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Trace Adkins (center) with Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and his wife, Anne, at the Nashville Chapter of the Recording Academy® Grammy Nominee party. Photo courtesy of The Recording Academy® 2009. Photograph by Rick Diamond/WireImage.com.

A year ago, Trace Adkins picked up his first-ever Grammy nomination for “You’re Gonna Miss This,” and he made a big deal out of it, heading off to Los Angeles to be part of the festivities surrounding the night.

As a first-timer, he hadn’t counted on the sheer volume of the event, and it wasn’t quite what he expected. The Country Music Association annually gives out 14 awards — most of them on its live telecast. But the Grammys, with more than 100 categories, distributes the bulk of its trophies in the hours leading up to the broadcast. A lot of the nominees — particularly those will be featured on TV — don’t even bother to attend the pre-telecast ceremony. Trace discovered that he’d gotten all dressed up for an event that didn’t feel quite so eventful.

This year, he picked up a second Grammy nomination, for “All I Ask For Anymore.” But if he should win on Sunday, someone will have to call him to let him know about it. He’ll be performing that night in Fairfax, Va., with Martina McBride and Sarah Buxton on the Shine All Night Tour.

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Toby Keith (l) signed Trace Adkins to his label, Show Dog-Universal Music, on Jan. 12, 2010. Photo courtesy of Show Dog-Universal Music.

Trace Adkins celebrated his 48th birthday Wednesday in a manner he’d never done before: He whipped out a pen in front of a roomful of journalists and signed a recording contract with Toby Keith’s Show Dog-Universal Music label at BMI’s Nashville offices.

“You don’t have to read that,” Toby joked.

“Read it!?” Trace shot back. “Hell, I wrote it!”

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Trace Adkins photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

It’s a good time to be Trace Adkins. He sang with Toby Keith during their concert dates this year; he’s currently touring with Martina McBride in the Shine All Night Tour; he’s got a role in “Tough Trade,” a new series for the video-on-demand and online service EPIX; and he’s the inspiration for the Luke McBain comic book.

Distributors sold out the first McBain issue in a mere 48 hours. The second in the four-issue series comes out Dec. 16.

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Martina McBride and Trace Adkins will join forces for the 2009-2010 Shine All Night Tour.

Martina McBride and Trace Adkins are in the midst of the 40-city Shine All Night Tour, and they make a joint stop to chat with host Nan Kelley on this weekend’s edition of GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.

The concert package earned its name from Martina’s current album, Shine, which introduced a couple new hits: the breezy “Ride” and her ballad “I Just Call You Mine.” The latter title is currently at No. 14 on this week’s countdown.

Trace has two songs ranked back to back on the Top 20 this week. His solo single “All I Ask For Anymore” hangs in at No. 7 while the Blake Shelton collaboration “Hillbilly Bone” checks in at No. 6. And the guy who shows up with Martina on the countdown is the real Trace, not the Luke McBain character that’s the hero in a comic book inspired by Trace’s life.

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