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Kenny Chesney continues ginning money at an extraordinary pace. Billboard has just released its fourth annual list of the Top 40 money earners in the music world, and Kenny came in at No. 9 with $26.5 million in earnings last year. With all those Benjamins flowing in, it was nice to see Kenny keeping it real the other night in Nashville by dropping by the world-famous honky tonk, Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, on Lower Broadway. He was joined by ’70s rocker, Steve Miller , for an impromptu beer-soaked jam. No doubt the lucky tourists in the joint were happily stunned. That’s exactly what makes Nashville and its famous honky tonks like a box of chocolates. There was no surprise at the top of Billboard’s money list this year with U2 raking in a cool $108.6 million. They were followed by Bruce Springsteen ($57.6 million), Madonna ($47.2 million), AC/DC ($43.6 million) and Britney Spears ($38.9 million). Other country acts making the Top 40 included No. 19 Rascal Flatts ($18 million), No. 21 Taylor Swift ($17.2 million), No. 27 Brad Paisley ($14.3 million), No.

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Read more: Lady Antebellum Tops 2010 ACM Nominations

The nominations for the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards are out, and Lady Antebellum led the way with seven nominations in five different categories, including nods for album of the year, single record of the year and top vocal group. Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire announced the nominees on The Early Show on CBS. Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert each received six nominations and will go head to head in the top female vocalist catergory, along with Taylor Swift , who received five nominations, including her first ACM nomination for entertainer of the year. Taylor will compete for the entertainer of the year trophy with Kenny Chesney , Toby Keith , George Strait , Brad Paisley , Zac Brown Band , Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban . Zac Brown Band is up for four awards, while Zac Brown, himself, is up for six (with the ACM’s, and artist can receive more than one nomination in the same category if they also wrote or produced the song or album). Reba will host the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 18 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. CBS will televise the show. Click here for the full list of nominees . Photo © Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum Tops 2010 ACM Nominations originally appeared on About.com Country Music on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 15:45:33. Permalink | Comment | Email this