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It;s on once again as we witness this years fabulous and prestige awards on your favorite musical icons, and their music. IT’s actually awesome to watch CMT Music awards 2011 this coming wednesday starting on 7pm on your television, so get glued and stay tuned of who will be this year winners. Jason Aldean has been announced as the leading nominee for the 2011 CMT Music Awards, with a total of four nominations. Meanwhile, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band earned three nominations apiece. In addition, Kenny Chesney, Sugarland and Carrie Underwood, who each earned two nominations, join all these seven artists in the top category for video of the year.

The nominees were revealed on NBC’s Today on Wednesday morning (April 27).

Online fan voting in all 10 categories is now open at CMT.com through June 7. The show will take place in Nashville on June 8.

The 10 nominees for video of the year are Aldean’s “My Kinda Party,” The Band Perry’s “If I Die Young,” Chesney’s “The Boys of Fall,” Lady Antebellum’s “Hello World,” Lambert’s “The House That Built Me,” Rascal Flatts’ “Why Wait,” Sugarland’s “Stuck Like Glue,” Swift’s “Mine,” Underwood’s “Undo It” and Zac Brown Band’s “Colder Weather.” However, the list will be reduced to five nominees during the live telecast, with final voting at CMT.com and via text messaging during the show. The award will be presented at the conclusion of the show to the artist and the director.

Other artists with two nominations include Sheryl Crow, Aaron Lewis, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Thompson Square and Keith Urban. Other nominated artists include Lee Brice, Luke Bryan, the Civil Wars, Sara Evans, the JaneDear Girls, Toby Keith, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Jerrod Niemann, Darius Rucker and Steel Magnolia.

Crow and Lewis can be found in the collaborative video category, along with pop stars such as Justin Bieber, Kelly Clarkson and Kid Rock. In addition, country legends like Charlie Daniels, George Jones and Loretta Lynn are also on the ballot. Meanwhile, the category for best CMT performance video includes eclectic nominees like Adele, Jimmy Buffett, John Mayer and Train.

Nominations were revealed in a segment featuring CMT host Evan Farmer and Today co-hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. The Band Perry also performed on the show.

The final nominees in each of the 2011 CMT Music Awards categories include:

Video of the Year

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