CMA Awards 2014:
Nominees, Winners, Report, Performances,
Review and Full Audio
At a glance
Winners of the
48th annual Country Music Association Awards presented Wednesday night in
Nashville:
Irving Waugh Award of Excellence – Vince Gill (Gill is only the second person to receive this award. The only other honoree: Johnny Cash.)
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Irving Waugh Award of Excellence – Vince Gill (Gill is only the second person to receive this award. The only other honoree: Johnny Cash.)
Entertainer of the Year: Luke Bryan
Album of the Year: Miranda Lambert — “Platinum”
Song of the Year: Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark and Shane
McAnally — “Follow Your Arrow”
Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert —“Automatic”
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton
Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
New Artist of the Year: Brett Eldredge
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
Music Video of the Year: Dierks Bentley — “Drunk On A Plane”
Musical Event of the Year: Keith Urban featuring Miranda Lambert —
“We Were Us”
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally
The Nominations and the winners of The 48th Annual
CMA Awards" were:
NEW = New to the Category for 2014 compared to the 2013 nominees
Entertainer Of The Year (Category 1)
Luke Bryan ** Winner **
Miranda Lambert NEW
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban NEW
Single Of The Year
(Award goes to Artist and
Producer(s)) (Category 2)
“Automatic”, Miranda Lambert
(Produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf/ RCA Nashville) ** Winner **
“Drunk On A Plane”, Dierks
Bentley (Produced by Ross Copperman and Arturo Buenahora, Jr./ Capitol Records
Nashville)
“Give Me Back My Hometown”,
Eric Church (Produced by Jay Joyce and Arturo Buenahora, Jr. / EMI Records
Nashville)
“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s”
Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill (Produced by Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw/
Big Machine)
“Mine Would Be You”, Blake
Shelton (Produced by Scott Hendricks/ Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville)
Album Of The Year (Category 3)
(Award goes to Artist and
Producer(s))
Crash My Party, Luke Bryan
(Produced by Jeff Stevens/ Capitol Records Nashville)
Fuse, Keith Urban (Produced
by Benny Blanco, Nathan Chapman, Ross Copperman, Zach Crowell, Mike Elizondo,
Dann Huff, Jay Joyce, Stargate, Keith Urban, and Butch Walker Capitol Records
Nashville)
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
(Produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf/ RCA Nashville) ** Winner **
Riser, Dierks Bentley
(Produced by Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston, and Arturo Buenahora, Jr. Capitol
Records Nashville)
The Outsiders, Eric Church
(Produced by Jay Joyce and Arturo Buenahora, Jr. / EMI Records Nashville)
Song Of The Year (Category 4)
(Award goes to
Songwriter(s))
“Automatic”, Nicolle Galyon,
Natalie Hemby, and Miranda Lambert
“Follow Your Arrow”, Kacey
Musgraves, Brandy Clark, and Shane McAnally **
Winner **
“Give Me Back My Hometown”
Eric Church and Luke Laird
“I Don’t Dance” Lee Brice,
Rob Hatch, and Dallas Davidson
“I Hold On” Brett James and
Dierks Bentley
Female Vocalist Of The Year (Category 5)
Miranda Lambert ** Winner **
Martina McBride NEW
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist Of The Year (Category 6)
Dierks Bentley NEW
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton ** Winner **
Keith Urban
Vocal Group Of The Year (Category 7)
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town ** Winner **
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo Of The Year (Category 8)
Dan + Shay NEW
Florida Georgia Line ** Winner **
Love and Theft
The Swon Brothers NEW
Thompson Square
Musical Event Of The Year (Category 9)
(Award goes to each artist)
Bakersfield, Vince Gill and
Paul Franklin/ Mercury Nashville
“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s”,
Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill/ Big Machine
“Somethin’ Bad”, Miranda
Lambert duet with Carrie Underwood/ RCA Nashville
“We Were Us”, Keith Urban
featuring Miranda Lambert/ Capitol Records Nashville ** Winner **
“You Can’t Make Old
Friends”, Kenny Rogers duet with Dolly Parton/ Warner Bros./Warner Music
Nashville
Musician Of The Year (Category 10)
Sam Bush (Mandolin)
Jerry Douglas (Dobro) NEW
Paul Franklin (Steel Guitar)
Dann Huff (Guitar)
Mac McAnally (Guitar) ** Winner **
Music Video Of The Year (Category 11)
“Automatic”, Miranda Lambert
(Directed by Trey Fanjoy)
“Bartender”, Lady Antebellum
(Directed by Shane Drake)
“Drunk On A Plane”, Dierks
Bentley (Directed by Wes Edwards) ** Winner **
“Follow Your Arrow”, Kacey
Musgraves (Directed by Kacey Musgraves and Honey)
“Somethin’ Bad”, Miranda
Lambert duet with Carrie Underwood (Directed by Trey Fanjoy)
New Artist Of The Year (Category 12)
Brandy Clark NEW
Brett Eldredge ** Winner **
Kip Moore
Thomas Rhett NEW
Cole Swindell NEW
*
The CMA Awards eligibility period
was July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
Voting Criteria: CMA Awards winners are chosen in three rounds of voting. Votes are cast by industry
professional members of the Country Music Association – meaning Awards Winners
are honored by their peers in the music industry.
