| Sugarland may be a relatively new kid on the country | | | | Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush are too |
| music block—the duo first rose to fame with the | | | | busy to worry about which CMT Award they will win |
| release of Twice the Speed of Life in 2004—but | | | | (if not all four!), because the duo is currently recording |
| managed to tie with Jason Aldean and Lady | | | | its fourth studio album. Tentatively titled The Incredible |
| Antebellum for the most nominations for the upcoming | | | | Machine, the forthcoming album is the follow-up to |
| 2010 CMT Music Awards. All three acts secured four | | | | 2008's Love on the Inside and will likely feature 10 or 11 |
| nominations for the CMT Awards, reported The Boot, | | | | new songs, reported Nettles sat down with to chat |
| which will air live from the country music capital of | | | | about the album, which doesn't have a release date |
| Nashville on June 9. The network announced the | | | | just yet, and said she hopes fans can pick up the new |
| nominees on April 5, and fans can vote on CMT's | | | | album this fall. |
| website until May 3 to narrow each category down to | | | | Love on the Inside scored the country duo their first |
| four finalists (most have eight currently). | | | | No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold |
| Two of Sugarland's songs, "Keep You" and | | | | 2,035,000 copies to date, and The Incredible Machine is |
| "Nightswimming/Joey," are nominated in the Duo Video | | | | poised to follow suit. In describing the process of |
| of the Year category and will face off against Caitlin | | | | recording the album, Nettles told Billboard.com, "We |
| & Will ("Address in the Stars"), Bomshel ("Fight | | | | didn't make it ballad heavy, though we do enjoy those |
| Like a Girl"), Brooks & Dunn ("Indian Summer" and | | | | moments of poignancy. The arrangements use |
| "My Maria [Invitation Only]"), Steel Magnolia ("Keep on | | | | different choices of instrumentation. I don't know if |
| Lovin' You") and Joey & Rory ("Play the Song"). | | | | there's even a mandolin on this record." Nettles also |
| Sugarland's rendition of "Love Shack" with the B-52s is | | | | revealed that the album and the duo's forthcoming tour |
| nominated in the Collaborative Video of the Year | | | | are inspired by the "steampunk movement," a strain of |
| category along with "Best Days of Your Life" (Kellie | | | | science fiction which imagines a world in which |
| Pickler and Taylor Swift), "Heaven" (Jason Aldean and | | | | technology remained frozen in Victorian times while |
| Bryan Adams), "Hillbilly Bone" (Blake Shelton and Trace | | | | humans continued to evolve intellectually. "I describe it |
| Adkins), "Honky Tonk Stomp" (Brooks & Dunn | | | | emotionally as bungee jumping and eating chocolate |
| and Billy Gibbons), "I'm Alive" (Kenny Chesney and | | | | cake. It's terrifying and gratifying, all at the same time," |
| Dave Matthews), "Ride Back Home" (John Mellencamp | | | | explained Nettles. |
| and Karen Fairchild) and "Somewhere Between | | | | Nettles and Bush will embark on their U.S. tour at |
| Jennings and Jones" (Shooter Jennings and Jamey | | | | Primm, Nevada's Star of the Desert Arena on April 23. |
| Johnson; from CMT Crossroads). | | | | From there they will headline shows at amphitheaters |
| Lastly, Sugarland's performance of "Love Shack" with | | | | and arenas in cities like Concord, Calif.; West Valley |
| the B-52s from the 2009 CMT Music Awards is up for | | | | City, Utah; Burgettstown, Pa.; Camden, N.J.; Saratoga |
| CMT Performance of the Year. Other nominees in the | | | | Springs, N.Y.; Sioux Falls, S.D. and many more. The |
| category include "Consider Me Gone" (Reba McEntire; | | | | duo's trek will also feature stops at music festivals like |
| from Invitation Only), "Heaven"(Jason Aldean and | | | | the Stage Coach Country Music Festival (in Indio, Calif. |
| Bryan Adams; from CMT Crossroads), "Lookin' for a | | | | on April 24), Country Thunder (in Twin Lakes, Wis. on |
| Good Time" (Lady Antebellum; from the 2009 CMT | | | | July 23) and Country Jam (in Eau Claire, Wis. on July |
| Music Awards), "Sideways" (Dierks Bentley from the | | | | 24). <a rel="nofollow" |
| 2009 CMT Music Awards) and "Southern Voice" (Tim | | | | onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' |
| McGraw; from Invitation Only). Voting for a winner in all | | | | outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" tickets</a> are |
| categories except Video of the Year will begin on | | | | available now at <a rel="nofollow" |
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