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CMA Announces First Performers

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First Round of Performers for 2011 CMA Awards Announced! The 45th Annual CMA Awards are quickly approaching, and there is much chatter all over the industry about all the details from nominations to possible performances to this year’s hosts! We heard weeks ago that Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be reprising their roles of host from the 2010 CMA Awards, and the nominations for all twelve categories were announced just a week or so ago. (Click here to see more on the nominations!) Now, slowly but surely, the list of performers anticipated for the show are starting to be announced as well. We just got news of the first round of performances confirmed, and I do not think you will be disappointed! All five of the artists nominated in the “Entertainer of the Year” category, and this includes Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban. Also of note, four of the nominees, basically everyone except Keith Urban, all earned five nominations this year! The 2011 CMA Awards will take place on November 9th, and air on ABC at 8PM ET. Tickets for the 45th Annual CMA Awards go on sale on Saturday, September 24th at 10:00AM CT.

Congratulations Ben & Matt of KNIX!

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A hometown shout-out for radio sensations Ben & Matt of KNIX for their 2011 CMA Radio Personality of the Year nomination! Congratulations to Ben & Matt from my hometown favorite radio station KNIX! They’ve been nominated as the CMA’s Radio Personality of the Year for 2011!!! KNIX has also been nominated as Station of the Year as well. You know which way MY vote is swingin guys!!! Cheers! ~WC~ WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE duo THE JANEDEAR GIRLS announced the finalists for the 45th ANNUAL CMA AWARDS Broadcast Award Personality and Radio Station of the Year in four categories (small, medium, large, and major markets), as well as the finalists for the CMA National Broadcast Personality this morning (9/6) in NASHVILLE. The Broadcast nominees winners will be notified in mid-OCTOBER and will be acknowledged during the televised awards. The CMA AWARDS will take place at the BRDGESTONE ARENA in NASHVILLE, TN on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th on ABC TELEVISION. CMA Personality of the Year: National KIX BROOKS, “AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN WITH KIX BROOKS” – CITADEL MEDIA DEREK HASKINS & SEAN POWELL, “BIG D & BUBBA SHOW” – PREMIERE NETWORKS LIA KNIGHT, “THE LIA SHOW” – DIAL GLOBAL Major Market BEN CAMPBELL & MATT MCALLISTER, “BEN & MATT SHOW,” KNIX/PHOENIX CHUCK EDWARDS & LINDA LEE, “EDWARDS & LEE,” WYCD/DETROIT KELLY FORD & MARK NEWMAN, “KELLY FORD & RIDER,” KYGO/DENVER LAURIE DEYOUNG, “LAURIE DEYOUNG MORNING SHOW,” WPOC/BALTIMORE PAUL SCHADT, MEG BUTTERLY & GEOF KNIGHT; “PAUL SCHADT MORNING SHOW,” WKKT/CHARLOTTE Large Market CHRIS CARR, JEFFREY “MAVERICK” BOLEN & JASON STATT; “CHRIS CARR & COMPANY,” WUBE/CINCINNATI BILL CODY, “COFFEE, COUNTRY & CODY,” WSM-A/NASHVILLE JEFF ROPER & ANGIE WARD, “JEFF ROPER IN THE MORNING,” WTQR/GREENSBORO JESS TYLER, BRYAN PHILLIPS & AMANDA LEONARDO; “JESS, BRIAN AND AMANDA,” WCTK/PROVIDENCE MIKE WHELESS, MARTY YOUNG & JANIE CAROTHERS; “Q MORNING CREW,” WQDR/RALEIGH Medium Market KEVIN RICHARDS, “KEVIN RICHARDS SHOW,” WGNA/ALBANY BRIAN PIERCE & KELLIE MICHAELS, “MORNINGS WITH BRIAN AND KELLIE,” KFDI/WICHITA TOM O’BRIEN, ROGER TODD & MELISSA MORAN, “THE 97 COUNTRY BREAKFAST CLUB,” WPCV/LAKELAND STEVE LUNDY & GINA MELTON, “THE KAT 103 MORNING SHOW,” KXKT/OMAHA BILL ELLIS & BETH BRADLEY, “ELLIS AND BRADLEY MORNING SHOW,” WSSL/GREENVILLE, SC Small Market BILL BARRETT, TIM FOX & TRACY BERRY, “BARRETT, FOX & BERRY,” KKNU/EUGENE, OR BENNY “BEARMAN” MARTIN, KEN HICKS & DANIEL WYATT, “BEARMAN AND KEN IN THE MORNING,” WUSY/CHATTANOOGA SCOTTY COX & CARISSA LOETHEN, “SCOTTY AND CARISSA IN THE MORNING,” KCLR/COLUMBIA, MO EDDIE FOXX & SHARON GREEN, “THE EDDIE FOXX SHOW,” WKSF/ASHEVILLE, NC BRIAN GARY, TODD HARDING & SUSAN MOORE, “THE GOOD MORNING GUYS,” KUAD/FORT COLLINS, CO CMA Radio Station of the Year Major Market: KMLE/PHOENIX KNIX/PHOENIX WKKT/CHARLOTTE WMZQ/WASHINGTON WYCD/DETROIT Large Market: KASE/AUSTIN KVET/AUSTIN WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS WQDR/RALEIGH WUBE/CINCINNATI Medium Market: KATM/MODESTO-STOCKTON, CA KFDI/WICHITA KUZZ/BAKERSFIELD WBBS/SYRACUSE WYRK/BUFFALO Small Market: KCLR/COLUMBIA, MO KUAD/FORT COLLINS, CO WKSF/ASHEVILLE, NC WKXC/AUGUSTA, GA WUSY/CHATTANOOGA