The CMA Awards nominees and
winners are determined by more than 7,000 professional members of CMA, which
was the first trade organization formed to promote an individual genre of music
in 1958. Winners of “The 48th Annual CMA Awards” were determined in a final round
of voting by eligible members of CMA. CMA Awards balloting was officiated by
the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
The winners of the 2014 CMA Broadcast Awards are:
2014 CMA Broadcast
Personality of the Year Winners:
National – Lon Helton,
“Country Countdown USA” – Westwood One
2014 CMA Radio Station of
the Year Winners
Major Market – KKBQ –
Houston-Galveston, Texas
Large Market – WQDR –
Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
Medium Market – KXKT –
Omaha, Neb./Council Bluffs, Iowa
Small Market – WUSY –
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Read More CMA World Press
2014 CMA Media Achievement Award
Backstage in the media
center saw Chuck Dauphin the veteran radio and 615 columnist for
Billboard.com and music journalist
presented with the 2014 CMA Media Achievement Award - “I am truly blessed and humbled to be in the
list of names who have won this award,” said Dauphin. Read More CMA World Press
About The CMA’s
The CMA Awards nominees and
winners are determined by the 11,000
industry professional members of CMA, which was formed in 1958 as the first
trade organization to promote an individual genre of music. The first "CMA
Awards Banquet and Show" was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA
Awards was broadcast on NBC television for the first time – making it the longest-running
annual music awards program on network television. The Awards aired on NBC
through 1971 and on the CBS Television Network from 1972 through 2005. The CMA
Awards moved to ABC in 2006, where it will remain through 2021.
CMA Awards 2014 Report
"The 48th Annual CMA Awards" was hosted for the seventh consecutive
year on Wednesday Nov 5, 2014 by Brad
Paisley and Carrie Underwood and
broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on the ABC TV Network.
- Ratings for the 48th
Annual CMA Awards were 16.1 million ranking No.1 in each half-hour
and beating second-place CBS by 7.4 million viewers.This was on par with its year-ago telecast
in viewers and young adults (16.8 million) and was up for the second year
in Teens 12-17 (+4%) and Kids 2-11 (+19%). It was Wednesday’s most-social
broadcast with 1,043,707 tweets.
- While the Lambert/Shelton juggernaut was a dose
of repetition, there were plenty of firsts during the evening.
- After four years of nominations, Luke Bryan finally collected his
first CMA Award the coveted Entertainer of theYear. The win was Bryan's
first CMA, despite his multiple hits, top-selling albums and top-grossing
tours. For the last four years, Bryan has watched from his seat as his friends in the music business collected CMA trophies. Even at this year's ceremony, he was passed over once again in the Male Vocalist and Album categories. He has racked up 10 CMA Nominations: New Artist of the Year twice (2010-2011), Album of the Year twice (2012) for TAILGATES & TANLINES and (2014) for CRASH MY PARTY, Male Vocalist of the Year three times (2012-2014), Musical Event of the Year (2013) for "The Only Way I Know" (Jason Aldean with Luke Bryan and Eric Church) and finally Entertainer of the Year (2013-14). When his name was called, Luke fought back tears, then made his way to the podium. There, he found Garth Brooks waiting. After an embrace, Bryan stepped to the microphone and said, "First of all, I've never met Garth. Hey, Garth. Can I hug you again?".
