Carrie Underwood leads early Country People's Choice Award nominees

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Voting to determine nominees for the 2013 People’s Choice Awards is under way, with Carrie Underwood leading the country categories. She's a semi-finalist for three awards -- Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Country Artist and Favorite Album forBlown Away.

Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band are in two categories each. Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Scotty McCreery and Lionel Richie are also contenders.

You can vote for up to five finalists in each category. The PCAs air live on January 9th on CBS.

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