Catherine Britt, Lee Kernaghan Among Noms For 2016 Golden Guitar Awards

One of the highest honours in the country music arena, the Country Music Association of Australia have announced the artists nominated for the 2016 Golden Guitar Awards, selecting 75 impressive acts from a pool of over 500.

Leading the charge is Lee Kernaghan with seven nominations — among them, Album Of The Year, Male Artist Of The Year and Video Clip Of The Year, going up against the likes of Troy Cassar-Daley, Shane Nicholson, O'Shea. Also with seven nominations is multiple ARIA-winner Troy Cassar-Daley, in categories like APRA AMCOS Song Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Male Artist Of The Year, and Shane Nicholson, in categories such as Alternative Country Album Of The Year, Sanity Top Selling Album Of The Year and Single Of The Year.

Country music's leading ladies Beccy Cole and Catherine Britt have also amassed six nods each, and will go up against each other in categories like Album Of The Year, Female Artist Of The Year and Vocal Collaboration Of The Year.

Check out the full list of noms below.

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Boneshaker, Catherine Britt. Producer: Ryan Hadlock

Freedom Ride, Troy Cassar-Daley. Producer: Troy Cassar-Daley

Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan. Producer: Garth Porter

Sweet Rebecca, Beccy Cole. Producer: Shane Nicholson

The Famine and The Feast, O'Shea. Producer: Jay O'Shea, Mark O'Shea, Ilya Toshinsky, Mark Moffatt

ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Come On In, James Blundell. Producer: Nick Howard, Theo Posthumus & Karen Waters

Hell Breaks Loose, Shane Nicholson. Producer: Matt Fell

Skin, Kevin Bennett and The Flood. Producer: Glen Hannah

The Mountain, Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes. Producer: Lachlan Bryan, Mat Duniam, Shaun Ryan, Damian Cafarella

White Lies & Melodies, Mustered Courage. Producer: Forrester Savell

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Cowboys & Sunsets, Roo Arcus

Freedom Ride, Troy Cassar-Daley

Hell Breaks Loose, Shane Nicholson

Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan

Wired, Travis Collins

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Boneshaker, Catherine Britt

Heartbeat, Jasmine Rae

Other Side Of Town, Ashleigh Dallas

Silver Lining, Tori Darke

Sweet Rebecca, Beccy Cole

COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL NEWS GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR

Hearts On Fire, Jetty Road

Skin, Kevin Bennett and The Flood

The Famine and The Feast, O'Shea

The Second Album, Adam Eckersley Band

White Lies & Melodies, Mustered Courage

VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Catch You, Luke O'Shea. Performers: Luke O'Shea & Amber Lawrence

Precious Times, Beccy Cole. Performers: Beccy Cole, Sara Storer, Gina Jeffreys

Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests. Performers: Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests (Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Jon Stevens, Amy & George Sheppard, Shannon Noll, Megan Washington)

Two Weeks On, Two Weeks Off, Troy Cassar-Daley. Performers: Troy Cassar-Daley & Jimmy Barnes

You And Me Against The World, Catherine Britt. Performers: Catherine Britt & Steve Earle

BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR

Bundarra Dust, Norma O'Hara Murphy. Songwriters: Norma O'Hara Murphy

Just Drift Back In Time, Tom Maxwell. Songwriter: Ray Rose

Lorraine, Dean Perrett. Songwriter: Ian Quinn

One Last Muster, Allan Caswell. Songwriters: Allan Caswell & Manfred Vijars

Territory Man, Graham Rodger. Songwriters: Graham Rodger & Merv Maltman

TOYOTA HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR

Broken Soldiers, Beccy Cole. Songwriter: Beccy Cole

Freedom Ride, Troy Cassar-Daley. Songwriter: Troy Cassar-Daley

Hermannsburg, Shane Nicholson. Songwriter: Shane Nicholson

Teddy Sheean - Forever Eighteen, Lee Kernaghan. Songwriters: Garth Porter, Colin Buchanan, Lee Kernaghan

Turn My Hand To, Roo Arcus. Songwriters: Roo Arcus & Allan Caswell

INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR

Blood Brothers, Tommy Emmanuel

Broken Hill, 8 Ball Aitken & Pete Denahy

Cluck Old Hen, Pete Denahy

Two Time Shuffle, Michael Fix

Unleashed, Mickey Pye

BHP BILLITON BLUEGRASS RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Bumcrack, Beccy Cole

Can't Hide From The Moonshine, Mustered Courage

Lonesome and Blue, Runaway Dixie

Rabbit in a Log, The Hillbilly Goats

Singin' Shoes, Pete Denahy

QANTASLINK NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR

Broken Record, Christie Lamb

Brothers Never Part, Brothers3

She's Getting Stronger, Seleen McAlister

Shoot Out The Lights, Caitlyn Shadbolt

When She's Drinkin', Mickey Pye

APRA AMCOS SONG OF THE YEAR

Boneshaker, Catherine Britt. Songwriters: Catherine Britt, Tony Buchen

Freedom Ride, Troy Cassar-Daley (feat. Paul Kelly). Songwriter: Troy Cassar-Daley

Joshua, Aleyce Simmonds. Songwriter: Aleyce Simmonds

Secondhand Man, Shane Nicholson. Songwriters: Shane Nicholson

Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests. Songwriters: Garth Porter, Colin Buchanan, Lee Kernaghan

VIDEO CLIP OF THE YEAR

Boneshaker, Catherine Britt. Director: Lisa Camillo

Parade, O'Shea. Director: Mark O'Shea

Secondhand Man, Shane Nicholson. Director: Josh Favaloro

Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests. Director: Duncan Toombs

Take A Walk In My Country, Troy Cassar-Daley. Director: Duncan Toombs

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Boneshaker, Catherine Britt

Heartbeat, Jasmine Rae

Secondhand Man, Shane Nicholson