- Despite missing out on the Entertainer top
prize, Miranda Lambert
dominated Wednesday night’s CMA Awards for another memorable year at the star-studded
extravaganza during which Oklahoma talents were given plenty of opportunities to shine. Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, took home four CMA trophies after going into the 48th Annual CMA Awards leading with nine nominations. She could only win a maximum of 7 because she was competing with herself in two of the categories (Musical Event and Music Video). Firstly earlier in the day she shared the Musical Event of the Year prize with Keith Urban for their duet “We Were Us,” when winners in two CMA Award categories were announced live on “Good Morning America” from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the site of of the 2014 CMA Awards. The news was delivered by GMA chief meteorologist Ginger Zee and welcomed by cheers from the thousands of rain-soaked fans gathered on the Bridgestone Arena plaza. Miranda earned her second career Album of the Year award for PLATINUM (beating out all male big hitters Luke Bryan's Crash My Party, Keith Urban's Fuse, Eric Church's The Outsiders and Dierks Bentley's Riser) and nabbed her first Single of the Year honors for “Automatic”. The singer-songwriter, who performed on the show with pop newcomer Meghan Trainor and CMA vocal group of the year Little Big Town, also set a record with her fifth consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year title, surpassing the four won by herself, Oklahoma native Reba McEntire and Martina McBride. She edged out Martina McBride, Kacey Musgraves, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood once more - “I don’t even know what to say. I just can’t believe that I’m standing here. I can’t believe this is my life, this is what I get to do this for a living, this is my job. Thank you fans for that. I just appreciate what God allowed me to do in my life,” Lambert said as she tearfully accepted the female vocalist trophy. In her Album of the year speech Lambert told the audience: "I was just sitting there watching that whole reel pass, thinking how great every album in that category is,". "I have them all, and they're amazing." She thanked her team for helping bring the album to life and country radio for supporting the new material. "I really poured my heart and soul into this one more than ever," she added. "I turned 30 last year and felt like I needed to sing about new stuff." PLATINUM is only the sixth album by a solo female artist in CMA history to win the award, and Lambert is the first woman to earn the honor twice. She previously won for REVOLUTION in 2010. The women who have previously won in this category include Taylor Swift (Fearless, 2009), Lee Ann Womack (There's More Where That Came From, 2005), Dixie Chicks (Fly, 2000), Patty Loveless (When Fallen Angels Fly, 1995) and Anne Murray (A Little Good News, 1984). These awards bring Lambert’s career totals to 12 CMA Award wins and 34 nominations. Lambert's four wins Wednesday night gave the 30 year-old a total of 11 CMA trophies throughout her career, putting her ahead of any other female act. Her first nomination was for a Horizon Award (2005) and first wins were for Album of the Year, Female Vocalist and Music Video (2010).
- Blake
Shelton won his fifth consecutive
Male
Vocalist of the Year trophy (2010-2014) and dedicated it to his
hero, Earl Thomas Conley. He was now won 9 trophies out of 23 nominations.
He was first nominated for a Horizon Award and Vocal Event of the Year (“The
Truth About Men” : Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry and Blake
Shelton) in 2003 then no more nominations till he received four more in
2010 winning first Male Vocalist and also Musical Event of the Year. In
2012 he surprisingly won Entertainer of theYear.
- The Song of the Year went to Kacey Musgraves, who won for
"Follow Your Arrow,"
which she co-wrote with Shane
McAnally and Brandy Clark,
who was among the contenders for New Artist of the Year and was also previously nominated for Song of the Year in 2013 via "Mama's Broken Heart" performed by Miranda Lambert. "Follow Your Arrow," was a song that was censored during last year's television airing of the CMA Awards for a mention of "roll up a joint." - "Oh my goodness! Do you guys realize what this means for country music?" Musgraves said, as Clark and songwriter Shane McAnally stood behind her. "Our genre was built on simple good songs about real life and that's what this was." Brandy fortunately recovered from illness when she wasn’t' able to perform in the week at the CMA Songwriter Series having woken with fever and not feeling well.
- Vocal Group of the Year winners Little Big Town
and Vocal
Duo of the Year champs Florida Georgia Line enjoyed repeat victories. It was the
third straight win in the category for Little Big Town who have now bagged
4 CMA trophies out of 16 nominations (2006-2014). Their other category win
was Single of the Year in 2012 for summer hit “Pontoon”. It was the second
straight win Duo for Florida Georgia Line. “I’m shaking, I’m shaking,”
singer Brian Kelley said when the duo hit the stage. “How are we still so
nervous?” duo mate Tyler Hubbard asked the crowd. They have now won 3 CMA
Awards out of 5 nominations the other being Single of the Year in 2013 for
the biggest ever country seller smash "Cruise".
- Brett
Eldredge rocking lanky crooner
wore a tuxedo in tribute to his personal inspiration Frank Sinatra and
bagged New
Artist of the Year with his second nom in category, with his
mother in attendance.
