Selected from over a pool of 500
Lee Kernaghan and Catherine Britt
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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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
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
Cowboys & Sunsets, Roo Arcus
Freedom Ride, Troy Cassar-Daley
Hell Breaks Loose, Shane Nicholson
Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan
Wired, Travis Collins
Boneshaker, Catherine Britt
Heartbeat, Jasmine Rae
Other Side Of Town, Ashleigh Dallas
Silver Lining, Tori Darke
Sweet Rebecca, Beccy Cole
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
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
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
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
Blood Brothers, Tommy Emmanuel
Broken Hill, 8 Ball Aitken & Pete Denahy
Cluck Old Hen, Pete Denahy
Two Time Shuffle, Michael Fix
Unleashed, Mickey Pye
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
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
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
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
Boneshaker, Catherine Britt
Heartbeat, Jasmine Rae
Secondhand Man, Shane Nicholson
Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan
Take A Walk In My Country, Troy Cassar-Daley
Hell Breaks Loose, Shane Nicholson. Producer: Matt Fell
Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan & Special. Guests 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
Wired, Travis Collins. Producer: Travis Collins