Brad Paisley [ tickets ], who already has three Academy of Country Music Awards in his trophy case, leads the pack of nominees for this year's ACM honors.

Paisley is vying for ACMs in six categories: Top Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for "Time Well Wasted," Single Record of the Year for "Alcohol," and Song of the Year, Video of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for "When I Get Where I'm Going," a duet with Dolly Parton.

Close on Paisley's heels are Brooks & Dunn [ tickets ] and Sugarland [ tickets ], with five nominations each.

Nominees were announced during a Wednesday morning (3/8) press conference in Nashville that featured Rascal Flatts [ tickets ] and Carrie Underwood [ tickets ]--the first confirmed performers scheduled to appear on the upcoming ACM Awards telecast. Additional presenters and performers will be announced.

The 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live May 23 by CBS-TV from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The full list of nominees follows.

Entertainer of the Year:
Brooks and Dunn
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Rascal Flatts
Keith Urban

Top Male Vocalist:
Dierks Bentley
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban

Top Female Vocalist:
Sara Evans
Martina McBride
Carrie Underwood
Gretchen Wilson
Lee Ann Womack

Top Vocal Group:
Alabama
Little Big Town
Lonestar
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland

Top Vocal Duo:
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Van Zant
The Warren Brothers

Top New Male Vocalist:
Jason Aldean
Billy Currington
Craig Morgan

Top New Female Vocalist:
Miranda Lambert
Julie Roberts
Carrie Underwood

Top New Duo or Group:
Big & Rich
Little Big Town
Sugarland

Album of the Year:
"Feels Like Today," Rascal Flatts
"There's More Where That Came From," Lee Ann Womack
"Time Well Wasted," Brad Paisley
"Tough All Over," Gary Allan
"Twice the Speed of Life," Sugarland

Single Record of the Year:
"Alcohol," Brad Paisley
"Baby Girl," Sugarland
"Believe," Brooks & Dunn
"Best I Ever Had," Gary Allan
"Jesus Take the Wheel," Carrie Underwood

Song of the Year:
"Baby Girl," Sugarland
"Believe," Brooks & Dunn
"Jesus Take the Wheel," Carrie Underwood
"Skin (Sarabeth)," Rascal Flatts
"When I Get Where I'm Going," Braid Paisley and Dolly Parton

Video of the Year:
"As Good I Once Was," Toby Keith
"Believe," Brooks & Dunn
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning," Lee Ann Womack
"Kerosene," Miranda Lambert
"When I Get Where I'm Going," Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton

Vocal Event of the Year:
"I Play Chicken with the Train," Cowboy Troy and Big & Rich
"Like We Never Loved at All," Faith Hill with Tim McGraw
"When I Get Where I'm Going," Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton
"Who Says You Can't Go Home," Jennifer Nettles and Bon Jovi