By CHRIS TALBOTT
AP Entertainment Writer
With all due respect to the leading men of country, this year's
Academy of Country Music Awards looks like it's going to the gals.
Carrie Underwood can make history as the first woman to win two entertainer of the year awards when the stars turn out at the MGM Grand on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
Also up for the fan-voted award is Taylor Swift, the 20-year-old sensation who brought her country music to a huge mainstream audience, making her one of pop music's biggest stars.
Men have long dominated the award. But ACM host Reba McEntire says while most of Sunday's awards are still voted on by members of the music industry, technology may give Underwood and Swift an advantage over the guys.
"Whoever's the most active on the Internet and stuff, to me that's the person who would have the advantage," said McEntire, hosting the show for the 12th time. "So we'll see how it turns out."
Also up for the award are Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Keith Urban and the Zac Brown Band.
Underwood, who shut down juggernaut Kenny Chesney's four-year reign as ACM entertainer of the year in 2009, says she hasn't yet cleared space on her mantle for another entertainer trophy.
"Probably the chances of a repeat are pretty thin, but it's great to even have that opportunity," she said. "I know how blessed I am to have that opportunity."
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