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Eric Church leads the 2013 ACM Awards nominees with seven nods, including Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year, for his platinum-selling, critically-acclaimed Chief. Hunter Hayes is just behind with six nominations, followed by Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift with five apiece...

The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web. Kenny Chesney's "Pirate Flag" hit country radio today. The rebellious anthem, available for download here, gives fans their first taste of the country superstar's upcoming Life on a Rock album...

Brantley Gilbert is still celebrating his recent ACM nomination for New Male Vocalist, and he's sharing in the excitement with new fiancée Jana Kramer, who scored a nomination for New Female Vocalist. Whether he takes the prize or not, the "More Than Miles" singer already sees himself as a winner. "It'...

Tim McGraw is handpicking his favorite summer tunes and enlisting his friends perform them for an upcoming TV special. "ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night" will tape April 8 at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena and air on CBS later this year...

If Hunter Hayes were in a Bond movie, it would be entitled "One Vote Is Not Enough." And to give fans a look at what kind of 007 he would be, the "Somebody's Heartbreak" singer has suited up for a clip encouraging fans to vote for him in the ACM's New Male Vocalist category...

The Boot rounds up today's (Jan. 14) country music news headlines from around the web. Fan voting will begin Jan. 21 for the Academy of Country Music's new artist categories. The nine nominees were announced today (Jan. 14): Jana Kramer, Kacey Musgraves and Sunny Sweeney are nominated for New Female Vocalist...

ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable organization run by the Academy of Country Music, has announced two programs to help kids with special needs, while also helping country fans hear some great music. First, the organization has once again teamed up with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities to host the ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp, which will take place June 18

Blake Shelton says since he didn't win Entertainer of the Year Sunday night at the ACM Awards, he's ready to return to some of his old habits. "I'm longing for the days when I was out in the audience drinking my face off," the country star, who co-hosted the ACMs with Reba, said backstage...

Was it the first time they were asked for an autograph? The first time they won an award, or heard their song on the radio? Or maybe it was the first time they got to meet Bert and Ernie! Ask any celebrity the moment they knew they'd made it in show business, and you're bound to get a very different answer from each one...

Now that Miranda Lambert has taken home Female Vocalist and Album of the Year from the Academy of Country Music, she can look toward her next goal: a new album for her trio, Pistol Annies. "After my current On Fire tour with Jerrod Niemann and Chris Young, which is awesome, the Pistol Annies will come out with me this summer," Miranda tells The Boot...