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ACM Awards 2009 take place on Sunday, April 5 at 8 PM ET/PT on CBS. See a complete list of nominees, winners, photos, and video below of the Academy of Country Music Awards 2009.

This is the the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ceremony takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The awards honor the noteworthy contributions to country music from the top musicians, venues, radio stations, and personalities in a star-studded live Read more…

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THE SHOW: “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock”

WHEN | WHERE: Monday night at 8 on ABC/7

THE DEAL: Three hours of performances from the Country Music Association’s annual Nashville fan event, taped in June.

PERFORMERS: Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, the Judds, Trace Adkins, Miranda Lambert, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, John Rich, Darius Rucker, Julianne Hough, Kellie Pickler, Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Jamey Johnson and the Zac Brown Band.

QUOTE: Paisley says he appreciates that so many of today’s country stars are all doing their own things under the umbrella labeled “country music.”

“In the ’90s, you had a million similar artists out there,” Paisley says. “They were all really good, but they were so similar, country got stereotyped. Today, we have Kenny [Chesney], who’s known for what he does, and Keith [Urban] is Keith, and there’s Taylor [Swift] and Rascal Flatts . . . just all these different people with all these different sounds.”

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