Nominations were announced this morning for the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards and Kenny Chesney earned five nominations:

Album of the Year

• ‘Hemingway’s Whiskey’ – Kenny Chesney
• ‘Need You Now’ – Lady Antebellum
• ‘The Guitar Song’ – Jamey Johnson
• ‘Speak Now’ – Taylor Swift
• ‘Up on the Ridge’ – Dierks Bentley
• ‘You Get What You Give’ – Zac Brown Band

Single Record of the Year

• ‘A Little More Country Than That’ – Easton Corbin
• ‘As She’s Walking Away’ – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson
• ‘If I Die Young’ – The Band Perry
• ‘Love Like Crazy’ – Lee Brice
• ‘The Boys of Fall’ – Kenny Chesney
• ‘The House That Built Me’ – Miranda Lambert

Video of the Year

• ‘Hillbilly Bone’ – Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins
• ‘Only Prettier’ – Miranda Lambert
• ‘Stuck Like Glue’ – Sugarland
• ‘The Boys of Fall’ – Kenny Chesney
• ‘The House That Built Me’ – Miranda Lambert

For the first two categories, Kenny was nominated as both the artist and a producer, bringing his total nominations to five.

The nominees for Entertainer of the Year this year are:

• Jason Aldean
• Toby Keith
• Miranda Lambert
• Brad Paisley
• Taylor Swift
• Keith Urban

See the full list of nominees here.

The 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will broadcast live from Las Vegas on April 3 at 8:00 PM ET on CBS.