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"Taylor Swift leads this year&amp;#039;s American Country Awards nominees by being recognised in eight categories. Swift is up for &amp;#039;Artist of the Year: Female&amp;#039; and her track &amp;#039;Begin Again&amp;#039; is nominated for &amp;#039;Single of the Year: Female&amp;#039;, in addition to the star receiving a nod for &amp;#039;Touring Artist of the Year&amp;#039;.  The &amp;#039;I Knew You Were Trouble&amp;#039; singer is also competing in the overall &amp;#039;Artist of the Year&amp;#039; category against Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and Blake Shelton. The Voice&amp;#039;s Shelton, Tim McGraw and Florida Georgia Line are up for seven nominations in all, trailing closely behind Swift. This year&amp;#039;s ceremony is to be hosted by country music superstar Trace Adkins and NASCAR driver Danica Patrick.   Fox airs the 2013 American Country Awards live from Las Vegas on Tuesday, December 10. Digital Spy presents a full list of this year&amp;#039;s American Country Awards nominees: ARTISTS Artist of the Year Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Florida Georgia Line Blake Shelton Taylor Swift Artist of the Year: Male Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Eric Church Blake Shelton Artist of the Year: Female Kelly Clarkson Sheryl Crow Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood  Artist of the Year: Duo or Group Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Zac Brown Band Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist Lee Brice Hunter Hayes Randy Houser Scotty McCreery Justin Moore Artist of the Year: New Artist Florida Georgia Line Kip Moore Kacey Musgraves Cassadee Pope Thomas Rhett Album Album of the Year Night Train, Jason Aldean Here&amp;#039;s to the Good Times, Florida Georgia Line Two Lanes of Freedom, Tim McGraw Based on a True Story... , Blake Shelton Pioneer, The Band Perry  SINGLES Single of the Year &amp;#039;Cruise&amp;#039;, Florida Georgia Line &amp;#039;How Country Feels&amp;#039;, Randy Houser &amp;#039;Beer Money&amp;#039;, Kip Moore &amp;#039;Better Dig Two&amp;#039;, The Band Perry &amp;#039;One of Those Nights&amp;#039;, Tim McGraw Single of the Year: Male &amp;#039;Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)&amp;#039;, Gary Allan &amp;#039;One of Those Nights&amp;#039;, Tim McGraw &amp;#039;The One That Got Away&amp;#039;, Jake Owen &amp;#039;Wagon Wheel&amp;#039;, Darius Rucker &amp;#039;Sure Be Cool If You Did&amp;#039;, Blake Shelton Single of the Year: Female &amp;#039;Easy&amp;#039;, Sheryl Crow &amp;#039;American Heart&amp;#039;, Faith Hill &amp;#039;Mama&amp;#039;s Broken Heart&amp;#039;, Miranda Lambert &amp;#039;Begin Again&amp;#039;, Taylor Swift &amp;#039;Two Black Cadillacs&amp;#039;, Carrie Underwood Single of the Year: Duo/Group &amp;#039;Downtown&amp;#039;, Lady Antebellum &amp;#039;Tornado&amp;#039;, Little Big Town &amp;#039;Better Dig Two&amp;#039;, The Band Perry &amp;#039;If I Didn&amp;#039;t Have You&amp;#039;, Thompson Square &amp;#039;Goodbye in Her Eyes&amp;#039;, Zac Brown Band  Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist &amp;#039;I Drive Your Truck&amp;#039;, Lee Brice &amp;#039;All Over the Road&amp;#039;, Easton Corbin &amp;#039;Somebody&amp;#039;s Heartbreak&amp;#039;, Hunter Hayes &amp;#039;How Country Feels&amp;#039;, Randy Houser &amp;#039;Til My Last Day&amp;#039;, Justin Moore Single of the Year: New Artist &amp;#039;Did It for the Girl&amp;#039;, Greg Bates &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t Ya&amp;#039;, Brett Eldredge &amp;#039;Redneck Crazy&amp;#039;, Tyler Farr &amp;#039;Cruise&amp;#039;, Florida Georgia Line &amp;#039;Beer Money&amp;#039;, Kip