The American Country Music Awards last night

[Ranger]

I watched this off and on.

It seemed like it was made for American Idol fans with a twist
of attempt to be a legitimate country award.


Not very impressed but they did honor some acts that had
been ignored because of the teen worship of Taylor Swift
and the year after year "duo award" to Sugarland.

I never liked the idea of a best duo award in the first place
and Sugarland has never impressed me as a "duo".

Don't get me wrong, I think Taylor Swift is a good role model
and she has pulled millions of young girls away from the
rap and other garbage on the air but the air filled "La La "
music is really getting old to me. A good friends daughter
loves her music and it makes her happy and she goes to
the concerts so it's not a bad thing.



Here is the rundown and George Strait didn't get much love at all.



American Country Awards 2011: List of Winners.


Jason Aldean dominated the field with six wins, including Artist of the Year, at the 2011 American Country Awards, where the fans vote and determine the winners.

So he's pretty popular then!

Aldean also won Album of the Year by a Male Artist for My Kinda Party and shared Single and Music Video of the Year with Kelly Clarkson for "Don't You Wanna Stay."

The only artist to come close to Aldean was Carrie Underwood, the Female Artist of the Year and a winner for Music Video and Single of the Year for "Mama's Song."



Absentee Brad Paisley was named Male Artist of the Year, while Blake Shelton took home Music Video of the Year by a Male Artist, plus the Video of the Year.

New Artist of the Year Scotty McCreery thanked American Idol for propelling him into his current lofty position, and also performed at the star-studded event.

Most stunningly, Taylor Swift (not present) went home empty-handed despite six nominations. That's okay. Spreading the wealth around a little is okay too.

Follow the jump for the list of winners from the 2011 American Country Awards:

Artist of the Year: Jason Aldean
Male Artist of the Year: Brad Paisley
Female Artist of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
New Artist of the Year: Scotty McCreery
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Chris Young
Album of the Year: My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean
Single of the Year: "Voices," Chris Young
Single of the Year, Male Artist: "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking," Blake Shelton
Single of the Year, Female Artist: "Mama's Song," Carrie Underwood
Single of the Year by a Group: "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not," Thompson Square
Single of the Year, New Artist: "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not," Thompson Square
Single of the Year, Vocal Collaboration: "Don't You Wanna Stay," Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
Touring Artist of the Year: Jason Aldean
Music Video of the Year: "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking," Blake Shelton
Music Video, Male Artist: "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking," Blake Shelton
Music Video, Female Artist: Carrie Underwood, "Mama's Song"
Music Video, Duo, Group or Collaboration: "Don't You Wanna Say," Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
Music Video, New Artist: "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not," Thompson Square
Greatest Hits Award: Alabama
Artist of the Decade: Toby Keith


Artist of the decade was supposed to be won by having more
songs played on radio over the past decade. Not sure how
Toby Keith won that but who knows.

[elle606]

I watched and enjoyed it, but the fan voting aspect of coutry music awards means the younger artists and their young fan base are going to dominate. I wish they'd have a "Grammy" level award show and then a People's Choice type of show, rather than all fan based. It's truly a disservice to country music and the great artists out there. Taylor Swift will continue to win awards, but it's good to see The Band Perry and Thompson Square do well. Jason Aldean is another young one whose songs are based on young adult thinking, but he is talented, not just a marketing project. As for Toby, they did say they went by Media Base numbers. It's possible. I was actually expecting Kenny, Brad or Taylor.

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