Country music awards set for three-way showdown
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The Country Music Association awards   are a three-way showdown between Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and   Kenny Chesney, while the Dixie Chicks were snubbed again with   not a single nomination on Wednesday.
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The Arctic Monkeys, Muse and the Kaiser Chiefs will battle it out at Q magazine's annual award ceremony.
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After more than a decade of hit records and relentless touring, Kenny Chesney ascended to the top of the country format last November when he claimed the entertainer of the year prize at the Country Music Assn. Awards. Now he's exercising his hard-won creative clout to take something of a musical left turn.
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Nominees for the 40th annual Country Music Association Awards, to be held Nov. 6 in Nashville, Tenn:
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Alan Jackson leads all nominees at Tuesday's Country Music Association awards with seven, including entertainer of the year and song of the year for "Remember When."
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Brooks &amp; Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for the group's inspirational song "Believe."
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Artists who are chosen to announce the Grammy nominations typically collect a few bids themselves, so rapper Kanye West, country singer Gretchen Wilson, rock balladeers Hoobastank and The Black Eyed Peas can count themselves among the likely contenders this year.
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Toby Keith will become the first country artist to perform on AOL Music Live, the live performance series that has previously tapped Nelly, Usher, Avril Lavigne and Rod Stewart.
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Country star Alan Jackson is nominated for seven awards by the Country Music Association (CMA).
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Country music acts are one of the few highlights in an off year for concert tours. At least seven of the 25 top grossing tours this year are likely to be country artists &#151; up from five last year and only two a few years ago, according to the industry trade magazine Billboard.
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Kenny Chesney won the Country Music Association&#39;s top &quot;Entertainer of the Year&quot; award along with the &quot;Album of the Year&quot; prize at Tuesday night&#39;s 38th annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.
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A career-best week for Tim McGraw should net the country king his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the week ending Aug. 29.
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It&#39;s taken country star Travis Tritt  more than a dozen albums to arrive at a point where he&#39;s  achieved &quot;total, utter freedom&quot; to craft the &quot;album I&#39;ve always  wanted to make.&quot;
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Performing rights groups ASCAP and BMI handed out their annual country music honors Monday in Nashville as a prelude to Tuesday night's 38th annual Country Music Assn. Awards.
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The Arctic Monkeys, Muse and the Kaiser Chiefs will battle it out for the glory at Q magazine's annual award ceremony.
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Rapper Kanye West, the leading nominee at the Grammy Awards, won three prizes during early proceedings on Sunday, while another top contender, Amy Winehouse, won a pair of statuettes.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - The Country Music Association  on Monday announced the nominees for its annual awards show  that will feature the induction of veteran singer Kris  Kristofferson into the Country Music Hall of Fame.