Official 2011 CMA Award Nominees!

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The 2011 CMA Award Nominees Have Been Announced! Nominees have been announced for the 2011 Country Music Association Awards, which will broadcast on November 9th. Here are your contenders! CMA Awards Nominations! Entertainer of the Year: Jason Aldean Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Taylor Swift Keith Urban Vocal Group: The Band Perry Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band Vocal Duo: The Civil Wars Montgomery Gentry Steel Magnolia Sugarland Thompson Square Male Vocalist: Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Keith Urban Female Vocalist: Sara Evans Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood New Artist: The Band Perry Luke Bryan Eric Church Thompson Square Chris Young Single of the Year: “A Little Bit Stronger” Sara Evans Produced by Tony Brown RCA Nashville “Colder Weather” Zac Brown Band Produced by Keith Stegall and Zac Brown Southern Ground Artists/Atlantic Records “Don’t You Wanna Stay” Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson Produced by Michael Knox Broken Bow Records “Honey Bee” Blake Shelton Produced by Scott Hendricks Warner Bros. Nashville “If I Die Young” The Band Perry Produced by Paul Worley Republic Nashville Album of the Year: All About Tonight Blake Shelton Produced by Scott Hendricks Warner Bros. Nashville My Kinda Party Jason Aldean Produced by Michael Knox Broken Bow Records Speak Now Taylor Swift Produced by Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift Big Machine Records This Is Country Music Brad Paisley Produced by Frank Rogers Arista Nashville You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band Produced by Keith Stegall and Zac Brown Southern Ground Artists/Atlantic Records Song of the Year: “Colder Weather” Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Levi Lowrey, and Coy Bowles – songwriters “Dirt Road Anthem” Brantley Gilbert and Colt Ford – songwriters “If I Die Young” Kimberly Perry – songwriter “Mean” Taylor Swift – songwriter “You and Tequila” Matraca Berg and Deana Carter – songwriters Musical Event: “As She’s Walking Away” Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson Southern Ground Artists/Atlantic Records “Coal Miner’s Daughter” Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow, and Miranda Lambert Columbia Records Nashville “Don’t You Wanna Stay” Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson Broken Bow Records “Old Alabama” Brad Paisley featuring Alabama Arista Nashville “You and Tequila” Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter BNA Records Music Video: “Honey Bee” Blake Shelton Directed by Trey Fanjoy “If I Die Young” The Band Perry Directed by David McClister “Mean” Taylor Swift Directed by Declan Whitebloom “Old Alabama” Brad Paisley featuring Alabama Directed by Jim Shea “You and Tequila” Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter Directd by Shaun Silva Musician: Sam Bush – Mandolin Jerry Douglas – Dobro Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar Dann Huff – Guitar Mac McAnally – Guitar The 2011 CMA Awards are scheduled for Wednesday, November 9th. The show will air live out of the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, and will be broadcast on ABC that evening at 7pm. Want to know what HaleighT thinks about this year’s nominees? Check out the first ever episode of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT” and hear her dish about the 2011 crop of nominations! Continue reading Official 2011 CMA Award Nominees!→

