@ACMawards
You voted to help decide the final nominees for #ACMs New Artist of the Year & they are: @BrantleyGilbert, @HunterHayes & @ScottyMcCreery!
@ScottyMcCreery
Big thanks to everybody who voted and helped me become a top 3 finalist for the ACM New Artist of the Year award! Yall are the best!
@ScottyMcCreery
Yall can start voting again March 19th-April 1st! Its gonna be a tight race!
Article on
acmcountry.com:
BRANTLEY GILBERT, HUNTER HAYES & SCOTTY McCREERY CHOSEN BY COUNTRY FANS AT GACTV.COM AS NOMINEES FOR ACM NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
ALL THREE TO COMPETE FOR FAN-VOTED AWARD DURING THE LIVE TELECAST OF THE 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® AWARDS
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Fans Can Vote at VOTEACM.com Starting March 19th
Encino, CA (February 9, 2012) - The Academy of Country Music and Great American Country (GAC) announced today that Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes and Scotty McCreery have been named nominees for this year’s ACM New Artist of the Year Award, which will be given out during the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
Voting for New Artist of the Year will take place at www.VoteACM.com beginning March 19, 2012 at 12:00 noon ET/9:00 AM PT and will continue until 5:00 PM PT on Sunday, April 1, 2012 (before the LIVE show starts). The New Artist of the Year final nominees were selected by a combined vote of the fans and professional members of the Academy of Country Music. Professional member votes will be combined with fan votes to obtain the winner of the category for the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
Leading up to the show, fans can watch interviews and exclusive performances with the three nominees on GAC’s “ACM New Artist of the Year” special, premiering Monday, March 19, 2012 at 9:00 PM ET and re-airing multiple times until voting closes on April 1. Additional air times and dates can be found at GACtv.com/ACM.
The winner of the New Artist of the Year category will be awarded on the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
About the ACM New Artist of the Year Nominees:
Scotty McCreeryScotty McCreery's debut album, Clear As Day, was certified platinum in just three months, and he was recently named No. 1 on Billboard magazine's list of Top New Country Artists for 2011. Clear As Day debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts, making him the youngest man in history to open at the top of the all-genre chart with a debut release. It garnered the highest sales of any country solo album released last year and held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for six weeks. The album's first single, I Love You This Big, has been certified gold, and his current single, The Trouble With Girls, is approaching gold status. He is currently touring as part of Brad Paisley's Virtual Reality Tour 2012 presented by Chevrolet.