Brad Paisley's 'Letter to Me' has been named Song of the Year by Music Row magazine. Paisley was honored at Tuesday's Music Row Awards, hosted by BMI in Nashville. This is his second Song of the Year win, as his hit, 'He Didn't Have To Be,' took home the same trophy back in 2000.

Following their ACM win for Top New Vocal Group, Lady Antebellum was named Music Row's Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Luke Bryan took home the Breakthrough Songwriter honors.

"Every time I turn on Music Row and realize I get to do this, it's just a dream," Bryan said upon accepting his award. "It's unbelievable to get to do this for a living everyday."

Bryan started out as a songwriter before scoring his own record deal. He wrote 'Good Directions' for Billy Currington and 'Honky Tonk History' for Travis Tritt before releasing his debut album, which has spawned the hits 'All My Friends Say,' 'We Rode in Trucks' and 'Country Man.'

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Alison Krauss, Robert Plant, Levon Helm and James McMurtry lead the pack in Americana Award nominations with three nods each. Krauss and Plant's duets album, 'Raising Sand,' is nominated for Album of the Year alongside Helm's 'Dirt Farmer,' McMurtry's 'Just Us Kids' and Hayes Carll's 'Trouble in Mind.' Helm and McMurtry also have Artist of the Year nods, as do Steve Earle and Jim Lauderdale. Duo or Group of the Year nominees are Krauss and Plant, The Avett Brothers, Drive By Truckers and Kane Welch Kaplin. Ryan Bingham, Justin Townes Earle, Mike Farris and the SteelDrivers all score nominations for Emerging Artist of the Year.

The Americana Awards will be held September 18 in Nashville.

Garth Brooks will be the Academy of Country Music's first-ever recipient of the Crystal Milestone Award. Brooks will be honored during the live ACM broadcast next Sunday in Las Vegas. The living legend says he is "flattered and humbled" by the award.

"The ACM has always taken care of me and my music," said Brooks. "The fact that they have never awarded it before makes me feel the respect and the faith they have in me as an artist, and I will continue to work my butt off to make sure they are happy with their choice."

Brooks also plans to perform a medley of some of his greatest hits on the live broadcast. He has won a whopping 18 ACM Awards throughout his career, including Artist of the Decade in 1998.

Voting has begun for the Academy of Country Music Awards' coveted Entertainer of the Year trophy. For the first time ever, fans will choose the winner by casting their votes online. This year's nominees are George Strait, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley. Chesney has taken home the honor the past three years in a row. He also leads the pack in ACM nominations this year, with seven nods.

The ACM Awards will broadcast live from Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18. Cast your vote for Entertainer of the Year by visiting www.voteacm.com, and see the full list of ACM nominees after the jump.

Legendary singer-songwriter John Hiatt has been tapped to receive the Americana Music Association's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

"It's a privilege to honor John Hiatt," says AMA Executive Director Jed Hilly. "He is the essence of what the Americana Songwriter award is all about -- a true artist, a performer and songwriter whose work is steeped with integrity."

Hiatt's songs have been recorded by a diverse list of artists, including Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Aaron Neville, Iggy Pop, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson and Roseanne Cash. Through his 30-year career, Hiatt has also recorded 18 studio albums of his own and has received 11 Grammy nominations.

Taylor Swift is featured in the new issue of PEOPLE magazine as one of 'Hollywood's Richest Kids.' The teen sensation has sold more than 3 million copies of her self-titled debut album. But don't expect her to drop her cash on frivolous purchases.

"I'd rather put money back into my career than buy a Lamborghini," Swift tells PEOPLE.

Swift says that her biggest splurge has been a million-dollar tour bus, complete with a fake fireplace. She's joined on the 'Richest Kids' list by the Jonas Brothers, Zac Efron,'Harry Potter' actor Daniel Radcliffe and Miley Cyrus, who tops the list with an expected billion-dollar worth by the end of this year.

Swift will be in Los Angeles this weekend to receive the 'Superstar of Tomorrow' award at the 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards. She is the first musician to ever receive the honor, as it has always gone to an actor or actress in past ceremonies.

Sugarland could add a few big belt buckles to their trophy case next Monday. The duo is tied with Brad Paisley and famed video director Shaun Silva for the most nominations at the CMT Music Awards. It's a night the two are eagerly anticipating.

"We have four nominations which is fantastic in and of itself, not to mention that they are the most relaxed of the awards shows," lead singer Jennifer Nettles tells The Boot. "The CMT Music Awards are always full of surprises!"

Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have been added to the list of performers at the 2008 CMT Awards. They'll join previously announced singers Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn, LeAnn Rimes, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Taylor Swift. Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus will host the show and will perform together, as well.

The April 14 show will be broadcast live on CMT. Fans can vote for their favorite nominees from now until April 11 on CMT's website. Winners receive not only a trophy but $2000 from CMT One Country to donate to the charity of their choice.

See the full list of CMT Award nominees after the jump.

Rascal Flatts wants you to participate in their performance at the 2008 CMT Music Awards. Jay, Jo Don and Gary are inviting fans to submit videos of themselves bobbing their heads and singing along to - you guessed it - the Rascal Flatts song, 'Bob That Head.'

"We have often said we have the best fans in the world. And now we will see just how creative they are," lead singer Gary LeVox tells CMT. "They have been the best part of our careers and it will be fun to include them into our performance. We can't wait!"

During the trio's performance of 'Bob That Head' on the April 14th awards show, several large monitors will be showing clips of fans' videos. You can submit yours on CMT's website.

Kenny Chesney's name was called seven times this morning, as Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley read the list of nominations for the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Among Chesney's nods is the coveted Entertainer of the Year Award, which he has won the past three years in a row. This year, you will decide whether Chesney takes home that honor for a fourth straight year as, for the first time in ACM history, the night's top award will be voted on by fans. Other contenders for Entertainer of the Year are Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, George Strait and Keith Urban.

Competing for the ACM's Female Vocalist of the Year award are Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride and Taylor Swift. Male Vocalist of the Year nods go to Chesney, Paisley, Urban, Strait and Rodney Atkins. Rascal Flatts will try for their sixth win as Top Vocal Group. Other nominees in that category include the Eagles, Diamond Rio, Emerson Drive and Little Big Town.

See the full list of ACM nominations after the jump.

Taylor Swift is hosting tonight's CMT Online Awards Show from the comfort of her own bedroom. Cameras will invade the 18-year-old country sensation's Tennessee home, where she will present awards for online music videos. Categories include Most-Streamed Video of the Year, Most-Sreamed Live Performance and off-the-wall awards like the 'Not To Be Viewed At Work' Vdeo of the Year.

Other stars slated to appear on the show, which airs tonight at 11pm ET, include Kellie Pickler, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Josh Turner and Dolly Parton.

Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, the Eagles, Willie Nelson and Brad Paisley have all won Grammy awards before the show has even started. With 109 total awards in tonight's ceremony, the majority of the awards are given out during a pre-telecast. Underwood takes home the gramophone for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for 'Before He Cheats,' while the writers who penned that song, Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, took home awards for Best Country Song. For the second year in a row, Keith Urban takes home the award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, this year for his No. 1 ballad 'Stupid Boy.'

The Eagles are the winners of Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group for 'How Long.' Willie Nelson and Ray Price stake claim to Best Country Collaboration for 'Lost Highway.' And Brad Paisley is the winner of Best Country Instrumental Performance for 'Throttleneck.' The only country music Grammy to be given during the regular broadcast went to Vince Gill for Best Country Album.

Voting is underway for the 2008 CMT Music Awards, country music's only fan-voted awards show. Brad Paisley leads the pack with six nominations for his hilarious, star-studded video, 'Online.' 'Seinfeld' alumn Jason Alexander also scored two nods for directing and starring in that video. Sugarland is just behind Paisley with five nominations: four for 'Stay' and one for 'Everyday America.' Big and Rich and LeAnn Rimes each make the list with four nods.

Fans can go to CMT's website to vote for their favorite videos in this first round of voting, which ends February 25. On March 6, CMT will announce the four finalists in each of the 13 categories, after which fans can go back to vote again. The winners will be announced live on CMT, Monday, April 14 at 8pm ET.

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With a Best New Artist Grammy nomination under her belt, country star Taylor Swift is already looking ahead. "I'm actually in the middle of recording the second album, so I can't even wait," she tells AOL Music. "I'm writing every song on it, just like I did my first album, and it's going to be better than the first."

Despite the success of her debut and the nomination, Swift is not resting on her laurels. "I never get comfortable with success. I absolutely love it," she says. "I freak out and get excited, but it doesn't make me feel like I have to work less hard on the second record. It makes me work harder."

With that drive behind her, Swift isn't nervous about any sophomore slump. "I have complete confidence the second record will beat the first creatively in all directions," she says. "It'll be so much cooler because these songs I've been writing out on the road. I've had two more years of life behind me. I'm really excited to get this out there and for people to hear the new music."