Keith Urban dan Miranda Lambert sukses mendominasi nominasi Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards tahun 2017 ini. Kedua penyanyi country terkemuka ini memimpin dengan masing-masing mendapatkan 5 nominasi, termasuk untuk kategori utama, Album of the Year, bersama dengan Dierks Bentley, Maren Morris dan Florida Georgia Line.
Sebagai tambahan, Urban siap untuk menyabet gelar Male Vocalist of the Year, bersaing dengan Bentley, Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett dan Chris Stapleton. Selain itu, penyanyi kelahiran Selandia Baru tersebut juga akan bersaing untuk mendapatkan gelar Entertainer of the Year along bersama dengan Georgia Line, Aldean, Luke Bryan dan Carrie Underwood.
Sedang Lambert akan mendapat persaingan ketat untuk mendapatkan gelar Female Vocalist of the Year. Untuk mendapatkannya, penyanyi berusia 33 tahun ini harus mengalahkan Underwood, Morris, Kacey Musgraves dan Kelsea Ballerini. Meski begitu, para pesaingnya ini mungkin harus menemui kesulitan untuk mengalahkan Lambert, mengingat ia sudah memenangkan Female Vocalist of the Year sebanyak 7 kali.
ACM Awards 2017 akan disiarkan langsung dari Las Vegas pada Minggu, 2 April. Untuk keduakalinya, Luke Bryan dan Dierks Bentley akan kembali berduet sebagai host acaranya.
Berikut daftar nominasinya:
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
Vocal Group of the Year
Eli Young Band
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
Lady Antebellum
Album of the Year
"Black" - Dierks Bentley
"Dig Your Roots" - Florida Georgia Line
"Hero" - Maren Morris
"Ripcord" - Keith Urban
"The Weight of These Wings" - Miranda Lambert
New Male Vocalist of the Year
Kane Brown
Chris Janson
Chris Lane
Jon Pardi
Brett Young
New Female Vocalist of the Year
Lauren Alaina
Cam
Brandy Clark
Maren Morris
New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
A Thousand Horses
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
LoCash
Maddie & Tae
Video of the Year - Awarded to Producer(s) / Director(s) / Artist(s)
"Fire Away" - Chris Stapleton
"Forever Country" - Artists of Then, Now and Forever
"Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw
"Peter Pan" - Kelsea Ballerini
"Vice" - Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event of the Year - Awarded to Artist(s) / Producer(s) / Record Label(s)
"Different for Girls" - Dierks Bentley ft. Elle King
"Forever Country" - Artists of Then, Now and Forever
"May We All" - Florida Georgia Line ft. Tim McGraw
"Setting the World on Fire" - Kenny Chesney ft. Pink
"Think of You" - Chris Young ft. Cassadee Pope
Single Record of the Year - Awarded to Artist(s) / Producer(s) / Record Label(s)
"Blue Ain't Your Color" - Keith Urban
"H.O.L.Y." - Florida Georgia Line
"Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw
"My Church" - Maren Morris
"Vice" - Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year - Awarded to Songwriter(s) / Publisher(s) / Artist(s)
"Blue Ain't Your Color" - Keith Urban
"Die a Happy Man" - Thomas Rhett
"Humble and Kind" - Tim McGraw
"Kill a Word" - Eric Church ft. Rhiannon Giddens
"Tennessee Whiskey" - Chris Stapleton
"Vice" - Miranda Lambert
Songwriter of the Year
Ashley Gorley
Luke Laird
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Lori McKenna