- Winning and piloting the CMA Music Video
of the Year was Dierks
Bentley and director Wes Edwards for “Drunk On A Plane.” Bentley was the most-nominated male artist in 2014 with five nominations including Male Vocalist; Album of the Year for RISER, which was produced by Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston, and Arturo Buenahora Jr.; Song of the Year for “I Hold On,” which Bentley wrote with Brett James; and Single and Music Video of the Year for “Drunk On A Plane,” which was produced by Copperman, Johnston, Buena Hora, and directed by Edwards. After a total of 15 CMA nominations and one previous win this marked Bentley’s first nom for Music Video of the Year. Bentley won his first CMA Award in 2005 for the Horizon Award, now known as New Artist of the Year (Source: CMA World Press)
- Guitarist Mac
McAnally won Musician of the Year for the seventh time,
extending his streak for most consecutive wins in the category winning 7
out of eight since 2007. His other CMA win was for Musical Event of the
Year in 2009 with “Down The Road “ (Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally)
- Dubbed “the best friend country’s ever had” by
co-host and fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill was honored with the Irving Waugh Award of Excellence
in a lengthy segment. The Norman-born and Oklahoma City-bred superstar is
just the second recording artist to receive the award, which honors those who have made “an historic impact on country music”; the late Johnny Cash garnered it in 2003. “A lot of you may not know who Irving Waugh was. He was a great man, lived until he was 94 years old, and he’s the reason the CMA Awards ever wound up on television,” said Gill, who hosted the awards show for 12 years. “Irving was the consummate gentleman....He was the gentleman’s gentleman. And something a young gentleman can do is learn from an old gentleman how to be a better gentleman.” An obviously emotional Gill noted that the honor capped a big week for him: He had a 9 ½-foot statue in his likeness unveiled last Wednesday at his Oklahoma City alma mater Northwest Classen High School – he cracked up the CMAs crowd by joking the sculpture is anatomically correct – and Tuesday night in Nashville the Broadcast Music Inc. recognized his songwriting success with the BMI Icon award. Yes the students of Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City won’t soon forget that Gill once attended there. There’s a huge statue of him out front. Vince attended the dedication of a 10-foot sculpture of him with his hands resting on a guitar balanced on its end. Alumni and students welcomed him back during a school assembly Vince Gill talks to students and alumni before the unveiling of his statue on the Northwest Classen High School campus in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.
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CMA Awards 2014: Performances and
Presentations
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The 48th Annual Country Music Association Awards contained the usual
blend of all-star concert event mixing in POP and ROCK, following on from the
glitzy red carpet glam. Hosted yet again by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley,
the Nashville-based country music kudosfest was packed with live performances
and Award presentations on the 3 hour show.
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2014 CMA Presenters: Include supermodel Lily Aldridge, Lee
Brice, Connie Britton, Garth Brooks, Brandy Clark, Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge,
Brantley Gilbert, Lucy Hale, Martina McBride, Kip Moore, Tim Tebow, Steven
Tyler and Trisha Yearwood.
2014 CMA Awards Performers: Include Jason Aldean, Bentley, Luke
Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Doobie Brothers, Florida Georgia Line,
Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Michael McDonald, Little Big
Town, Tim McGraw, Ashley Monroe (joining Blake Shelton), Kacey Musgraves,
Jennifer Nettles, Brad Paisley, George Strait, The Band Perry, Thomas Rhett ,
Cole Swindell, Carrie Underwood and Urban, as well as pop stars Ariana Grande
(joining Little Big Town) and Meghan Trainor (joining Lambert)
Kicks 105-5 "Today's Best Country" Danbury
Country Radio broadcast nearly all the show live on Wednesday night starting at
8pm in America (UTC/GMT -5 hours)
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Address: 1004
Federal Rd, Brookfield, Connecticut 06804 MAP Phone: 877-303-1055 Studio Line: 877-303-1055
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The CMA 2014
Running Order
Show Performances &
Awards in Chronological Order
0:00 Kenny Chesney -
“American Kids”
3:12 Miranda Lambert with
Meghan Trainor - “All About That Bass” (recorded by Meghan)
06:00 Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood Opening Monologue/
Skits
16:00 Award: Single of the Year
20:10 Lady Antebellum -
“Bartender”
