Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift score CMT Music Awards nominations - Los Angeles Times

<div readability="63.471867967"> <p><img alt="Justin" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef01538e29c1c3970b" src="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01538e29c1c3970b-350wi" title="Justin"/> Acts such as Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are virtual certainties when it comes to the 2011 CMT Music Awards, which announced its nominations Wednesday morning.</p> <p>But Justin Bieber?</p><p>The pop phenomenon scored his first-ever country nod for his collaboration with Rascal Flatts on a reworked version of his track "That Should Be Me" for his EP, "Never Say Never –- The Remixes."</p><p>Nominated in the collaborative video of the year category, Biebs is up against the Jason Aldean (who leads with four nominations) and Kelly Clarkson duet "Don't You Wanna Stay"; Kid Rock's Sheryl Crow-assisted "Collide"; Aaron Lewis' "Country Boy," which features George Jones and Charlie Daniels;  and the Loretta Lynn, Miranda Lambert and Crow team-up, "Coal Miner's Daughter." </p><p>Swift trailed behind Aldean with three nods. Her video for "Mine" is vying for best web video of the year, a new category going to online performances of songs, female video of the year and video of the year. </p><p>Underwood is up for two trophies, with her video for "Undo It" up for female video of the year and video of the year. </p><p>Winners are determined by fan votes. The show takes place June 8 in Nashville, Tenn.</p> <p>-- Gerrick D. Kennedy</p> <p><em>Photo: Justin Bieber performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles. Credit: Matt Sayles / Associated Press<br/></em></p> </div>