Carrie Underwood Tops List & The Country Grammy Nominees

Right on the money.... Carrie Underwood has been named country's most beautiful woman for 2011, according to a poll in Country Weekly magazine. Also making the list are Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire and Shania Twain.

Miranda Lambert's Four the Record, Pistol Annies' Hell on Heels and Eric Church's Chief have each earned a spot on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 albums of 2011. The magazine calls Miranda's Four the Record "her most easeful and assured record yet" and says that the Pistol Annies' Hell on Heels is "an album for our Great Recession -- songs about trailer parks, mounting debt and ne'er-do-well men who make hard times harder." Rolling Stone calls Eric "a country singer a rock fan could love -- saluting Jesus and Springsteen, mixing up backwoods twang with power chords and Stones riffs.

Ronnie Dunn shares a new video on his website taking fans behind his song "Cost of Living." In it he lets fans share their stories of facing the unemployment crisis and then shares his own family's struggle when his father lost his job -- Ronnie was nine at the time.  

Fox News is reporting that Taylor Swift is in the running to play Eponine in the movie version of the Broadway show Les Miserables. Taylor is going up against Glee's Lea Michele, Scarlett Johansson and Evan Rachel Wood. Good luck Taylor. 

And finally,

Jason Aldean and Taylor Swift lead the country pack for the Grammy Awards. The Band

Perry is the only country entry in the all-genre Best New Artist category. The awards will be given

out on February 12, 2012. Watch it on CBS. The nominees are:

Best Country Solo Performance
Jason Aldean- Dirt Road Anthem 

Martina McBride - I'm Gonna Love You Through It 

Blake Shelton - Honey Bee 

Taylor Swift - Mean 

Carrie Underwood - Mama's Song

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson - Don't You Wanna Stay 

Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter - You and Tequila 

The Civil Wars -- Barton Hollow 

Thompson Square - Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not

Best Country Song (songwriter's award)
Thompson Square- Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not 

Blake Shelton - God Gave Me You 

Trace Adkins - Just Fishin'  

Taylor Swift - Mean 

Vince Gill - Threaten Me With Heaven 

Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter - You and Tequila

Best Country Album
Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
Eric Church - Chief
Lady Antebellum - Own the Night
Blake Shelton - Red River Blue
George Strait - Here For a Good Time
Taylor Swift - Speak Now

Best New Artist (All-Genre)
The Band Perry 

Bon Iver

J. Cole

Nicki Minaj

Skrillex

And that is the Nashville Minute.

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