Organizers of the first-ever American Country Awards have confirmed that country music superstars Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton and Josh Turner will make a special live performance at the inaugural awards show. The 2010 American Country Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Dec. 6th, 2010 on Fox Network (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST live/PST tape-delayed).

The event will also feature special appearances by Lady Antebellum, Laura Bell Bundy, Rodney Carrington, Jewel, Bret Michaels, Ty Murray, Jeff Dunham, Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip and Elliott Sadler.

The two-hour primetime special  is the only country music awards show that gives fans the chance to vote for their favorite artists in a series of traditional and non traditional categories such as “Touring Artist of the Year”. Fans had until  November 8, 2010, to cast their vote in all categories excluding the “Artist of the Year” category, which will remain open until December 4th – two days before the show.

Superstars Lady Antebellum and newcomer Easton Corbin lead the inaugural American Country Awardsnominees with seven nominations each; Carrie Underwood earned six nods; and Miranda Lambert and Josh Turner each garnered five.

Tickets for the 2010 American Country Awards can be purchased in person at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino), by the phone at (800) 745-3000, or online at WDIAV Tickets section. For more information, please click here.

Here's the complete list of nominees for the 2010 American Country Awards in each category:

Artist of the Year
Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Male
Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban

Artist of the Year: Female
Jewel, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood

Artist of the Year: Duo or Group
Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, The Band Perry, Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
Easton Corbin, Danny Gokey, Jaron and The Long Road To Love, Jerrod Niemann, The Band Perry
Album of the Year "Doin’ My Thing," Luke Bryan, "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, "Revolution," Miranda Lambert, "Haywire," Josh Turner, "Play On," Carrie Underwood

Single of the Year
"Do I," Luke Bryan, "A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin, "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, "Gimme That Girl," Joe Nichols, "Why Don’t We Just Dance," Josh Turner

Single of the Year: Male
"Do I," Luke Bryan "Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin, "That’s How Country Boys Roll," Billy Currington, "Gimme That Girl," Joe Nichols, "Why Don’t We Just Dance," Josh Turner

Single of the Year: Female
"White Liar," Miranda Lambert, "Wrong Baby Wrong," Martina McBride, "Consider Me Gone," Reba McEntire, "Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You," Kellie Pickler, "Cowboy Casanova," Carrie Underwood

Single of the Year: Duo or Group
"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, "Little White Church," Little Big Town, "Unstoppable," Rascal Flatts, "Keep On Lovin’ You," Steel Magnolia, "Toes," Zac Brown Band

Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
"Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin, "Pray for You," Jaron and The Long Road To Love, "Lover, Lover," Jerrod Niemann, "Keep on Lovin’ You," Steel Magnolia, "Beer on the Table," Josh Thompson

Touring Artist of the Year
Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Martina McBride & Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, George Strait & Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood

Music Video of the Year
"A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin, "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, "Hillbilly Bone," Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins, "Why Don’t We Just Dance," Josh Turner, "The Man I Want To Be," Chris Young

Music Video: Male
"A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin, "Southern Voice," Tim McGraw, "Hillbilly Bone," Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins, "Why Don’t We Just Dance," Josh Turner, "The Man I Want To Be," Chris Young

Music Video: Female
"White Liar," Miranda Lambert, "Consider Me Gone," Reba McEntire, "Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You," Kellie Pickler, "Cowboy Casanova," Carrie Underwood, "Work Hard, Play Harder," Gretchen Wilson

Music Video: Duo or Group
"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, "Little White Church," Little Big Town, "Unstoppable," Rascal Flatts, "Keep on Lovin’ You," Steel Magnolia, "Highway 20 Ride," Zac Brown Band

Music Video: Breakthrough Artist
"Giddy On Up," Laura Bell Bundy, "A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin, "Lover, Lover," Jerrod Niemann, "Keep on Lovin’ You," Steel Magnolia, "If I Die Young," The Band Perry