Moore Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration &amp;#039;The Only Way I Know&amp;#039;, Jason Aldean with Luke Bryan and Eric Church &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t Rush&amp;#039;, Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill &amp;#039;Highway Don&amp;#039;t Care&amp;#039;, Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban &amp;#039;Boys Round Here&amp;#039;, Blake Shelton with Pistol Annies  TOURING Touring Artist of the Year Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Miranda Lambert Brad Paisley Rascal Flatts George Strait Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Zac Brown Band VIDEOS GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY - Music Video of the Year &amp;#039;Cruise&amp;#039;, Florida Georgia Line &amp;#039;Tornado&amp;#039;, Little Big Town &amp;#039;Sure Be Cool If You Did&amp;#039;, Blake Shelton &amp;#039;Begin Again&amp;#039;, Taylor Swift &amp;#039;Better Dig Two&amp;#039;, The Band Perry Music Video of the Year: Male &amp;#039;Take a Little Ride&amp;#039;, Jason Aldean &amp;#039;Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)&amp;#039;, Gary Allan &amp;#039;One of Those Nights&amp;#039;, Tim McGraw &amp;#039;Wagon Wheel&amp;#039;, Darius Rucker &amp;#039;Sure Be Cool If You Did&amp;#039;, Blake Shelton Music Video of the Year: Female &amp;#039;American Heart&amp;#039;, Faith Hill &amp;#039;Mama&amp;#039;s Broken Heart&amp;#039;, Miranda Lambert &amp;#039;Someone Somewhere Tonight&amp;#039;, Kellie Pickler &amp;#039;Begin Again&amp;#039;, Taylor Swift &amp;#039;Blown Away&amp;#039;, Carrie Underwood  Music Video of the Year: New Artist &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t Ya&amp;#039;, Brett Eldredge &amp;#039;Cruise&amp;#039;, Florida Georgia Line &amp;#039;Crying on a Suitcase&amp;#039;, Casey James &amp;#039;Beer Money&amp;#039;, Kip Moore &amp;#039;Merry Go &amp;#039;Round&amp;#039;, Kacey Musgraves Music Video of the Year: Group or Collaboration &amp;#039;Tornado&amp;#039;, Little Big Town &amp;#039;Highway Don&amp;#039;t Care&amp;#039;, Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban &amp;#039;Come Wake Me Up&amp;#039;, Rascal Flatts &amp;#039;Better Dig Two&amp;#039;, The Band Perry &amp;#039;If I Didn&amp;#039;t Have You&amp;#039;, Thompson Square Song of the Year (award goes to the songwriter(s): &amp;#039;Better Dig Two&amp;#039;, Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen (Recorded by The Band Perry) &amp;#039;Cruise&amp;#039;, Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Joey Moi, Chase Rice and Jesse Rice (Recorded by Florida Georgia Line) &amp;#039;Hard to Love&amp;#039;, Ben Glover, Billy Montana and John Ozier (Recorded by Lee Brice) &amp;#039;Highway Don&amp;#039;t Care&amp;#039;, Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Brad Warren and Brett Warren (Recorded by Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) &amp;#039;I Drive Your Truck&amp;#039;, Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Jimmy Yeary (Recorded by Lee Brice) &amp;#039;Like Jesus Does&amp;#039;, Casey Beathard and Monty Criswell (Recorded by Eric Church) &amp;#039;Mama&amp;#039;s Broken Heart&amp;#039;, Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves (Recorded by Miranda Lambert) &amp;#039;Merry Go Round&amp;#039;, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne (Recorded by Kacey Musgraves) &amp;#039;Pontoon&amp;#039;, Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby and Luke Laird (Recorded by Little Big Town) &amp;#039;Wagon Wheel&amp;#039;, Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor (Recorded by Darius Rucker) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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