Taylor Swift earns a spot.

E!Online reports..........
Taylor Swift may not have walked away with the most Country Music Association Award nominations this morning, but she did walk away with the most impressive nod.

While Brad Paisley emerged as the clear chicken-fried frontrunner of the CMAs, amassing a leading six nominations, the teen songbird had the distinction of becoming the first female solo artist in nine years to make the cut in the male-dominated field of Entertainer of the Year, the highest honor.