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Looking good, Las Vegas! Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban are just two of the huge country acts confirmed as performers for the 2014 ACM Awards in Sin City this April.

Votes have been tallied, and the top three finalists for 2014 ACM New Artist of the Year have been announced!

Miranda Lambert may be the four-time and reigning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, but that doesn't mean she's immune to the excitement of it all -- especially when she's been nominated for a whopping seven awards!

The Academy of Country Music Awards nominees were released this morning. Fan voting for ACM Entertainer of the Year begins on March 24 at ACMVote.com.  Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan host the 49th Annual ACM Awards Sunday, April 6 at 8 p...

The nominees for the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be announced via a digital press conference later this month.

It'll be Bluke V 2.0 in 2014. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan -- two of the funniest, most entertaining and most self-deprecating acts in country music -- will reprise their roles as co-hosts of the ACM Awards in 2014.

Budding superstar Luke Bryan couldn't have been more surprised when he won Entertainer of the Year at the 2013 ACM Awards on Sunday night (April 7). The stunned singer cried as he took to the podium to accept the honor. He says they were tears of both happiness and sorrow, as he was thinking of his late brother and sister.

There were a whole lot of viewers who were crying along with Miranda Lambert when she won Female Vocalist of the Year and grooving to the beat of Lady Antebellum's performance of 'Downtown' during the 2013 ACM Awards. In fact, the 48th annual show had over 15 million viewers (15.38 million, to be exact), posting the largest audience since 1998.

Lack of success in predicting the results of the 2013 ACM Awards can be attributed to tight competition... or maybe underestimating the strength and popularity of artists like Luke Bryan. Perhaps we're just making excuses for ourselves after a less-than-super success rate at Sunday's show. Taste of Country readers also made predictions, and it's time to see who fared better.

Sometimes the best things in life take the longest, and in the case of Kevin McGuire, it took one full year of waiting. After missing out on being Taylor Swift's date to last year's ACM Awards, the 19-year-old -- who has survived a difficult battle with leukemia -- suited up and went to the 2013 ACMs with the star.

Stevie Wonder, John Mayer and John Fogerty were among those who made surprise guest appearances at the 2013 ACM Awards on Sunday (April 7). Perhaps more interesting, however, is who wasn't in attendance. Fans were left asking about a lack of screen time for three big country singers after Luke Bryan accepted Entertainer of the Year and credits rolled across the screen.

Fashion no-nos at the 2013 ACM Awards included one artist who went back in time for her dress and another who was apparently inspired by Dracula. The Worst Dressed at the ACMs list features at least one superstar who is more regularly found on Best Dressed collections, proving that everyone is vulnerable to an oopsie. From one plain Jane to one hot mess, these folks who were worst dressed at count