CMA noms: Little Big Town, Eric Church lead the pack

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Nominees for the 49th annual CMA Awards were announced live on Good Morning America Wednesday, with country acts Eric Church and Little Big Town dominating the list with five nominations each.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and country newcomer Kelsea Ballerini announced the nominees across five categories including Entertainer, Album, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year.

Ballerini was shocked to find out that she had nabbed two nominations herself including New Artist of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. "I sat at the CMA Awards as a fan last year," the 21-year-old recalled. "What is this!"

The rest of the categories were revealed afterwards by the CMA revealing that Church had earned nominations for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year, Musical Event of the Year and Single of the Year for the song Talladega.

Little Big Town garnered noms in categories such as Single of the Year for the song Girl Crush, Album of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, Song of the Year and Music Video of the Year.

Closely behind the country heavyweights were Kenny Chesney and Miranda Lambert with four nominations each.

Four acts from the new-artist category, Kelsea Ballerini, Sam Hunt, Maddie & Tae and Chris Stapleton received nominations in other categories as well. According to the CMA, it's the first time four acts have debuted as new-artist nominees while also receiving nominations in those additional categories.

The 2015 CMA Awards will be broadcasted live Nov. 4 on ABC.

The full slate of CMA nominations are as follows: New Artist of the Year Sam Hunt Maddie & Tae Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton Kelsea Ballerini

Album of the Year Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves Pain Killer, Little Big Town The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney Traveller, Chris Stapleton

Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood Lee Ann Womack Kelsea Ballerini

Male Vocalist of the Year Dierks Bentley Luke Bryan Eric Church Blake Shelton Chris Stapleton

Entertainer of the Year Garth Brooks Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Eric Church Miranda Lambert

Single of the Year "American Kids" Kenny Chesney "Girl Crush," Little Big Town "I Don't Dance," Lee Brice "Take Your Time," Sam Hunt "Talladega," Eric Church

Music Video of the Year "Biscuits," Kacey Musgraves "Girl Crush," Little Big Town "Girl In A Country Song," Maddie & Tae "Little Red Wagon," Miranda Lambert "Something In The Water," Carrie Underwood

Song of the Year "American Kids," Kenny Chesney "Girl Crush," Little Big Town "Like A Cowboy," Randy Houser "Like A Wrecking Ball," Eric Church "Take Your Time," Sam Hunt

Musical Event of the Year Django and Jimmie, Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard "Lonely Tonight," Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe "Raise 'Em Up," Keith Urban & Eric Church "Smokin' And Drinkin'," Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town "Wild Child," Kenny Chesney & Grace Potter

Musician of the Year Sam Bush, Mandolin Jerry Douglas, Dobro Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar Dann Huff, Guitar Mac McAnally, Guitar

Vocal Duo of the Year Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Maddie & Tae Thompson Square

Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Zac Brown Band