Nominees for the Second Annual XM Nation Award have been announced.

Nominated by XM’s programming staff with categories ranging from "dream collaborations" to "the best comeback of the year," the XM Nation Awards honor some of the most talented, emerging and established recording artists in the industry.

Online voting is open until 12 midnight ET on December 4th. You can also text the word "AWARDS" to 96966 to vote on your cell.

A new feature this year: you can write in your choice for some categories, plus submit names for the artist they would most like to see host their own XM show.

XM will announce the winners for the XM Nation Awards on December 11th - listen to the results on the air on New Years Day on XM 200.

Check out a list of categories (they're actually pretty funny) and the nominees for each after the jump...

The annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show is the world's largest trade show for automotive specialty products (read: pimped out rides, monster trucks, and dubs galore). It attracts over 100,000 attendees, including the leading companies in the automobile industry and the auto aftermarket business. For some sweet coverage of SEMA, check out AutoBlog.

XM Satellite Radio's presence at SEMA (which began October 31st and runs through November 3rd) has grown steadily over the past few years, with this year's show probably being it's biggest showing yet.

The large XM booth at SEMA ths year features the latest XM products, including the upcoming Delphi SKYFi3 radio.

For press day on Tuesday, NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Jr. drew a huge crowd at the XM booth. He chit-chatted about his XM show with Car and Driver Radio's Alan Taylor, who brought on fellow NASCAR champion, and XM host, Jimmie Johnson by telephone (pictured).

Bryan Herta, who has driven the XM's Indy car for three seasons, announced at the XM booth that he will be moving to the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in 2007, where he will drive an XM-sponsored Acura Courage for AGR.

Herta's brand-new XM car for the ALMS was also unveiled at the XM booth, check out a neato picture of it after the jump...