Finalists Named For First-Ever ACC Awards

The American Country Countdown Awards, based on the countdown show ACC with Kix Brooks,” today announced the inaugural event’s finalists. Country megastar Luke Bryan dominates the list with seven nods, followed closely by superstar duo Florida Georgia Line, with six. Florida Georgia Line and Kix Brooks made the announcement on Cumulus radio’s nationally syndicated show, “America’s Morning Show with Blair Garner.”

The American Country Countdown Awards will air live from Nashville’s Music City Center Monday, Dec. 15 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live) on FOX and feature performances by finalists Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and Miranda Lambert. Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard will host the live music celebration. Additional performers, special award recipients and presenters will be announced.

Finalists are determined based on statistics and radio airplay charts from November 1, 2013-October 31, 2014. The Finalists for Album of the Year were based on album sales from SoundScan and the finalists for Artist of the Year were based on a combination of Mediabase airplay, digital data provided by Big Champagne and tour information from Pollstar. All other award categories were made up of those with the largest audience reach, according to Mediabase.

The Breakthrough Artist of the Year category is the only fan-voted category. Fan voting begins on November 24 and continues through December 10. Fans will vote for their favorite Breakthrough finalist by including the following in a tweet: the artist’s Twitter handle, “Breakthrough Artist” and the hashtag #ACCAwards.

Tickets are now on sale at www.TheACCAwards.com/tickets 

Here are the finalists:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
Blake Shelton

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Randy Houser
Blake Shelton

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Danielle Bradbery
Miranda Lambert
Cassadee Pope
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
Zac Brown Band

SONG OF THE YEAR
“When She Says Baby” – Jason Aldean
“Beat Of The Music” – Brett Eldredge
“Lettin’ The Night Roll” – Justin Moore
“Drink To That All Night” – Jerrod Niemann
“Chillin’ It” – Cole Swindell

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
“This Is How We Roll” – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan
"Small Town Throwdown” – Brantley Gilbert featuring Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett
“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” – Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
“My Eyes” – Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Sebastian
“We Were Us” – Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“Crash My Party” – Luke Bryan
“The Outsiders” – Eric Church
“Here’s To The Good Times” – Florida Georgia Line
“Just As I Am” – Brantley Gilbert
“Platinum” – Miranda Lambert

DIGITAL SONG OF THE YEAR
“Burnin’ It Down” – Jason Aldean
“Drink A Beer” – Luke Bryan
“Play It Again” – Luke Bryan
“Dirt” – Florida Georgia Line
“This Is How We Roll” – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Fan-voted Award via Twitter)
Brett Eldredge
Tyler Farr
Kip Moore
Thomas Rhett
Cole Swindell