Kelly Clarkson picked up a pair of CMA Awards nominations this week, including Female Vocalist of the Year, as well as Musical Event of the Year for her collaboration with Vince Gill on her song, “Don’t Rush.” Kelly enlisted noted producer Dann Huff to work with her on the project, and she told Dann that “Don’t Rush” felt like a song that would be perfect for some of that Vince Gill magic. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Kelly is on the radio and video airwaves now with her current country single, the terrific “Tie It Up.”
• The digital single for “Tie It Up” is available here, on iTunes.
• Kelly is a past CMA winner, taking home the 2011 Musical Event of the Year honor for her collaboration with Jason Aldean on the smash, “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”

  Kelly Clarkson talks about her collaboration with Vince Gill on the song “Don’t Rush,” nominated this week as CMA Musical Event of the Year. (:25)
“I was fortunate enough to get to work with Dann Huff on it again. I love him — he is so awesome to work with, and I begged him to ask Vince Gill (laughs) to sing with me ’cause I was like, ‘This sounds like such a Vince Gill song!’ ’cause it’s such, like, a R&B / country song, like it’s very soulful. I don’t know — I was excited to hear him on it, and I just think he sounds so amazing on it, and he’s just known for being, like, the best male vocalist ever, so I was pretty stoked that he said, ‘Yes.'”