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Jana Kramer Is Nominated For New Artist Of The Year

Jana Kramer is the Academy of Country Music Awards’ New Female Vocalist of the Year and is also nominated for New Artist of the Year as one of the freshest young voices in country music today. Kramer, whose self-titled album was named “Best of 2012” by Billboard and iTunes, has sold more than a million tracks, including more than 100,000 of the new single “Whiskey” and more than a half-million of “Why Ya Wanna.” In addition to her debut album premiering at #5, the success of “Why Ya Wanna” also earned Kramer the title of highest-charting debut single from a new female artist since 2006 (previously held by Taylor Swift), as well as making her one of the fastest-rising debut artists of 2012. She will be on the road with Darius Rucker's "True Believers Tour” in May and will join the North American “Ten Times Crazier Tour” with Blake Shelton and Easton Corbin on July 19 in Virginia Beach, Va.