Lee Kernaghan Leads Golden Guitar Nominations

Lee Kernaghan has picked up seven nominations for this year's Golden Guitar awards, with Sara Storer and Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey close behind with six nods each.

The Australian country industry's most prestigious awards, there were strong showings from O'Shea and Australia's Got Talent graduates The Wolfe Brothers (four each) as well as starlet Jasmine Rae (three).

The CMMA Country Music Awards Of Australia will be held Saturday 25 January at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre. Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey and Sara Storer & John Williamson have already been locked in to perform on the night ( the latter probably performing their epic Pozie).

The full list of nominations is below:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Beautiful Noise – Lee Kernaghan
Fuse – Keith Urban
If I Want To – Jasmine Rae
Lovegrass – Sara Storer
The Great Country Songbook – Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey

ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

A Side B Side Seaside – Karl Broadie
Australian Songbook Three – The Bushwackers
Black Coffee – Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Powerlines – Mustered Courage
Sweetheart Of The Sun – The Greencards

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Keith Urban – Little Bit Of Everything
Lee Kernaghan – Flying With The King
Luke Austen – Let's Just Go With It
Pete Denahy – Sayonara Nakamura
Russell Morris – Squizzy

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Aleyce Simmonds – Believe
Ashleigh Dallas – Me
Dianna Corcoran – Therapy
Jasmine Rae – If I Want To
Sara Storer – Lovegrass

GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR

Kaylens Rain – Waiting On A Bus
O'Shea – Thank You Angels
The Greencards – Black, Black Water
The Sunny Cowgirls – Green And Gold
The Wolfe Brothers – The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory

VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Beyond These City Lights – Jayne Denham & Shannon Noll
Lights On The Hill – Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey
Pozie – Sara Storer & John Williamson
There's No Place Like Home – O'Shea & McAlister Kemp
Turn The Page – Travis Collins, Luke Austen, Luke Dickens & Liam Brew

TOYOTA HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR

Ballad Of Les Darcy – written by Russell Morris and Garry Paige, recorded by Russell Morris
Flying With The King – written by Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter, recorded by Lee Kernaghan
Lady Of The Land – written by Luke O'Shea and Drew McAlister, recorded by Luke O'Shea
Lights On The Hill – written by Joy McKean, recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey
Pozie – written by Sara Storer, Greg Storer, Tom McCullough, recorded by Sara Storer & John Williamson

BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR

Akubras In The Snow – written by Peter Simpson, recorded by Dianne Lindsay
Brumby – written by Dean Perrett and Shirrelle Jackman, recorded by Dean Perrett
I Love Australia – written by Keith Jamieson, recorded by Jeff Brown
Old Time Timber Men – written by Brian K Kelly, recorded by John Smith
The Stockman – written by Ray Rose, recorded by Tom Maxwell

INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR

Allegheny – Mustered Courage
Blackberry Blossom – Bob Corbett & The Roo Grass Band
Cotton Eyed Joe – Pete Denahy
I Won't Last A Day Without You – Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor
Paddle The Torrens – The Greencards

QANTASLINK NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR

Adam Eckersley Band – Long Enough To Disappear
Ashleigh Dallas – Me
Kaylee Bell – Heart First
Kaylens Rain – Waiting On A Bus
The Wolfe Brothers – The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory

APRA SONG OF THE YEAR

Come On Rain – written by Sara Storer and Greg Storer, recorded by Sara Storer
Flying With The King – written by Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter, recorded by Lee Kernaghan
Lady Of The Land – written by Luke O'Shea and Drew McAlister, recorded by Luke O'Shea
Thank You Angels – written by Mark & Jay O'Shea and Matt Scullion, recorded by O'Shea
The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory – written by Nick Wolfe, recorded by The Wolfe Brothers

CMC VIDEO CLIP OF THE YEAR

Flying With The King – Lee Kernaghan, directed by Duncan Toombs
Harder To Tame – McAlister Kemp, directed by Matt Inglis
Lights On The Hill – Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey, directed by Rusty Gate Films
Thankyou Angels – O'Shea, directed by Duncan Toombs
Two Worlds Collide – The McClymonts, directed by Duncan Toombs

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Flying With The King – Lee Kernaghan
If I Want To – Jasmine Rae
Lights On The Hill - Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey
Little Bit Of Everything – Keith Urban
Lovegrass – Sara Storer

INTERNATIONAL TOP SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR

40 Years of Pride – Charley Pride
Based On A True Story – Blake Shelton
Golden – Lady Antebellum
Red – Taylor Swift
Thirty Miles West – Alan Jackson

SANITY AUSTRALIAN TOP SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Beautiful Noise – Lee Kernaghan
Fuse – Keith Urban
It's On – The Wolfe Brothers
Life Is A Highway – Jason Owen
The Great Country Songbook – Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey