Kenny Chesney snagged mentions in seven categories to emerge as the top nominee for the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood announced the nominations during a Tuesday morning (March 4) press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville.

The contenders were revealed during a broadcast of The Early Show. The CBS news program also featured live performances by multiple nominees Rodney Atkins and Miranda Lambert, the ACM's reigning new male and new female vocalists. Others receiving two or more nominations this year include Paisley, Big & Rich, Emerson Drive, Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.

Chesney's nominations includes another bid for entertainer of the year. If he's successful, it will be his fourth consecutive win the coveted prize. For the first time in ACM history, fans will choose the entertainer of the year winner. Fan voting begins May 5, and more details will be announced at a later date, according to the ACM.

Chesney is also nominated for top male vocalist and album, single, song and video of the year. Additionally, he and longtime friends Tracy Lawrence and Tim McGraw are nominated for vocal event of the year for "Find Out Who Your Friends Are," a hit single from Lawrence's For the Love album. Chesney and George Strait are also nominated in the vocal event category for their "Shiftwork."

Joining Chesney among the entertainer of the year nominees are Paisley, Rascal Flatts, George Strait and Keith Urban. Chesney, Atkins, Paisley, Strait and Urban are up for top male vocalist, and Lambert, Swift, Underwood, Martina McBride and Rimes are nominated for top female vocalist.

View photos from the ACM press conference.

Here's a complete list of this year's ACM nominees:

Entertainer of the Year

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

Rascal Flatts

George Strait

Keith Urban

Top Male Vocalist

Rodney Atkins

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

George Strait

Keith Urban

Top Female Vocalist

Miranda Lambert

Martina McBride

LeAnn Rimes

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

Top Vocal Group

Diamond Rio

The Eagles

Emerson Drive

Little Big Town

Rascal Flatts

Top Vocal Duo

Big & Rich

Brooks & Dunn

Halfway To Hazard

Montgomery Gentry

Sugarland

Top New Male Vocalist

Luke Bryan

Jack Ingram

Jake Owen

Top New Female Vocalist

Sarah Buxton

Kellie Pickler

Taylor Swift

Top New Duo or Vocal Group

Carolina Rain

Lady Antebellum

The Wreckers

Album of the Year

5th Gear, Brad Paisley

Producer: Frank Rogers

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert

Producers: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke

Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, Kenny Chesney

Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney

If You're Going Through Hell, Rodney Atkins

Producers: Rodney Atkins, Ted Hewitt

Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift

Producers: Scott Borchetta, Nathan Chapman, Robert Ellis Orrall

Single Record of the Year

"Don't Blink," Kenny Chesney

Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney

"Famous in a Small Town," Miranda Lambert

Producers: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke

"Lost in This Moment," Big & Rich

Producers: Big Kenny, John Rich

"Stay," Sugarland

Producers: Kristian Bush, Byron Gallimore, Jennifer Nettles

"Watching Airplanes," Gary Allan

Producers: Gary Allan, Mark Wright

Song of the Year

"Don't Blink"

Artist: Kenny Chesney

Writers: Casey Beathard, Chris Wallin

"Lost in This Moment"

Artist: Big & Rich

Writers: Keith Anderson, Rodney Clawson, John Rich

"Moments"

Artist: Emerson Drive

Writers: Dave Berg, Annie Tate, Sam Tate

"Watching You"

Artist: Rodney Atkins

Writers: Rodney Atkins, Steve Dean, Brian White

"Stay"

Artist: Sugarland

Writer: Jennifer Nettles

Video of the Year

"Don't Blink," Kenny Chesney

Producer: Tacklebox Films

Director: Shaun Silva

"Lost in This Moment," Big & Rich

Producers: Big Kenny, Steve Lamar, Marc Oswald

Directors: Robert Deaton, George Flanigen

"Online," Brad Paisley

Producer: Frames Per Second

Director: Jason Alexander

"Stay," Sugarland

Producers: Kristian Bush, Byron Gallimore, Jennifer Nettles

Director: Shaun Silva

"Watching You," Rodney Atkins

Producer: Broken Poet Production

Director: Eric Welch

Vocal Event

"Because of You," Reba McEntire Duet With Kelly Clarkson

Producers: Tony Brown, Reba McEntire

"Find Out Who Your Friends Are," Tracy Lawrence With Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney

Producers: Julian King, Tracy Lawrence

"Shiftwork," Kenny Chesney Duet With George Strait

Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney

"Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore," Bon Jovi Featuring LeAnn Rimes

Producer: Dann Huff

"What You Give Away," Vince Gill With Sheryl Crow

Producers: Vince Gill, John Hobbs, Justin Niebank