23:40 Florida Georgia Line -
“Dirt”
28:10 Keith Urban -
“Somewhere In My Car”
31:50 Award: Song of
the Year
35:00 The Band Perry -
“Gentle On My Mind” (Glen Campbell)
39:10 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
39:50 Kacey Musgraves and
Loretta Lynn - “You’re Lookin’ At Country”
42:30 Award: New Artist of the Year
45:30 Jason Aldean -
“Burnin’ It Down”
50:30 Little Big Town with
Ariana Grande “Day Drinking” / “Bang Bang”
57:10 Tim McGraw - “Shotgun
Rider”
01:01:00 Award: Vocal Duo of the Year
01:03:00 Cole Swindell –
“Chillin’ it” / Country Radio Stations of the year
01:05:40 Dierks Bentley -
“Drunk on a Plane”
01:09:40 Award: Album of the Year
01:13:45 Brad Paisley -
“Perfect Storm”
01:17:30 Blake Shelton and
Ashley Monroe - “Lonely Tonight”
01:21:50 Carrie Underwood -
“Something in the Water”
01:25:45 Award: Vocal Group of the Year
01:28:45 Luke Bryan –
”Roller Coaster”
01:33:20 Miranda Lambert
with Little Big Town - “Smokin’ and Drinkin’”
01:38:00 Award: Vince Gill, Irving Waugh Award of Excellence
01:45:50 George Strait with Eric Church - “Cowboys Like Us”
01:48:45 Award: Male Vocalist of the Year
01:51:20 Thomas Rehett “Give
Me Some Of That” / Country Radio Personalities Awards
01:53:00 The Doobie Brothers
with Jennifer Nettles, Hillary Scott and Hunter Hayes - “Listen to the Music”
then at 02:05:00 “Takin’ It to the Streets” with Michael McDonald singing lead
to play out the awards show.
02:01:00 Award: Entertainer of the Year
CMA Awards 2014: Review
1) Performance – Kenny Chesney kicked off the 2014 CMA
proceedings singing Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”
into
peppy opener "American Kids” his No.1
Country Airplay single from his album THE BIG REVIVAL. It rocked a colourful
flower power 70’s vibe as hot girls came off a spray-painted bus, wearing
fringe, cut-off shorts and crop tops. Chesney sang how he was in his song
“American Kids” as he was backed by a huge band with dancers all around him - Image >> Video
2) Performance – Miranda Lambert
(30) & Meghan Trainor (20)
performed a girly flawless duet of the smash single, "All About That
Bass," taking to the stage wearing flirty A-line frocks - Image >> Video.
The duo in CMT Crossroads
mode harmonized in unison as they sang the platinum-selling hit and playfully
stared each other down. Prior to the awards Lambert
had not met her in person saying in an interview - "I've not met Meghan
yet, but we've been texting back and forth". We've listened to 'All About
That Bass' probably about a thousand times this summer on the tour, so I
already know it, obviously" and she spilled that “she and Trainor will
make a great match”
Bass" is
spending its eighth week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Trainor, who
released an EP this year is due to drop a full-length album in January. The
doo-wop pop song has sold more than 3 million tracks so far.
2b) Monologue - CMA hosts Brad Paisley & Carrie
Underwood took to the stage for their opening skits. The white-hot duo, hosting
the CMAs for a seventh time, earned laugh after laugh
for jokes that ranged
from Ebola to Taylor Swift to Underwood's baby bump. Taylor’s switch to pop
from country was referred to as "Postpartum Taylor Swift Disorder,"
or PPTSD. "President Barack Obama doesn't care about PPTSD!" Paisley
yelled. Underwood chimed in with: "I'm pretty sure it's why the democrats
lost the senate." To huge cheers from the Republican biased country
audience. Underwood and Paisley put a twist on Dolly Parton's
"Jolene," calling it "Quarantine." Paisley also earned
roaring laughter when he noted that the ABC series "Black-ish," which
airs Wednesdays, would not be on because of the CMAs. "If you were
expecting to see the show 'Black-ish,' this ain't it ... I hope you're enjoying
'White-ish,'" he said. This remark was later criticized on social media.
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| Faith Hill & Tim McGraw laugh at the Brad & Carrie skits |
3) Presentation & Award - Aerosmith arena rocker Steven Tyler who said “Country is the new rock and roll.” came out to present the Single of the Year to: Miranda Lambert for “Automatic” a No1 in June on the Mediabase Country Aircheck chart. >> Video
4) Performance – Lady Antebellum
performed their Country Airplay No.1 radio single in September, "Bartender", which was the lead off single from their album 747.
They aimed for lift with the energy mounting all through the hit as flashing
lights pulsated throughout the arena - Live Image >>
Video
5) Performance – Florida Georgia Line performed their
Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs No.1 hit "Dirt" showing what is a rare sensitive side from their
album late October release ANYTHING GOES as images of churches and telephone
poles glimmered in the background - Image >> Video
WINNER: The announcement
that Mac McAnally had won a 7th
consecutive Musician of the Year award was made which didn’t make the telecast.
