Music City took center stage Wednesday night as Taylor Swift and LL Cool J hosted the Grammy Nominations Live! concert special before a packed house at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.
Hunter Hayes was the night's lead country nominee, earning three nods including Best Country Solo Performance for "Wanted" and Best Country Album for his self-titled debut. He's also the only country act in the all-genre Best New Artist category.
Taylor Swift, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, the Eli Young Band, Ronnie Dunn and the Time Jumpers followed with two nominations each. Other country nominees were Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, Little Bit Town, Alan Jackson, Don Williams (with Alison Krauss), Zac Brown Band and Jamey Johnson.
Performance highlights included Dierks and the Band Perry covering "Jackson" in honor of the late Johnny Cash, while Luke Bryan performed "I Don't Want This Night To End." Hunter announced the nominees for Pop Vocal Album by performing a hit song by each artist in the category -- Kelly Clarkson (Stronger), Florence + the Machine (Ceremonials), fun. (Some Nights), Maroon 5 (Overexposed) and Pink (The Truth About Love).
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards air live February 10th at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Check out a full nominees list at grammy.com/nominees.
Here are the nominations involving our country artists:
Best New Artist
Alabama Shakes
Fun.
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
26. Best Country Solo Performance
Home
Springsteen
Cost Of Livin'
Wanted
Over
Blown Away
27. Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Even If It Breaks Your Heart
Pontoon
Safe & Sound
On The Outskirts Of Town
I Just Come Here For The Music
Best Country Song
Blown Away
Cost Of Livin'
Even If It Breaks Your Heart
So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore
Springsteen
Best Country Album
Uncaged
Hunter Hayes
Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran
Four The Record
The Time Jumpers
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