Taste of Country Awards

With all votes in and the ballots tabulated, Blake Shelton has won four 2011 Taste of Country Awards, including the 2011 Album of the Year, Cover Performance of the Year and Best Artist to Follow on Twitter honors. Shelton also earned a 2011 Taste of Country Awards co-honor alongside his wife, Miranda Lambert: the Headline of the Year title for the news of their wedding in 2011. Fans rewarded Sh

Taylor Swift fans have made sure her 2012 begins the way her 2011 ended. Getting the most votes in four categories, Swift is one of the big winners of the 2011 Taste of Country Awards. All 10 award winners were decided by readers and fans. The 22-year-old will have to find room on her list of awards she's won for Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, Tour of the Year and Best New Pet (for her kit

All categories for the 2011 Taste of Country Awards have now been revealed, and fans have until 11:59PM ET on Jan. 1, 2012 to support their favorite artists in our first annual digital awards ceremony. Taylor Swift leads the way with seven nominations, but Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert can also be found in multiple categories. The Taste of Country Awards are completely fan-voted,

Nine categories of the 2011 Taste of Country Awards nominees have been announced already, and now you have the chance to start voting on the final one. Artist of the Year is the biggest award of them all, as fans can decide which singer or group had the most impressive 2011. The nominees are Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift. This award winner will not be

One of the final categories announced for the 2011 Taste of Country Awards looks back at the year's top headlines. These nominated headlines dominated the news cycle for days, even weeks at a time, and were favorites of Taste of Country readers. Like all categories in this inaugural digital awards ceremony, the Headline of the Year will be decided by fans. Links to the original reports are include

The eighth category to be revealed for the 2011 Taste of Country Awards is the prestigious Song of the Year category. Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Ronnie Dunn and Taylor Swift will need plenty of fan support to win this award, as all Taste of Country Award winners are decided by voters. To be eligible, a song must have been released as a radio single during the cal

The latest 2011 Taste of Country Awards category to be announced is by far the most adorable. Best New Pet looks at all the furballs (no one got a new turtle or bird that we know of) country artists have brought home over the past 12 months. The majority were strays or came from a rescue. Some artists are known for bringing home multiple new pets, so there were some tough decisions to be made about which of her (we're looking at you, Mrs. Blake Shelton) new pets were the best. The nominees include cats and dogs owned by Kellie Pickler, Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift and Jake Owen.

The sixth category to be announced for the 2011 Taste of Country Awards is Album of the Year. Only artists who've released albums in the 2011 calendar year are eligible for this fan-voted award that includes five of the best country releases over the last 12 months. The nominees are Blake Shelton's 'Red River Blue,' Eric Church's 'Chief,' Miranda Lambert's 'Four the Record,' Pistol Annies' 'Hell o

The 2011 Taste of Country Awards look to honor serious country accomplishments, but also the more spontaneous and impulsive flashes of creativity that artists have shown over the past year. All week long, the categories for these fan-voted upon honors are being unveiled one at a time, including the Cover Performance of the Year category, which includes country recreations by Blake Shelton, Lady An

The fourth category announced for the 2011 Taste of Country Awards is Video of the Year. Five of the year's top videos in terms of views, creativity and impact have been selected, and fans will cast their votes to choose the winner. The nominees include 'Old Alabama' by Brad Paisley, 'Tattoos on This Town' by Jason Aldean, 'You and Tequlla' by Kenny Chesney feat...