<h3>We&#8217;ve got your rundown of country stars to watch for this Sunday on the 2011 Grammy Awards!</h3>
<p>Awards season is definitely in high gear as those trophies get polished and carpets get rolled out! We&#8217;re kickin it off with the 2011 Grammy&#8217;s this Sunday evening on CBS! It seems this year we&#8217;ve got some great representation for the country music industry. Here&#8217;s who to watch for and why:</p>
<p><strong>2011 GRAMMY® PERFORMANCES: </strong><br />
<a title="Lady Antebellum" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/lady-antebellum-concert-tour-tickets/">Lady Antebellum</a><br />
<a title="Miranda Lambert" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMLambert/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmiranda-lambert-tickets%2F">Miranda Lambert</a><br />
<a title="Martina McBride" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/martina-mcbride-concert-tour-dates/">Martina McBride</a> (In tribute to Aretha Franklin)</p>
<p><strong>2011 GRAMMY® PRESENTERS:</strong><br />
<a title="Keith Urban" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSKUrban/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkeith-urban-tickets%2F">Keith Urban</a><br />
<a title="Dierks Bentley" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dierks-bentley-concert-tour-dates/">Dierks Bentley</a><br />
<a title="Blake Shelton" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSBlakeS/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fblake-shelton-tickets%2F">Blake Shelton</a><br />
Zac Brown</p>
<p><strong>2011 GRAMMY® AWARD NOMINEES:</strong><br />
Best Female Country Vocal Performance<br />
“Satisfied” – Jewel<br />
“The House That Built Me” – <a title="Miranda Lambert" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMLambert/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmiranda-lambert-tickets%2F">Miranda Lambert</a><br />
“Swingin’” – <a title="LeAnn Rimes" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/leann-rimes-concert-tour-dates/">LeAnn Rimes</a><br />
“Temporary Home” – <a title="Carrie Underwood" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/carrie-underwood-tour-dates/">Carrie Underwood</a><br />
“I’d Love To Be Your Last” – <a title="Gretchen Wilson" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/gretchen-wilson-concert-tour-tickets/">Gretchen Wilson</a></p>
<p>Best Male Country Vocal Performance<br />
“Macon” – <a title="Jamey Johnson" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSJJohnson/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fjamey-johnson-tickets%2F">Jamey Johnson</a><br />
“Cryin’ For Me (Wayman’s Song)” – Toby Keith<br />
“Turning Home” – David Nail<br />
“’Til Summer Comes Around” – <a title="Keith Urban" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSKUrban/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkeith-urban-tickets%2F">Keith Urban</a><br />
“Gettin’ You Home” – <a title="Chris Young" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/chris-young-concert-tour-tickets/">Chris Young</a></p>
<p>Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals<br />
“Free” – <a title="Zac Brown Band" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBB/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzac-brown-band-tickets%2F">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
“Elizabeth” – Dailey &#038; Vincent<br />
“Need You Now” – <a title="Lady Antebellum" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/lady-antebellum-concert-tour-tickets/">Lady Antebellum</a><br />
“Little White Church” – <a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a><br />
“Where Rainbows Never Die” – The SteelDrivers</p>
<p>Best Country Collaboration With Vocals<br />
“Bad Angel” – <a title="Dierks Bentley" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dierks-bentley-concert-tour-dates/">Dierks Bentley</a>, <a title="Miranda Lambert" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMLambert/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmiranda-lambert-tickets%2F">Miranda Lambert</a> &#038; <a title="Jamey Johnson" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSJJohnson/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fjamey-johnson-tickets%2F">Jamey Johnson</a><br />
“Pride (In The Name Of Love)” – <a title="Dierks Bentley" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dierks-bentley-concert-tour-dates/">Dierks Bentley</a>, Del McCoury &#038; The Punch Brothers<br />
“As She’s Walking Away” – <a title="Zac Brown Band" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBB/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzac-brown-band-tickets%2F">Zac Brown Band</a> &#038; <a title="Alan Jackson" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbAJackson&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Falan-jackson-tickets%2Fartist%2F769574&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Alan Jackson</a><br />
“Hillbilly Bone” – <a title="Blake Shelton" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSBlakeS/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fblake-shelton-tickets%2F">Blake Shelton</a> &#038; <a title="Trace Adkins" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSTAdkins/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Ftrace-adkins-tickets%2F">Trace Adkins</a><br />
“I Run To You” – Marty Stuart &#038; Connie Smith</p>
<p>Best Country Song<br />
“The Breath You Take” – Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon &#038; Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (<a title="George Strait" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSStrait/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fgeorge-strait-tickets%2F">George Strait</a>)<br />
“Free” – Zac Brown, songwriter (<a title="Zac Brown Band" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBB/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzac-brown-band-tickets%2F">Zac Brown Band</a>)<br />
“The House That Built Me” – Tom Douglas &#038; Allen Shamblin, songwriters (<a title="Miranda Lambert" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMLambert/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmiranda-lambert-tickets%2F">Miranda Lambert</a>)<br />
“I’d Love To Be Your Last” – Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate &#038; Sam Tate, songwriters (<a title="Gretchen Wilson" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/gretchen-wilson-concert-tour-tickets/">Gretchen Wilson</a>)<br />
“If I Die Young” – <a title="Kimberly Perry" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cmt-next-women-of-country-presents-kimberly-perry-of-the-band-perry-tour/">Kimberly Perry</a>, songwriter (<a title="The Band Perry" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cmt-next-women-of-country-presents-kimberly-perry-of-the-band-perry-tour/">The Band Perry</a>)<br />
“Need You Now” – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley &#038; Hillary Scott, songwriters (<a title="Lady Antebellum" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/lady-antebellum-concert-tour-tickets/">Lady Antebellum</a>)</p>
<p>Best Country Album<br />
Up On The Ridge – <a title="Dierks Bentley" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dierks-bentley-concert-tour-dates/">Dierks Bentley</a><br />
You Get What You Give – <a title="Zac Brown Band" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBB/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzac-brown-band-tickets%2F">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
The Guitar Song – <a title="Jamey Johnson" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSJJohnson/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fjamey-johnson-tickets%2F">Jamey Johnson</a><br />
Need You Now – <a title="Lady Antebellum" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/lady-antebellum-concert-tour-tickets/">Lady Antebellum</a><br />
Revolution – <a title="Miranda Lambert" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMLambert/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmiranda-lambert-tickets%2F">Miranda Lambert</a></p>
<p>Best Country Instrumental Performance<br />
“Tattoo Of A Smudge” – Cherryholmes<br />
“Magic #9” – The Infamous Stringdusters<br />
“New Chance Blues” – Punch Brothers<br />
“Willow Creek” – Darrell Scott<br />
“Hummingbyrd” – Marty Stuart</p>