Country Music Awards 2013 Nominees List: Taylor Swift Leads Nominations as Blake Shelton & Kacey Musgrave Follow [VIDEO]
As country music fans wait for the Country Music Awards Wednesday, Enstars takes a look back at the 2013 nominees.
Taylor Swift leads with six total nominations including Entertainer of the Year, which she won last year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year for Red. Her collaboration with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban on Highway Don't Care earned three nominations: Single of the Year, Music Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year.
Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgrave and Urban are close behind with five nominations each. Shelton's wife, Miranda Lambert, snagged four, including Song of the Year for her hit Mama's Broken Heart and Female Vocalist of the Year.
Take a look at the complete nominations list:
Entertainer of the Year: Blake Shelton, George Strait, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift
Single of the Year: Cruise (Florida Georgia Line), Highway Don't Care (Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban), Mama's Broken Heart (Miranda Lambert), Merry Go 'Round (Kacey Musgraves), Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker)
Album of the Year: Based on a True Story (Blake Shelton), Blown Away (Carrie Underwood), Red (Taylor Swift), Same Trailer Different Park (Kacey Musgraves), Tornado (Little Big Town)
Song of the Year: I Drive Your Truck (Lee Brice), Mama's Broke Heart (Miranda Lambert), Merry Go 'Round (Kacey Musgraves), Pontoon (Little Big Town), Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker)
Female Vocalist of the Year: Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan
Vocal Group of the Year: Eli Young Band, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, The Band Perry, Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year: Big & Rich, Florida Georgia Line, Love and Theft, Sugarland, The Civil Wars, Thompson Square
Musical Event of the Year: Blake Shelton feat. Pistol Annies Boys 'Round Here, Florida Georgia Line w/ Nelly Cruise, Kelly Clarkson feat. Vince Gill Don't Rush, Tim McGraw w/ Taylor Swift & Keith Urban High Don't Care and Jason Aldean w/ Luke Bryan and eric Church The Only way I Know
Musician of the Year: Guitarists Brent Mason, Dann Huff and Mac McAnally as well as steel guitarist Paul Franklin and mandolin player Sam Bush
Music Video of the Year: Carrie Underwood's Blown Away, Blake Shelton feat. Pistol Annie's Boys 'Round Here, Lady Antebellum's Downtown, Tim McGraw feat. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban's Highway Don't Care, Miranda Lambert's Mama's Broken Heart, Little Big Town's Tornado
New Artist of the Year: Brett Eldredge, Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves, Kip Moore, Lee Brice
Carrie Washington and Braid Paisley are all set to host the show.
Be sure to tune in to the Country Music Awards live on ABC Wednesday (Nov. 6) at 8/7c.