6) Performance – Keith Urban performed
"Somewhere
in My Car" going with his signature winning
formula of natural charisma, dynamic singing and impressive guitar wailing with
white beams of light onstage - Image >> Video
7) Presentation & Award – Darius Rucker
along with “Good Morning America” Correspondent Tim Tebow came out to
present the Song of the Year to: “Follow Your Arrow”
performed and written by Kacey Musgraves
co-written with Brandy Clark, and Shane McAnally. The award goes
to the songwriters.
8) Performance – The Band Perry performed their latest
single "Gentle on My Mind"
(written by John Hartford) delivering a delightful and appreciative rendition
of Glen Campbell's classic hit in honor of the country music legend who won the
CMA entertainer and male vocalist awards in 1968 - Image >> Video
The Inductees for
2014 into the revered Country Music Hall of Fame were announced today with Hank Cochran, Ronnie Milsap, and Mac Wiseman becoming the newest members
of. Milsap was inducted in the “Modern Era Artist” category, Wiseman was inducted
in the “Veterans Era Artist” category and Cochran was inducted in the
“Songwriter” category, which is awarded every third year in a rotation with the
“Recording and/or Touring Musician Active Prior to 1980” and “Non-Performer”
categories. Cochran, Milsap, and Wiseman increased membership in the coveted
Country Music Hall of Fame from 121 to 124 members.
See photo with country star Brenda Lee as she hangs a medallion on Ronnie
Milsap's neck on October 26, 2014 at the 2014 Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony
at the CMA Theater in Nashville.
9) Performance – Kacey
Musgraves performed "You're Lookin' at
Country" joined by iconic Opry legend
and 1972 CMA entertainer Loretta Lynn for
a duet with a signature Grand Ole Opry barn backdrop. Song trophy winner
Musgraves was beaming sharing the stage with her while former multi CMA Feamle
Vocalist Martina McBride could be seen in the audience wiping away tears. - PHOTO >> Video
See what the
“fans” thought about Kacey’s performance on Facebook - Taste Of Country Facebook = Everyone's hating on Kacey: Eg “that girl with
Loretta is disgusting..”
Loretta has just
signed a deal with Legacy Recordings for several albums of new songs, recorded
over the past seven years at the famed Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville,
Tenn., outside Nashville. The recordings were produced by Loretta's daughter
Patsy Russell and John Carter Cash, son of Johnny Cash and June Carter. The
first album, as yet untitled, is slated for release in 2015.
10) Presentation & Award – Lee Brice and Brantley Gilbert presented New Artist of the
Year to: Brett Eldredge
11) Performance – Jason
Aldean performed his 14 week Hot Country Songs and 2 week Country Airplay
hit “Burnin’ It
Down” from his No.1 Billboard Country album OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT.
This steamy single is more sexual than flirtatious,
as is depicted in the soft porn official video. Aldean’s performance focused on
his “simmering stage presence” omitting the running around the stage from his
arena tours and elected to play it cool close to the mic - Image >> Video
12) Performance – Little Big
Town with Ariana Grande (sporting
a mini top and skirt) perform their
Top 5 Country Airplay hit “Day Drinking”
followed by “Bang Bang” (original by Ariana, Jessie J and Nicki Minaj). In
this unlikely Country-meets-Pop pairing LBT began the
medley with an attention-grabbing two-tier drum line on risers behind the band,
all illuminated with glowing red piping on their outfits, the set was full of
color. The four members wore matching futuristic ensembles which even changed
color halfway through the performance. Then Grande posed center stage with
similarly-space-inspired outfit, though hers was silver alight with purple. She
belted the first line of her verse in ‘Bang Bang,’ her current single. – Image >> Video
13) Performance – Tim McGraw
performed his Top 10 Country Aiplay single “Shotgun Rider” from his #1 album SUNDOWN
HEAVEN TOWN. McGraw strummed along as an eight-piece
band supported him and later slid the guitar behind his back to round out the CMA
number - Photo >> Video
14) Presentation & Award – New Artist nominees Brandy Clark, Brett Eldredge &
Kip Moore came out to present the Vocal Duo of the Year
to: Florida Georgia Line
15) Performance – Dierks Bentley performed his 2-week
Country Airplay No.1 “Drunk on a Plane” which took off as the chorus hit. With arrival and departure screens flickering
behind him, Bentley added some confident swag after previously landing the Music
Video award for "Drunk” earlier in the day - Image >> Video
16) Presentation & Award – Martina McBride
and Nashville TV drama actress Connie Britton presented Album of the Year
to: Miranda Lambert for PLATINUM
17) Performance – CMA host Brad
Paisley performed his latest radio single "Perfect Storm" surrounded by fans clustered around the stage – Image >> Video
18) Performance – With an understated backdrop, Blake Shelton unveiled his newest single, "Lonely Tonight," with duet partner Ashley Monroe - Image. >> Video .
