Rodney Atkins, Dolly Parton, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are set to perform on the 43rd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards, to be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Sunday, May 18 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on CBS.

The list of Country luminaries performing on "The 41st Annual CMA Awards" reads like a who's who of the format's finest and freshest faces with the announcement today that multiple nominee Alison Krauss and Horizon Award nominees Jason Aldean and Kellie Pickler have each been added to the list of performers for this year's gala.

-Win a CMA Awards Prize Pack! Multi-talented, Academy Award winning actor Jamie Foxx joins reigning CMA Awards Vocal Group of the Year Rascal Flatts for a duet performance during "The 41st Annual CMA Awards"

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Kenny Chesney may want to start arriving at the Academy of Country Music Awards a little later in the evening. For a third consecutive year, he sat through a three-hour show before winning anything. But patience was a virtue at Tuesday's 42nd annual award ceremony, just as it was at the 40th and 41st gatherings, when Chesney also went home with the prestigious entertainer of the year trophy.

ABC's hottest music event is back and bigger and better than ever when today's most exciting Country Music artists hit the stage in Nashville for a four-day party and celebration of America's music for the special "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock."

Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing that country music superstars Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood and new artists Rodney Atkins and Miranda Lambert will perform as part of the sold out 42nd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards.