Did they have someone get married last year on the show? Grammy's watching the ACMs for inspiration.
I thought Luke and Blake were amusing hosts last time.
Hopefully the Entertainer of the Year Award will give some weighting to Red Tour being the highest grossing tour in North America in 2013. If it's a factor Taylor should win easily.
Figures from Pollstar for Tour Gross in 2013 (NA only)
Quote:
Taylor Swift— 112.7 million
Kenny Chesney— 90.9
Jason Aldean— 51
Luke Bryan— 44.4
Zac Brown Band— 43.1
George Strait— 40.9
Miranda Lambert— 34.2
Rascal Flatts— 29.8
Tim McGraw— 27.2
Carrie Underwood— 26.3
Brad Paisley— 25.3
Keith Urban— 20.4
Blake Shelton— 19.5
Willie Nelson— 14.2
Toby Keith—12.9
Florida Georgia Line— 8.3
Alabama— 6.5
Eric Church— 6.1
Brantley Gilbert— 5.3
Darius Rucker— 5.2
Reba— 4.9
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http://www.musicrow.com/2014/01/tour...oomed-in-2013/
Luke had more album sales in 2013 than Taylor but sales were not much of a factor last year when Red sold more than 3 million copies in 2012 alone, which dwarfed sales for every other contender for EOTY.
If the ACMs actually give any weighting to the public voting then Taylor should win EOTY easily. The ACMs might just overrule it like they did last year to prevent Taylor winning it 3 times in a row.
I doubt Carrie can win Female Vocalist as she had a better year sales and material wise in 2012 but still lost to Miranda last year.
Taylor should probably win some ACMs but probably Miranda, Blake, Luke and maybe Kacey will clean up. The ACMs might give Taylor some special recognition award like the CMAs and ACAs did but will probably just give her the Casino of the Year award.
