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2011 CMA Awards Nominees' Reactions: Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, the Band Perry + More

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The 2011 Country Music Association Awards nominees were announced today, with fans and stars alike all abuzz with excitement! Notably, the country stars themselves cannot contain their post-nom glee, expressing their delight via Twitter. We know that means -- lots of smiley face emoticons and lots of exclamation marks!!!

Keith Urban -- nominated for CMA Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year -- tweeted, "Crazy cool CMA noms this morning!!!! It blows my mind how sweet they are when we get them. I'm euphoric and moved!!! Thank you. Thank you."

The Band Perry joyfully tweeted, "We're so grateful for the nominations!" Meanwhile, Taylor Swift was borderline ecstatic, breaking into all caps while tweeting, "Thanks to you guys and the CMA voters, we got 5 CMA NOMINATIONS THIS MORNING!!! I am flipping out!!!"

Lovebirds Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert exchanged wows, with Blake tweeting, "Wow!!! Five CMA nominations?!!!!! No way... So this is what it's like to be Miranda Lambert...." and Miranda hat-tipping "Yay!!!! Nom's Female and collaboration with 2 of my hero's!!!! Thanks CMA's. And congrats to my hubby for dominating!!!!:)"

Chris Young's New Artist nod served as his alarm clock. "Literally got woken up by my phone ringing. Not a morning person," he tweeted. "But then I found out I'm nominated for CMA New Artist. So I was ok with it"

Thomson Square expressed some giddy disbelief with "huhhhhwhat? Thanks CMA! We are both grinnin like a couple of mules eaten briars.:) shawna xoxo."

Martina McBride reveled in fan kudos, saying "SO HAPPY to be nominated for CMA Female Vocalist this year! Thanks for all the sweet tweets!"

Kelly Clarkson gave a thumbs up to fellow nominees, tweeting "Congrats to everyone who is nominated for the CMA's! I just heard that Jason and I were nominated twice! Right on :)"

Steel Magnolia's Meghan Linsey tweeted a smiling photo of herself, along with a "Yay! We're up for a CMA! Woohoo! Xo Meg."

Little Big Town tweeted a humble hurray: "We are honored and excited to be nominated for CMA Vocal Group of the Year. Thank you!"

What are your reactions to the nominations? Any early predictions? Tell us in the comments section below.

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Michelle

I am so happy for All the CMA Nominees!! All are Well Deserved and all Well Earned! My Personal Pics are:
EOTY: Jason Aldean
MVOTY: Jason Aldean
FVOTY: Miranda Lambert
Top Duo: Sugarland
Top Group: Zac Brown Band
New Artist: The Band Perry
Album: "You Get What You Give" Zac Brown Band
Single: "Honey Bee" Blake Shelton
Song: "If I Die Young" The Band Perry
Collaboration: "Old Alabama" Brad Paisley and Alabama
Video: "Old Alabama" Brad Paisley and Alabama
Just my personal Picks, Good Luck to all the Nominees & Can't wait for the Show November 9th!!! :)

September 11 2011 at 12:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Taylor Swift is a musical genious. She sounds GREAT live. The people who insist she can't sing live have not been to one of her shows. 'Speak Now' is an event!!! She truly is Entertainer Of The Year, if she wins or not, she is the best of the nominees...period.

September 10 2011 at 5:25 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
DixieWitch

So the ho-hum awards will be the same as last year and the year before that ..

September 10 2011 at 11:29 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Mare

I dont care who wins as long as Taylor Swift loses... she is overated and can not sing live...

September 10 2011 at 10:12 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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ajax

She is brilliant, a doll and she writes all her own music. If anything she is underrated.

September 10 2011 at 11:29 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Mahesh Kumar Sharma

6788888

September 08 2011 at 10:54 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
mcglake

Carrie Underwood had two great tv events, duets, one with Vince Gill and one with Steven Tyler and should have been nominated

September 07 2011 at 11:21 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
AADAM

CORPORATE BULLSHIT SELLING PETRO PLASTIC AND WHO KNOWS WHAT SLOW POISON

September 07 2011 at 10:05 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
francoeger

I don't know whats going on here but I'm thrilled Blake Shelton got 5 nominations.I think he is a class act for thanking his band for helping him get to where he is. He has worked very hard and he has been overlooked so many times hers hoping this time is the charm. Thanks Music Row.

September 07 2011 at 8:59 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply

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