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The Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced today and Lady Antebellum leads the pack with seven nominations. The hit single “Need You Now” is up for five of the nominations including single record and song and video of the year.

Carrie Underwood picked up six ACMA award nominations along with Miranda Lambert. Taylor Swift received five nominations and Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney each received four. The Academy of Country Music Awards show will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 18th.

Many of the winners of this years Grammy Awards are currently touring or will be touring soon and most of the artist are hoping the added attention helps their live concert ticket sales. The revenue from concert tours is becoming much more important now that cd sales are so low, and every bit of advertising such as the popular Grammy Awards can make a difference in ticket sales.

One of the biggest winners at this years Grammy Awards was Taylor Swift. Taylor walked away with Album of the Year and three more awards and she is currently on an already sold out concert tour that begins on March 4th in Tampa Florida. Even though the “Fearless Tour” is sold out through Ticketmaster, you can still find a huge selection of Taylor Swift tickets on the secondary market. The ticket prices for Taylor Swift are very high reflecting the demand for her first major arena tour, and as the tour dates draw closer it remains to be seen whether the prices will go up or down.

Beyonce was the clear winner on Grammy night as she took home a record six Grammy Awards including Song of the Year with “Single Ladies”. Beyonce recently finished touring and her sold out shows never needed any help anyway.

Lady Gaga was also a winner and a performer at the Grammies with two awards including Best Dance Recording. She is just finishing up a hugely successful tour of small venues and will likely be jumping to arena shows on the next tour.  Tickets for Lady Gaga are currently unavailable but expect quick sellouts the next time she tours.

Some more of the Grammy Award winners and  tour schedules:

Kings of Leon – Record of the Year – Currently not on tour

Zac Brown Band – Best New Artist – Zac Brown Band Tickets and Tour Dates

Jason Mraz – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance – Jason Mraz Tickets and Tour Dates

Black Eyed Peas- Best Pop Performance by a Dup or Group with Vocals – Black Eyed Peas Tickets and Tour Dates

Michael Buble – Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Michael Buble Tickets and Tour Dates

Bruce Springsteen – Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance – Currently not on tour

AC/DC – Best Hard Rock Performance – AC/DC Tickets and Tour Dates

Green Day – Best Rock Album – Currently not on Tour

Jay-Z – Best Solo Rap Performance – Jay-Z Tickets and Tour Dates

Lady Antebullum – Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals - Lady Antebullum Tickets and Tour Dates with Tim McGraw on Tour

Carey Underwood & Randy Travis – Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – Carrie Underwood Tickets and Tour Dates

Carrie Underwood has been announced as the performer picked to sing the National Anthem at the upcoming Super Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, Feb 7th. “America the Beautiful” will be sung by Queen Latifah during the pregame festifities that should be watched by over 150 million viewers.

The Who will perform during the Super Bowl half time show and should provide a healthy dose of rock n roll to the Super Bowl. There are a few Super Bowl Fan Jam concerts, the first concert will be on Thursday February 4th with Rhianna and Justin Bieber. On Friday Nelly Furtado and Paulina Rubio will warm up the Super Bowl crowd in South Florida.

Tickets for the Super Bowl are still available and Super Bowl NFL Tailgate Party tickets are also on sale. Carrie Underwood tickets are also on sale for all of her concerts on her 2010

Last evening Taylor Swift won the Best Female Artist Award at the People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre for the 36th annual ceremony. Carrie Underwood won for Best Country Artist and Lady Gaga took home the award for Favorite Pop Artist. That award was sure to be a surprise to many, but considering the rise in Lady Gaga’s popularity, it shouldn’t have.

Taylor Swift has the top selling album in 2009 with her album “Fearless”, which sold about 3,200,000 just barely beating out Susan Boye’s “I Had a Dream”, which sold about 3,100,000 units.

Some of the other winners of the Peoples Choice Awards included Keith Urban for Favorite Male Artist, Paramore for Best Rock Band, and Mariah Carey for Favorite R&B Artist.