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Carrie Underwood dominated the first-ever American Country Awards on FOX last December, taking home six awards, including Artist of the Year.

She won’t quite be able to match that feat in 2011, but when nominations for the second ACA show were announced this week, Carrie was on the list four times.

Billed as “the show for the next generation of country music fans” — after all, there are a heck of a lot of county music award shows out there — the ACAs will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 with Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth as co-hosts.

Carrie isn’t the only American Idol nominated for honors either.

Kelly Clarkson’s smash duet with Jason Aldean, “Don’t You Want to Stay,” is up for single of the year and music video of the year in the vocal collaboration categories.

And new Idol Scotty McCreery has been nominated for the new artist award.

As for Carrie, she missed out on an overall Artist of the Year nomination. She is, after all, nearly two years removed from her last album. Those nominations went to Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift and the Zac Brown Band.

She is nominated for Female Artist of the Year, single of the year female (“Mama’s Song”), music video female (“Mama’s Song” again) and touring headline package of the year.

A complete list of nominees in the categories in which Idols are nominated appears below.

You can head here for a complete list of nominees in all categories … and to vote for the performers you think should win. You can vote once per day in each category.

For a photo gallery from last year’s show, head here.

Artist of the Year (Female)
Sara Evans
Alison Krauss
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Artist of the Year (New Artist)
The Band Perry
Scotty McCreery
Jerrod Niemann
The Pistol Annies
Thompson Square

Single of the Year (Female)
Sara Evans, “A Little Bit Stronger”
Miranda Lambert, “Heart Like Mine”
Reba, “Turn On The Radio”
Taylor Swift, “Mean”
Carrie Underwood, “Mama’s Song”

Single of the Year (Vocal Collaboration)
Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, “Don’t You Wanna Stay?”
Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, “You and Tequila”
Brad Paisley with Alabama, “Old Alabama”
Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffet, “Knee Deep”
Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson, “As She’s Walking Away”

Tour of the Year
Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban

Music Video (Female)
Sara Evans, “A Little Bit Stronger”
Reba, “Turn On The Radio”
Ashton Shepherd, “Look It Up”
Taylor Swift, “Back To December”
Carrie Underwood, “Mama’s Song”

Music Video (Duo, Group or Collaboration)
Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson “Don’t You Wanna Stay?”
The Band Perry “You Lie”
Lady Antebellum “Hello World”
Thompson Square “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not?”
Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson “As She’s Walking Away”