<h3>Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton and Dolly Parton Nominated for O Music Awards 2.</h3>
<p><strong><a title="Taylor Swift" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSTSwift/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Ftaylor-swift-tickets%2F">Taylor Swift</a></strong>, <strong><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></strong> and <strong>Dolly Parton</strong> are the representative group holding the fort for country music at the next round of &#8220;<strong>O Music Awards</strong>&#8221; hosted by MTV. The &#8220;O Music Awards&#8221; (as you are no doubt wondering by now) is a strange but (arguably) inevitable development of digital and web culture. MTV is essentially honoring musical artists online activities, typically relating to promotion or contacting fans. The &#8220;O&#8221; literally stands for &#8220;offbeat, outrageous, online&#8221;. </p>
<p>So, this is not your average award show, and the categories are less than average as well. Taylor is nominated in the &#8220;Fan Army FTW&#8221; category for her &#8220;Taylor Nation&#8221; legion of fans, and <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> (we really should not be surprised here) is nominated for &#8220;Must Follow Artist On Twitter&#8221;. The one really interesting part of this is Dolly&#8217;s nomination. She pops up in the &#8220;Best Vintage Viral Video&#8221; for &#8220;<em>Jolene</em>&#8220;. Taylor and Blake&#8217;s nominations make complete sense, but Dolly&#8217;s nomination is especially important. It really demonstrates how classic music can live forever, and how this music can be relived and re-experienced through digital technology. </p>
<p>Even though this is kind of a wacky award show, it is fun to see that amidst all the really random categories and equally random nominations, a piece of classic, solid country made it in. </p>
<p><strong>You can watch the nominated video here!</strong><br />
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plvBR02wDs]</p>