Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnally have been nominated for induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Buffett was nominated in the Songwriter/Artist category for “Margaritaville.” McAnally was nominated in the Songwriter category for “Old Flame,” recorded by Alabama.

See the entire list of nominees here.

From Margaritaville.com:

Margaritaville Las Vegas wins “Best Margaritas” award!

AOL CityGuide named the margaritas at our own Margaritaville Las Vegas the “Best Margaritas” in their “City’s Best 2006” awards. Next time you’re in Vegas, be sure to stop by and try one for yourself.

www.margaritavillelasvegas.com

The 39th Annual CMA Awards are live tonight from New York City. The show will begin at 8 pm eastern time on CBS.

Jimmy Buffett is nominated for Vocal Event of the Year with Martina McBride for “Trip Around the Sun”

Jimmy Buffett was nominated for CMA Vocal Event of the Year with Martina McBride for “Trip Around the Sun” tonight but they did not win. George Strait and Lee Ann Wommack won for their duet “Good News, Bad News.”

From PRNewsWire:

Jimmy Buffett continues his love affair with the format in 2005 nominated for Musical Event of the Year with Martina McBride for “Trip Around the Sun”. In 2003, Buffett won his first-ever music award when he and Alan Jackson won Vocal Event (now Musical Event) for their party-ode “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” Buffett received his first CMA Award nomination in 1977 when he was nominated for Single of the Year for “Margaritaville.”

The other nominees for Musical Event of the Year:

George Strait with Lee Ann Womack – “Good News, Bad News”
Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack – “I’ll Never Be Free”
Brad Paisley with Sara Evans – “New Again”
Shania Twain with Billy Currington – “Party For Two”

“The 39th Annual CMA Awards” will be hosted for the second year by Brooks & Dunn and broadcast live from New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, Nov. 15 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on CBS.