Taste of Country Awards

Each day this week, new nominees for the 2011 Taste of Country Awards will be announced. There are 10 categories in this fan-voted online awards ceremony, including today's unveiling of the Best Artist to Follow on Twitter category. The five nominees -- Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift -- each find creative ways to keep fans involved while revealing bits a

Throughout the week, nominees for the 2011 Taste of Country Awards -- our inaugural fan-voted awards -- will be announced in full. Here are the Tour of the Year nominees, one of 10 awards categories that will be revealed. Country music tours have become elaborate productions in recent years, and the five nominees for the 2011 Tour of the Year award are masters of execution. While there is some ove

To kick off the 2011 Taste of Country Awards -- the first of what will become an annual fan-voted digital set of awards -- we present the Best New Artist nominees, one of 10 categories that will be announced throughout the week. The five acts selected for the Best New Artist category are all just months removed from sitting at home with nothing but a dream. It's one thing to sign a recording contr