VIDEO: LEANN RIMES REMINDS AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS AUDIENCE OF COUNTRY TRADITION WITH STUNNING TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE

If there was one moment in the American Country Awards last night that silenced a room and made everyone remember that the title of this show included the word "COUNTRY", it was the stunning tribute to the late Patsy Cline by LeAnn Rimes.What an emotional part of this show. It was not only wonderful to see tribute paid to one of the great voices of country, but to see it paid by another one of the great voices of our time, LeAnn. The spotlight shines again on LeAnn, but this time for the right reasons, her amazing voice and talent. It's nice to see her back where she belongs, doing what she was born to do. Thank you LeAnn for the reminder that country was founded on tradition and for bringing the audience a shining example of that tradition. It may have been a short performance, but it will continue to resonate with country fans for a long time.

PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED FOR AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS

SHERYL CROW TO SING WITH DARIUS RUCKER, PLUS FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ALSO TO PERFORM, AT “AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS”

LIVE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, ON FOX

Scotty McCreery, Chris Young, Carrie Keegan, Joe Nichols and Lauren Alaina
Among Stars Scheduled to Appear

Voting Continues for Artist of the Year Until Saturday, December 7 at www.theacas.com

Nine-time GRAMMY Award winner Sheryl Crow will sing with two-time GRAMMY Award winner Darius Rucker, plus Platinum recording artists Florida Georgia Line also are set to perform at the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS (ACA) airing live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

Hosted by Trace Adkins and Danica Patrick, the two-hour event will also feature appearances by Scotty McCreery, Chris Young, Carrie Keegan, Joe Nichols and Lauren Alaina. Additional performers and presenters to be announced soon.

The two-hour live music spectacular offers country music fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite artists, not only in traditional categories, but also in a previously unrecognized area – touring – encompassing the entire spectrum of country music.

Voting for Artist of the Year continues until Friday, Dec. 7 at www.theacas.com.