They've received a fair share of nominations but next year country rock band The Wolfe Brothers hope they will finally take home their first Golden Guitar.
With five nominations the band along with country music queen Kasey Chambers's seven nominations lead the Tamworth Country Music Festival Golden Guitar awards nominees announcement on Tuesday in Sydney.
"Thirteen nominations and 13 losses, not that I'm counting," Tom Wolfe joked to AAP.
"I feel like this is our best work so if we are going to get one I feel it probably would be [this]. I'm positive forecasting."
Young talent broke out into multiple categories including the Hunter Valley's Tori Forsyth who was nominated for New Talent of the Year, Female Artist of The Year and Alternative Country Album of the Year.
Forsyth's alternative country style show was so popular at last year's festival she had to be upgraded to a larger venue.
"There is such a diverse amount of country music that plays there now," she told AAP.
"You can kind of get whatever you are into. I think it's really special it's a music festival that caters for all the different sub-genres."
The award's night on January 26 will be hosted by musicians Amber Lawrence and Adam Brand.
"In January every year no matter where you are in Australia all roads lead to Tamworth," Brand told the audience.
More than 700 performers across 2000 events will entertain the 300,000 fans that will swarm to Tamworth come January 18 for a week of the country fun.
This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the Toyota Star Maker competition which has helped launch the likes of Keith Urban, Travis Collins, Beccy Cole and more.
A special concert will be held at the festival featuring 28 previous Star Maker winners.
GOLDEN GUITAR NOMINEES
* MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
John Williamson, Butcherbird
Graeme Connors, from the backcountry
Travis Collins, Brave & the Broken
Andrew Swift, Call Out for the Cavalry
Adam Harvey, The Nashville Tapes
* FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Beccy Cole, Lioness
Imogen Clark, Collide
Tori Forsyth, Dawn of the Dark
Kristy Cox, Ricochet
Missy Lancaster, Piece of Me
* SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Morgan Evans, Day Drunk
Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont, Train Wreck
Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples feat. Alan Pigram, The Campfire Song
The Wolfe Brothers, Ain't Seen It Yet
Travis Collins, High Horse
* QANTAS NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR
Judah Kelly, Real Good Time
Andrew Swift, Runaway Train
Tori Forsyth, In the Morning
Imogen Clark, Late Night Girl
Brad Cox, Lake House
Australian Associated Press