The Nominees are in for “Country’s Biggest Night!” Do You Agree with their Choices?

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Country's Biggest Night
As the Country and Western faithful among you may already know, the nominees are now fully and officially in for the 2015 CMA Awards, and as you’d expect (almost too much, some would argue) your Mirandas, Carries, and Blakes all figure prominently among the night’s biggest hopefuls.

Many of the big nominees for what the industry likes to call “Country Music’s Biggest Night” were initially revealed during Wednesday morning’s episode of Good Morning America on ABC. The rest were shortly thereafter revealed on the CMA website .

Aerosmith belter Steven Tyler, embraced by the Nashville establishment earlier this year after the unexpected success of his big country single “Love is Your Name,” made the announcements alongside breakout singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini.

This year’s nominees are a mix of country’s untouchable megastars — Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, and of course good ol’ Garth Brooks — and some of buzzziest newcomers, such as Maddie & Tae and Chris Stapleton.

You can check out the full list of nominees below, but also be certain to visit PeekYou’s list of the 30 Top Country Singers on the Web; with a mix of all-time legends and fresher faces these are the 30 country crooners currently the most prominent, present, and influential in cyberspace.

But now, let’s see who will be ruling the CMA‘s on November 4th:

New Artist of the Year
Sam Hunt
Maddie & Tae
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Kelsea Ballerini

Album of the Year
Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean
Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves
Pain Killer, Little Big Town
The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney
Traveller, Chris Stapleton

Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
Kelsea Ballerini

Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton
Chris Stapleton

Entertainer of the Year
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Eric Church
Miranda Lambert

Single of the Year
“American Kids” Kenny Chesney
“Girl Crush,” Little Big Town
“I Don’t Dance,” Lee Brice
“Take Your Time,” Sam Hunt
“Talladega,” Eric Church

Music Video of the Year
“Biscuits,” Kacey Musgraves
“Girl Crush,” Little Big Town
“Girl In A Country Song,” Maddie & Tae
“Little Red Wagon,” Miranda Lambert
“Something In The Water,” Carrie Underwood

Song of the Year
“American Kids,” Kenny Chesney
“Girl Crush,” Little Big Town
“Like A Cowboy,” Randy Houser
“Like A Wrecking Ball,” Eric Church
“Take Your Time,” Sam Hunt

Musical Event of the Year
Django and Jimmie, Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
“Lonely Tonight,” Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe
“Raise ‘Em Up,” Keith Urban & Eric Church
“Smokin’ And Drinkin’,” Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town
“Wild Child,” Kenny Chesney & Grace Potter

Musician of the Year
Sam Bush, Mandolin
Jerry Douglas, Dobro
Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar
Dann Huff, Guitar
Mac McAnally, Guitar

Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
Thompson Square

Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band