Kenny Chesney’s penchant for soaking his fans in booze and good times was no doubt a factor in him picking up yet another Entertainer Of The Year nomination from the Country Music Assocation Awards, where he’s the current holder of that title. The CMA Awards committee also bestowed six more nods on him at this morning’s nomination announcement. (Said press conference was also the scene of the ick-inducing clutch between Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox and Taylor Swift at left, which took place when Swift was announced as one of the Female Vocalist Of The Year nominees.) Other nominees of note: the Eagles in Vocal Group of the Year; the AWOL-from-Zep Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in Musical Event of the Year; and Miranda Lambert’s excellent “Gunpowder & Lead” in Single of the Year. Full list of nominees after the jump.

Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Sugarland
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year
Alison Krauss
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban

New Artist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Rodney Atkins
Lady Antebellum
James Otto
Kellie Pickler

Vocal Group of the Year
Eagles
Emerson Drive
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts

Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland
The Wreckers

Single of the Year (goes to artist and producer)
Kenny Chesney, “Don’t Blink” (Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney, producers)
Miranda Lambert, Gunpowder & Lead” (Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke, producers)
George Strait, “I Saw God Today” (Tony Brown and George Strait, producers)
Sugarland, “Stay” (Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush, and Jennifer Nettles, producers)
Trace Adkins, “You’re Gonna Miss This” (Frank Rogers, producer)

Album of the Year (goes to artist and producer)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (Mark Bright, producer)
Brooks & Dunn, Cowboy Town (Tony Brown, Ronnie Dunn, and Kix Brooks, producers)
Alan Jackson, Good Time (Keith Stegall, producer)
Kenny Chesney, Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (Cannon and Kenny Chesney, producers)
George Strait, Troubadour (Tony Brown and George Strait, producers)

Song of the Year (goes to songwriter and primary publisher)
Alan Jackson, “Good Time” (Alan Jackson / EMI-April Music/Tri-Angels Music)
George Strait, “I Saw God Today” (Rodney Clawson/Monty Criswell/Wade Kirby / Big Red Toe/Extremely Loud Music/Steel Wheels Music/Blind Mule Music)
Brad Paisley, “Letter To Me” (Brad Paisley / EMI-April Music/New Sea Gayle Music)
Sugarland, “Stay” (Jennifer Nettles / Jennifer Nettles Publishing)
Trace Adkins, “You’re Gonna Miss This” (Ashley Gorley/Lee Thomas Miller / EMI Blackwood Music/New Songs of Sea Gayle/Noah’s Little Boat Music/Songs of Combustion Music)

Musical Event of the Year
Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood, “Another Try”
Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney, “Every Other Weekend”
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Gone, Gone, Gone”
Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen, “Life In A Northern Town”
Kenny Chesney and George Strait, “Shiftwork”

Music Video of the Year
Kenny Chesney, “Don’t Blink”
Alan Jackson, “Good Time”
Sugarland, “Stay”
Brad Paisley, “Waitin’ On A Woman”
Trace Adkins, “You’re Gonna Miss This”

Musician of the Year
Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Paul Franklin - Steel Guitar
Dann Huff - Guitar Brent
Mason - Guitar
Mac McAnally - Guitar