The 2009 ARIA Awards nominations have been announced and the nominees in the BEST COUNTRY ALBUM category are;

* Jasmine Rae - Look It Up
* Keith Urban - Defying Gravity
* Felciity Urquhart - Landing Lights 
* Shane Nicholson - Familar Ghosts
* Troy Cassar Daley - I Love This Place

Shane Nicholson won the award last year with wife Kasey Chambers for their album, Rattlin Bones, while Keith Urban won the award in 2007 and Troy Cassar-Daley in 2006.

For Jasmine Rae, it's her first ARIA Award nomination with her ARIA #5 debuting album, Look It Up. It's also the first nomination for Felicity Urquhart, whose album Landling Lights has been critically aclaimed.