Taylor won the Country Songwriter of the Year award, becoming the youngest person ever to claim it. And she and co-writer Liz Rose shared Country Song of the Year for “You Belong With Me,” recognized as the most-played country title over a full year, according to the performing rights organization.
Taylor has had an emotional week as the day before she had just sang at a friends funeral.
“It’s been a really emotional week,” she told the crowd. “He was 21, and I used to play my songs for him first. So I would like to thank Jeff Lang.”
Other awards of the evening went to songwriters and music publishers to honor significant airplay for such titles as “Cowboy Casanova,” “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song),” “Big Green Tractor,” “American Ride,” “One In Every Crowd” and “White Liar.”