45th Annual CMA Nominees Announcement Date Set

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Nominees for the 45th Annual CMAs To Be Announced September 6th! The 2011 CMA Awards are quickly approaching, and it’s almost time to find out who all the nominees are going to be! We here at the CMNB newsroom, as members of the Country Music Association, have already had the opportunity to weigh in on the nomination process, and we are incredibly excited to who made it into the final nominations! The announcement of the nominees will take place Tuesday, September 6th from two different locations. The Band Perry and Jake Owen will announce the final nominees of the first five categories at 8:30am on ABC‘s Good Morning America. This will be followed by a performance of “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” by Owen!. The nominees in the last seven categories will be announced from a press conference at the Ryman in Nashville by Jerrod Niemann and Thompson Square. (Also in NASHVILLE, duo The Janedear Girls will announce the finalists for the 2011 CMA Broadcast Award Personality and Radio Station of the Year in four categories (small, medium, large, and major markets), as well as the finalists for the CMA National Broadcast Personality.) Stay tuned because as soon as the nominees are announced we will have them posted for you! The 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards will be hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley and air at 7pm on Wednesday, November 9th at 7pm.

2011 CMA Award Nominees – Contest!

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Help Country Music News Blog choose who to vote for in the 2011 CMA Awards! It’s voting time for the 2011 CMA Awards and we’re plowin through all the nominee’s videos to help make our decisions! We’ve compiled a playlist of videos belonging to this year’s second round nominees and embedded it below to make a nice long soundtrack while we work here in the newsroom. We need YOU to play along and comment below on who you think deserves the honors and in which category? We’ll be drawing a winner from the comments to receive a special prize which will be announced on November 9th during the awards broadcast! 2011 CMA Awards Video Playlist: The 2011 CMA Awards Categories are: Entertainer of the Year Female Vocalist of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year New Artist of the Year Vocal Group of the Year Vocal Duo of the Year Single of the Year Album of the Year Song of the Year Musical Event of the Year Music Video of the Year Musician of the Year Comment with your winning picks below! * Prize provided by CountryMusicNewsBlog.com. * Entries must be received by Saturday November 8th. * Winners will not be eligible for another prize drawing until 90 days after this one. * 1 Winner will be drawn Sunday November 9th from ALL comments on THIS post with a valid email address.

2011 CMA Awards Date Announced

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The Date Is Set For 2011 CMA Awards! The date is set! The 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Area Wednesday, November 9th at 8/7CT on ABC! CMA organizers are already gearing up for the big night, and expressing their excitement for what promises to be a barrel of fun for country music stars and fans. “The CMA Awards recognizes the best in the format – that’s what makes this ‘Country Music’s Biggest Night’. The CMA Awards is one of the most highly anticipated events for our industry each year. It’s a night to honor our finest performers, songwriters, record producers, musicians, and music video directors.” -Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer No news yet on who will be this year’s hosts or presenters. Last year Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood made it a memorable night, and you can bet whoever hosts this year will put on an equally great show. We are also waiting to find out what performances will be featured that night! So, make sure you mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details! We’ll make sure we get them to you as quick as we can. In the meantime, let us know who you want to see host and perform at this year’s CMA Awards! Check Out HaleighT’s take on the 45th Annual CMA Nominations here! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXj4oCjYjNc]

2010 CMA Performances

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Some of the best performances from last night’s 44th Annual CMA Awards! As Blake Shelton would sing, it’s all about tonight… or rather… last night. Country stars gathered in Nashville Tennessee for the biggest event of the year, and we’ve got your performance highlights right here. From Miranda Lambert to Loretta Lynn, we couldn’t ask for anything more. Taylor Swift – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsJa98d64Dk] Gwyneth Paltrow – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtnnOoxw9yo] Miranda, Sheryl, and Loretta Lynn – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnVLrWKZ3GI] Carrie Underwood – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5EVT9g3HWI] Lady Antebellum – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLSCPaQD_qs] Brad Paisley – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW_CNZLhtGo] Kid Rock – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHR4Cy5GzGc] Reba McEntire – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUvl5PCKLvg] Keith Urban – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni4Y_8EFWrQ] Sugarland – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAy4bMEmjMI] Kenny Chesney – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvrsBhJoIXI] Zac Brown Band w/Alan Jackson – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKm4T1ZV2FA] George Strait – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnydJZjWio] Miranda Lambert – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-PgjfHI0g] Rascal Flatts – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGh8zxjgj88] Blake Shelton – 2010 CMA Performance [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBsF1qMioU0] As is the nature of many awards show performance videos, some of these may get removed from youtube over the next day or two… if so, just leave a comment below and I will have it replaced in a jiffy!Country Music Photo Gallery