She is a member
of the currently shelved side project The Pistol Annies and as a pal of
Shelton’s wife also served as one of Lambert's bridesmaids. One of the
highlights of Ashley‘s 2013 album LIKE A ROSE was considered to be “You Ain’t
Dolly (and You Ain’t Porter),” a good-natured, rib-poking duet she did with Shelton.
For Shelton’s October 2014 No.1 Country Album BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE Monroe returned the favor, pairing up with the
Okie singer.
Talking point: The official video debuted this week on
Amazon (>> Watch on YouTube ),
with wider distribution to follow. Written
by Brent Anderson and Ryan Hurd, “Lonely Tonight” is a booty-call ballad
between two former lovers! Here the main narrative has the lead character
(voiced by Shelton) asking his onetime romantic partner (Monroe) if she’d like
to hook up for
“one last one more time,” in order to ease the anguish of being
alone — even if it’s only a temporary salve. “I know we shouldn’t, but I don’t
care,” Monroe sings, showing that the feeling is apparently mutual. Miranda is
obviously very trusting of both her BFF and hubby allowing them to act out the
role on both the video and the CMA Stage. The tempress Ashley, who along with
Kacey Musgraves and Carrie Underodd has some of the best pins in country biz, came
very close to a wardrobe malfunction at the CMA Awards. While belting out the “heart-stopping”
duet of "Lonely Tonight," Ashley's dress nearly exposed her bottom
half more than once, with the slinky silver number just barely protecting the
starlet from a Mariah Carey-esque performance misfire. Itty-bitty hemline
aside, the shimmering halter dress made for a mesmerizing performance outfit.
In fact, it even resembled the country star's red carpet dress form earlier in
the evening; a glittering metallic mini-shift dress! The photo-shoot for the new single also shows
Monroe wearing a very similar dress(?1!). Ashley herself got married in October
2013 with Miranda helped by Lambert to plan the wedding who was her maid of
honor and Blake officiated! Talk about BFFs!
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| Blake Shelton and Ashley Monroe single publiticity photo |
The first three rows got an
anatomy lesson - Facebook AshleyMonroe
19) Performance – CMA co-host Carrie
Underwood performed her new single “Something in the Water” fast rising up the
Country Airplay charts. With a now decade in the
spotlight the pregnant powerhouse CMA
nominated vocalist (previoss 3 time winner; 2006-2008) made it look
effortless enlisting a gospel choir with a stage set
featuring shimmering waterfall imagery - Image >> Video
20) Presentation & Award – Lucy Hale and Dan + Shay came out to present
the Vocal Group of the Year
to: Little Big Town
21) Performance – Luke Bryan performed
his latest hit and Country Airplay #1 "Roller Coaster" focusing on
the lyrics and emotion with a backdrop displaying a twisted roller coaster. He
like many of his fellow performers received a standing ovation from the country
music’s industry folks.
22) Performance – Miranda Lambert
teamed up with Little Big Town to
perform "Smokin' and Drinkin',"
from her now 2014 CMA Album of the Year PLATINUM on a song depicting a
smoldering anthem of regret and bad decisions – Image >> Video
23) Presentation & Award – Vince Gill became
the recipient of the CMA's Irving Waugh
Award of Excellence and received a heartfelt video salute from his admirers
Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Rodney Crowell and
James Taylor among them. >> Video Gill
admitted he misses hosting the show after 12 years of being the master of
ceremonies, then praised the current generation of artists for their obvious
camaraderie and friendship. The Irving Waugh Award of Excellence is awarded to
that individual who is the originator and caretaker of demonstrated ideas and
actions that have dramatically broadened and improved Country Music’s influence
on a national or international level for the benefit of the industry as a
whole. It is the intention that these ideas and actions typically will have run
a course of years and shall have a proven historical impact on Country Music.
The award shall not be presented more often than annually.
24) Performance – George Strait
and Eric Church stood side by side
to perform "Cowboys Like Us,"
as likenesses of Hank Williams, Kris Kristofferson and more pioneers appeared
behind them – Image >> Video
25) Presentation
& Award – Trisha
Yearwood presented the Male Vocalist of
the Year to: Blake Shelton
his fifth successive win in the category and his 9th CMA win. He dedicated it to his hero, Earl Thomas Conley.
