CMAs 2013 Nominees Are In

Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves are the top nominees for the Country Music Association Awards, signaling something of a left turn for the usually conservative organization.

Swift will be going for her third entertainer of the year award and also was nominated for album and female vocalist of the year for the Nov. 6 awards in Nashville. Musgraves also is up for awards in the album and female vocalist categories.

Reigning entertainer of the year Blake Shelton is next with five nominations. His wife, Miranda Lambert, also has five nominations — three solo and two with her trio Pistol Annies. And Keith Urban and Florida Georgia Line have four apiece.

Shelton and Swift are up for top honor entertainer of the year with Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and surprise nominee George Strait, a two-time winner in the category who's being feted by CMA voters as he retires from touring.

The nominations were announced Tuesday morning in New York on "Good Morning America" and in a later news conference by Sheryl Crow and FGL.

Swift's load of nominations isn't that surprising. She's now up to 21 career CMA nominations and has two entertainer of the year awards among her seven wins.

Musgraves' rapid ascendance, though, comes as something of a surprise. This is the first year the talented, left-of-center newcomer has been nominated, and the number of trophies she and Swift are up for signals something of an admission that the once deeply conservative format is opening up to new sounds and ideas in the 21st Century.

She's also nominated in the new artist of the year category, and as a songwriter on her own hit "Merry Go 'Round" and Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart."

Full List 

Entertainer of the Year

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelly Clarkson
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Vocal Group of the Year
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Eli Young Band

Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
Sugarland
The Civil Wars
Thompson Square

New Artist Of The Year
Lee Brice
Brett Eldredge
Florida Georgia Line
Kip Moore
Kacey Musgraves

Album of the Year
Blake Shelton, "Based on a True Story"
Carrie Underwood, "Blown Away"
Taylor Swift, "Red"
Kacey Musgraves, "Same Trailer Different Park"
Little Big Town, "Tornado"

Single of the Year
Florida Georgia Line, "Cruise"
Tim McGraw With Taylor Swift & Keith Urban, "Highway Don't Care"
Miranda Lambert, "Mama's Broken Heart"
Kacey Musgraves, "Merry Go 'Round"
Darius Rucker, "Wagon Wheel"

Song of the Year
"I Drive Your Truck"
"Mama's Broken Heart" Miranda Lambert
"Merry Go 'Round"
"Pontoon"
"Wagon Wheel"

Musical Event of the Year
Blake Shelton Feat. Pistol Annies, "Boys 'Round Here"
Florida Georgia Line Feat. Nelly, "Cruise"
Kelly Clarkson Feat. Vince Gill, "Don't Rush"
Tim McGraw With Taylor Swift & Keith Urban, "Highway Don't Care"
Jason Aldean With Luke Bryan and Eric Church, "The Only Way I Know"

Music Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood, "Blown Away"
Blake Shelton Feat. Pistol Annies, "Boys 'Round Here"
Lady Antebellum, "Downtown"
Tim McGraw, "Highway Don't Care"
Miranda Lambert, "Mama's Broken Heart
Little Big Town, "Tornado"

Musician of the Year
Brent Mason
Dann Huff
Mac McAnally
Paul Franklin
Sam Bush