Your 2010 CMA Winners

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It was a proud night for Oklahoma as Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton dominated the 44th Annual CMA Awards! Please tell me I’m not the only one whose eyes teared up when Miss Loretta Lynn handed Miranda Lambert her award for Female Vocalist of the Year last night! Add to that her Music Video of the Year and Album of the Year and you can say the gal cleaned the house! Of course that would’ve made for an awkward ride home with fiance Blake Shelton, had he not won Male Vocalist of the Year and Musical Event of the Year. The couple are cheered on by Oklahoma’s finest fireball Reba McEntire who seemed absolutely brought to tears that the pair did Oklahoma so proud. The Full List of Winners of “The 44th Annual CMA Awards” are: Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert Male Vocalist of the Year Blake Shelton New Artist of the Year Zac Brown Band Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum Vocal Duo of the Year Sugarland Album of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer(s)) Revolution Miranda Lambert Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke Columbia Nashville Single of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer(s)) “Need You Now” Lady Antebellum Produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum Capitol Records Nashville Song of the Year (Award goes to Songwriter(s)) “The House That Built Me” Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin Musical Event of the Year (Award goes to each Artist) “Hillbilly Bone” Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins Reprise Records Music Video of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Director) “The House That Built Me” Miranda Lambert Directed by Trey Fanjoy Musician of the Year Mac McAnally – GuitarCountry Music Photo Gallery

2010 CMA Awards Preview

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This week CMNB is giving our platform over to the Country Music Association! All week long Country Music News Blog is giving you an inside look at what goes on in the Country Music Association! Award show preparations, artist interviews, community resources and more.. find out what the Country Music Association done for YOU lately! We all know the CMA’s offer a coveted handful of awards each year for country music’s top performers, but stay with us this week as we teach you more about what else the Country Music Association does for the music community and fans!Country Music Photo Gallery

CMA New Artist of the Year 2010 (or 2007?)

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Jim Nash V. explores the reason an artist on his 3rd year of major success is just now getting a “Best New Artist” nomination. As new artists are signed up to perform at this years CMA Awards, I took a look at the nominations. Under New Artist of the Year I saw Luke Bryan. Uhh….. Luke Bryan? New Artist of the Year? This is 2010. Don’t they mean of 2007? Did someone forget to update their calendars? For reference, Luke Bryan release his first full length CD “I’ll Stay Me” on August 14, 2007. His released singles from that Album were “All My Friends Say” and “Country Man”, both of which did pretty well. Now, with an August CD release it’s not unusual that he did not make the CMA cut for New Artist (or the Horizon Award as it was known back then) in 2007, but why not a nod in 2008? So Luke releases his sophomore CD on October 6, 2009 and has so far seen success with “Do I”, “Rain is a Good Thing” and most recently “Someone Else Calling You Baby”. Now I like Luke. He’s a good country act complete with a pedal steel and fiddle player. We’ve seen him open for Sara Evans in 2007 and Dierks Bentley in 2008 and is currently opening for Jason Aldean on his Farm Tour. But has why is Luke getting New Artist recognition in 2010, on his second CD, and 3 years after he broke onto the scene? Anyone have any answers? Remember to watch The 44th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday. November 10th on ABC at 8:00pm/7:00pm Central time. http://www.cmaawards.com. Keep it Countriversy, Jim Nash V. Jim Nash V is a contributing writer with a passion for country music. Jim works to promote line dancing and country music in Long Island New York. For more on Jim, visit YeeHawLI.com Glad you asked Jim! Here’s the official word from the Country Music Association: NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR – This Award is to the artist, whether individual or a group, who is known primarily as a Country artist, who has for the first time demonstrated the most significant creative growth and development in overall chart or sales activity (of a debut or sophomore album), live performance, professionalism and/or national media recognition related to the launch of their career. Any artist who has previously won a CMA Award (except Song of the Year, Musical Event of the Year and Video of the Year) or who has twice been a final nominee for the Horizon Award or New Artist of the Year Award is ineligible for nomination. Country Music Photo Gallery