Luke Bryan leads the pack of 2012 American Country Awards nominees with seven nods, followed closely by Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown Band who each earned six nominations, and Eric Church and Taylor Swift who scored five each. Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth will return to host the two-hour live music gala, which is set to air live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 10 at 8:00 PM ET live (PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

Starting today, fans can vote once each day for their favorite nominees here. Voting is open until Monday, Nov. 12 for all categories, except for Artist of the Year, which closes on Friday, Dec. 7. In an effort to pay tribute not only to the country artists performing them but also to the tunesmiths who created them, a Song of the Year category has been added to this year's event, with the nominees determined by the Professional Songwriting Division of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. (See a complete list of nominees below.)

2012 AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS Nominees:

Artist of the Year

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Lady Antebellum

Taylor Swift

Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Male

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Kenny Chesney

Eric Church

Toby Keith

Artist of the Year: Female

Sara Evans

Miranda Lambert

Martina McBride

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

Artist of the Year: Group

The Band Perry

Eli Young Band

Lady Antebellum

Rascal Flatts

Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist

Lee Brice

Colt Ford

Gloriana

Justin Moore

Jake Owen

Album of the Year

Dierks Bentley, Home

Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines

Eric Church, Chief

Lady Antebellum, Own the Night

Blake Shelton, Red River Blue

Single of the Year

Jason Aldean, "Tattoos on This Town"

Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"

Eric Church, "Drink in My Hand"

Chris Young, "You"

Zac Brown Band, "Keep Me in Mind"

Single of the Year: Male

Jason Aldean, "Tattoos on This Town"

Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"

Kenny Chesney, "Reality"

Eric Church, "Drink in My Hand"

Chris Young, "You"

Single of the Year: Female

Sara Evans, "My Heart Can't Tell You No"

Miranda Lambert, "Over You"

Martina McBride, "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"

Taylor Swift, "Ours"

Carrie Underwood, "Good Girl"

Single of the Year: Group

Eli Young Band, "Even If It Breaks Your Heart"

Lady Antebellum, "We Owned the Night"

Rascal Flatts, "Banjo"

The Band Perry, "All Your Life"

Zac Brown Band, "Keep Me in Mind"

Single of the Year: New Artist

Hunter Hayes, "Wanted"

Jana Kramer, "Why Ya Wanna"

Dustin Lynch, "Cowboys and Angels"

Kip Moore, "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck"

The Farm, "Home Sweet Home"

Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist

Lee Brice, "A Woman Like You"

Brantley Gilbert, "You Don't Know Her Like I Do"

Gloriana, "(Kissed You) Good Night"

David Nail, "Let It Rain"

Jake Owen, "Alone With You"

Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration

Kix Brooks featuring Joe Walsh, "New to This Town"

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, "Feel Like a Rock Star"

Brad Paisley featuring Carrie Underwood, "Remind Me"

Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield, "Easy"

Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett, "Knee Deep"

Touring Artist of the Year

Jason Aldean

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw

Eric Church

Toby Keith

Lady Antebellum

Miranda Lambert

Brad Paisley

Rascal Flatts

Taylor Swift

Zac Brown Band

Music Video of the Year

Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night To End"

Jake Owen, "Alone With You"

Blake Shelton, "God Gave Me You"

Keith Urban, "For You"

Chris Young, "You"

Music Video of the Year: Male

Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"

Jake Owen, "Alone With You"

Blake Shelton, "God Gave Me You"

Keith Urban, "For You"

Chris Young, "You"

Music Video of the Year: Female

Sara Evans, "My Heart Can't Tell You No"

Miranda Lambert, "Over You"

Martina McBride, "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"

Taylor Swift, "Ours"

Carrie Underwood, "Good Girl"

Music Video of the Year: Group or Collaboration

Gloriana, "(Kissed You) Good Night"

Lady Antebellum, "Dancin' Away With My Heart"

Little Big Town, "Pontoon"

Love and Theft, "Angel Eyes"

The Band Perry, "All Your Life"

Music Video of the Year: New Artist

Hunter Hayes, "Wanted"

Casey James, "Let's Don't Call It A Night"

Jana Kramer, "Why You Wanna"

Dustin Lynch, "Cowboys and Angels"

Kip Moore, "Somethin' 'Bout A Truck"

Song of the Year:

Trace Adkins, "Just Fishin'" (Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell and Ed Hill)

Jason Aldean, "Fly Over States," (Michael Dulaney and Neil Thrasher)

Jason Aldean, "Tattoos on This Town" (Michael Dulaney, Wendell Mobley and Neil Thrasher)

Lee Brice, "A Woman Like You" (Phil Barton, Johnny Bulford and Jon Stone)

Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, "You And Tequila" (Matraca Berg and Deana Carter)

Eric Church, "Springsteen" (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell)

Ronnie Dunn, "Cost of Livin'" (Phillip Coleman and Ronnie Dunn)

Eli Young Band, "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" (Will Hoge and Eric Paslay)

Toby Keith, "Red Solo Cup" (Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brad Warren and Brett Warren)

Tim McGraw, "Better Than I Used to Be" (Ashley Gorley and Bryan Simpson)

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