This was
followed by a quck-fire performance of “Get Me Some Of That” from Thomas Rhett leading into the
announcements of the CMA Country Radio
Personalities of the Year for 2014 - Image
26) Performance – With a new album SOUTHBOUND to promote The Doobie Brothers (the latest country
red carpet baggers) hit the joint running with "Listen to the
Music" featuring Jennifer Nettles, Lady
A's Hillary Scott (who both took a few lines each
scattered throughout the song) and Hunter Hayes playing guitar >> Video.
The mega-collaboration project
is “star-studded” with the country artists’ excited to be performing with such
music icons on the CMA stage. Hayes wailed on a red telecaster alongside the
Doobie’s Tom Johnson. After the last award of the night for Entertainer, the
Doobie Brothers returned for an encore performance, this time bringing out
frontman Michael McDonald for a nostalgic performance of “Takin’ It to the Streets” with CMA host Brad
Paisley jumping in with guitar solos in between choruses >> Video.
Fans of The Doobies throughtout
the 70’s and beyond should be advised to give the new album set a miss and
stick with the originals. It may introduce the band to a brand new younger
audience but it smacks of Sony Nashville trying to cash in on another
country-meets-rock project.
27) Presentation & Award – Sam Hunt and Victoria's Secret Angel model Lily Aldridge
came out the Female Vocalist of the Year to: Miranda Lambert, her fifth successive
win in the category.
28) Presentation
& Award – Garth
Books presented the Entertainer of the Year to: Luke
Bryan, his first ever CMA Award as the keen angler lands the BIG ONE, nabbing
the coveted trophy >> Video
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Well at the CMA Awards .........CMA Awards
broadcast featured performances by the top acts in country music, but many
viewers noted that some sounded … off. In a post to Facebook, Ronnie Dunn
explained why it’s so difficult for singers to perform well on live television
- “Singing (on pitch) on awards shows
and live television is challenging. I’ve laid my share of off pitch eggs,” he
writes: “The audio people have countless acts to mix in quick order, one after
the other. Great emphasis is put on camera angles (blocking) during pre-show
‘sound checks,’” he adds. “Almost every act is accustomed to different live
audio playback systems (monitors). You, understandably don’t have a choice on
multi act shows. You get what you get. As a singer, your pitch is determined by
what you hear. In an arena the sound reverberates / swims…. so, if you aren’t
hearing accurately you will most likely be ‘off.’ Emphasis on sound quality is
a fairly recent dynamic.
UK Reaction
The Guardian: The best and worst
moments from the 2014 CMA awards
Best
performance: The Band Perry, Gentle on my Mind.
Worst
performance: Jason Aldean, Burnin’ it Down. Meandering lazily around the stage
with a scowl upon his face, Jason Aldean brought about as much energy and sex
appeal to his rendition of Burnin’ It Down as a common garden slug. The hollow
drum-pad made the whole “nekkid” affair feel lifeless from the get-go, and the
song’s repetitive R&B structure needed excellent vocals to bring it to life
– which weren’t forthcoming. A limp performance.
Worst
collaboration: Little Big Town and Ariana Grande: The combination of Day
Drinkin’ and Bang Bang sounded fine, but the whole performance felt too
gimmicky and desperate to please.
Best Speech:
Vince Gill
Country Music People Magazine 7
November What are your thoughts on the way it turned out? Facebook Posts
Tweets
- Country
Music Assoc Twitter Profile / #CMAawards Twitter Feed
- Brad
Paisley tweeted @BradPaisley Wanna see my
Garth selfie just before I let the cat out of the bag? Lil' Garth Fisher.
Just sayin' #bradblewit
- Bob
Harris tweeted @WhisperingBob And Entertainer
of the Year is @LukeBryanOnline #CMAawards
- Bob
Harris Country tweeted @BHarrisCountry Winning
writers @TheBrandyClark @shanemcanally with @WhisperingBob #CMAawards
- Bob
Harris Country tweeted @BHarrisCountry One of our
favourite winners - @TheBrandyClark #CMAawards @WhisperingBob
- Gretchen
Peters tweeted @gretchenpeters Congrats to
@TheBrandyClark @KaceyMusgraves #songoftheyear
- Luke
Bryan tweeted @LukeBryanOnline Love y'all so
much #CMAawards
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Texas Teen Music Network for your video uploads. Photos:
Rick Diamond (Getty Images), Taste Of Country
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