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Reba McEntire Nominated for Academy of Country Music Award and Will Co-Host Live Broadcast

Reba McEntire
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Reba McEntire
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Broadway veteran Reba McEntire is nominated in the Top Female Vocalist category for the Academy of Country Music Awards. She will also co-host (with Blake Shelton) the awards broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, on CBS.

Other nominees in the Top Female Vocalist category include Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Lee Ann Womack. Top Male Vocalist nominees include Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, George Strait, and Keith Urban. Nominated in the Entertainer of the Year category are Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban.

McEntire starred in the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun as well as the Carnegie Hall concert of South Pacific.

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