Awards

The 2013 Primetime Emmy nominations have been announced and 'Nashville' has gotten a major acting nod. The ABC series follows the musical trials and tribulations -- and beyond -- of two country singers in the form of Connie Britton's Rayna James and Hayden Panettiere's Juliette Barnes. Britton was recognized for her portrayal of established country star James receiving a nomination for Outstanding

Congrats to Taylor Swift. The superstar has been nominated for a pair of MTV Video Music Awards, including the uber prestigious Video of the Year honor. Swift is also up for Best Female Video. Both nominations are for the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' video.

Chely Wright's documentary 'Wish Me Away,' which chronicles her very personal experience coming out as an openly lesbian woman, has not only garnered respect, it's also seen a lot of success. And it keeps on growing, as the film has just been nominated for one of the top honors in film -- an Emmy.

The 2013 Teen Choice Awards have just announced additional nominations, and it's no surprise that superstars Taylor Swift and Luke Bryan have garnered additional nominations.

Thanks to her dedication to the craft of songwriting, Sarah Darling is about to be honored for her commitment to music education. The National Association for Music Education recently announced that Darling is the recipient of this year's Stand Up for Music Award.

While soap operas and talk shows certainly dominated the Daytime Emmy Awards Sunday night (June 16), country music was strongly represented, with Little Big Town and Trisha Yearwood both earning prestigious trophies for daytime entertainment.

Taylor Swift is a worldwide sensation, and she proved that once again on Sunday night (June 16) at the MuchMusic Video Awards, when she won the award for Your Fave International Artist or Group.

Naomi Judd feels CMT did George Jones a disservice by limiting their tribute to the Possum during the 2013 CMT Music Awards. In addition to the short time allotted for the dedication, the legend was critical of the group the network chose to perform Jones' music.

If Shania Twain ever decides she'd like to head offstage and into an office job, she should consider marketing, as she's shown lots of promise in that area.

Florida Georgia Line are the big winners so far at the 2013 CMT Music Awards. Their video for 'Cruise' picked up the night's first award for Breakthrough Video of the Year and later won Duo Video of the Year. Miranda Lambert is another two-time winner at this year's CMT Awards.

George Strait was set to perform at the 2013 CMT Music Awards tonight (June 5), but the death of his father has forced him to cancel.

Superstar Carrie Underwood is familiar with the tornado siren, having grown up in Checotah, Oklahoma and even attending college in the Sooner state. The recent deadly tornado in Moore hit home for her, and on Wednesday she'll sing in memory of the deceased victims at the 2013 CMT Music Awards.