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[12/15/14 - 10:01 PM]
Winners Announced for Inaugural "American Country Countdown Awards"
Jason Aldean was named Artist of the Year, while hosts Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan scored the most awards of the evening with three each.

[via press release from FOX]

WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR INAUGURAL "AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS"

JASON ALDEAN NAMED ARTIST OF THE YEAR; HOSTS FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE AND LUKE BRYAN EACH SCORE THREE AWARDS

KENNY CHESNEY RECIPIENT OF GROUNDBREAKER AWARD; REBA PRESENTED WITH NASH ICON AWARD

NASHVILLE, TN. (Monday, December 15) - Winners have been announced for the star-studded inaugural AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS which aired LIVE tonight on FOX from Nashville's Music City Center. Jason Aldean was named Artist of the Year, while hosts Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan scored the most awards of the evening with three each.

Florida Georgia Line won Group/Duo of the Year and won two additional awards for "This Is How We Roll" featuring Luke Bryan in the categories of Digital Song of the Year and Collaboration of the Year. Bryan was also awarded Male Vocalist of the Year.

Miranda Lambert won Female Vocalist of the Year and performed the title track from her hit album, "Platinum." Eric Church's "The Outsiders" was named Album of the Year and Kip Moore won Breakthrough Artist of the Year Presented by Samsung Galaxy(R), the only fan-voted award of the night. Song of The Year went to "Beat of The Music" from hit maker Brett Eldredge, who also performed the awarding-winning song on the telecast.

Kenny Chesney performed "Til It's Gone," and was then presented with the Groundbreaker Award from actor and friend Vince Vaughn. The Groundbreaker Award recognizes an artist who has consistently pushed the boundaries and is a trailblazer in the realm of concerts, musical accomplishment, creative innovation and connecting with fans across the United States.

Multi-media entertainer Reba was the recipient of the first-ever NASH Icon Award, presented by longtime friend and radio host Kix Brooks. Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert paid tribute to Reba by performing "How Blue," "Take it Back" and "Fancy." The NASH Icon Award celebrates an iconic artist whose extraordinary talent has influenced generations of musicians.

Following is the list of winners in the 11 categories for this year's first-ever AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Luke Bryan

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Miranda Lambert

GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR Florida Georgia Line

SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to the Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s] "Beat of The Music" - Brett Eldredge; Songwriters: Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman, Heather Morgan; Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR Kip Moore

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR "This Is How We Roll" - Florida Georgia Line ft. Luke Bryan

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company-Label(s)] "The Outsiders" - Eric Church; Producer: Jay Joyce; Record Label: EMI Nashville

DIGITAL SONG OF THE YEAR "This Is How We Roll" - Florida Georgia Line ft. Luke Bryan

GROUNDBREAKER AWARD Kenny Chesney

NASH ICON AWARD Reba

The AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro (CEO, dick clark productions), Mike Mahan (President, dick clark productions), Mark Bracco (Executive Vice President, Programing and Development, dick clark productions), John Dickey (Executive Vice President of Content and Programming, Cumulus), Richard Godfrey ("MTV Europe Music Awards") and Tom Forrest ("CMT Crossroads") are executive producers. Baz Halpin is co-executive producer.

AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS finalists and winners, other than Breakthrough Artist of the Year, are determined based on statistics and radio airplay charts from Nov. 1, 2013-Oct. 31, 2014. The finalists for Album of the Year were based on album sales from SoundScan and the finalists for Artist of the Year were based on a combination of Mediabase airplay, digital data provided by Big Champagne and tour information from Pollstar. All other award categories were made up of those with the largest audience reach, according to Mediabase.

About dick clark productions

dick clark productions (dcp) is the world's largest producer and proprietor of televised live event entertainment programming. dcp produces perennial hits such as the "American Music Awards," "Golden Globe Awards," "Academy of Country Music Awards," "Billboard Music Awards," and "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest." Weekly television programming, includes "So You Think You Can Dance" from 19 Entertainment, a division of CORE Media Group, and dick clark productions; as well as "Rising Star" and the upcoming "Boom!" from Keshet DCP, the joint venture between Keshet International (KI), the global distribution and production arm of Keshet Media Group, and DC Media, the parent company of dick clark productions (dcp). In 2014, dcp will debut the "American Country Countdown Awards" (FOX), "Hollywood Film Awards (CBS) and "The PEOPLE Magazine Awards" (NBC). dcp also owns one of the world's most unique and extensive entertainment archive libraries with more than 55 years of dcp's award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances, and legendary programming. For additional information, visit www.dickclark.com.

About Cumulus

Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) combines high-quality local programming with iconic, nationally syndicated media, sports and entertainment brands in order to deliver premium choices for listeners, provide substantial reach for advertisers and create opportunities for shareholders. Cumulus provides exclusive content that is fully distributed through approximately 460 owned-and-operated stations in 90 U.S. media markets (including eight of the top 10), more than 10,000 broadcast radio affiliates and numerous digital channels Cumulus is well positioned in the widening digital audio space through a significant stake in the Rdio digital music service, featuring 30 million songs on-demand in addition to custom playlists and exclusive curated channels. Cumulus is also the leading provider of Country music and lifestyle content through its NASH brand. Nash serves over 90,000,000 Country fans through market leading broadcast radio short and long-form programming, NASH / Country Weekly magazine, Nash Live Events, Nash TV and soon to be announced Nash licensed apparel and home goods. For more information, visit www.cumulus.com.





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