SESAC, ASCAP
Awards, BMI Awards
CMA Awards 2014: Red Carpet, Early Winners, Program Book, Presenters,
Performers,
Pre-show thoughts, Trivia, Interviews.
2014 SESAC Nashville Music Awards
SESAC kicked off
CMA Week by honoring the songwriters and music publishers behind the year’s
most-performed Country and Americana songs at the organization’s Nashville
Music Awards held Sunday, November 2, at
the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
This past year,
its songwriters have been responsible for country hits with titles such as
"Drink to That All Night," "Bartender," even "Beer
With Jesus." It's only fitting, then, that the SESAC organization
celebrated this year's hit songsmiths over drinks and dinner Sunday night at
the annual SESAC Nashville Music Awards. Read More at The Tennessean
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Songwriter of the Year Rob Hatch (second from right)
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“Drink
To That All Night,”
written by Lance Miller and
published by Songs of StyleSonic Music, Melvin’s Pistol Music and Melvin’s
Bullets Music, was named Song of the Year. The song was recorded by Jerrod
Niemann who was on hand to open up the show with the infectious party anthem.
About: Established
in 1930, SESAC was founded as the
Society of European Stage Authors and Composers. It is a service organization
created to serve both the creators of music and music users through music
licensing and timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution. Songwriters and publishers are paid royalties
based on many factors, including state-of-the-art monitoring and computer database
information.
Award winners
Songwriter of the Year: Rob Hatch
Song of the Year: "Drink to That All Night,"
written by Lance Miller; published by Melvin's Bullets Music, Melvin's Pistol
Music, Songs of StyleSonic Music; recorded by Jerrod Niemann
Publisher of the Year: Magic Mustang Music
A complete list
of SESAC Award Recipients Follows:
Country
Performance Activity Awards/ Americana Honorees...Read More/ Press Photos at sesac.com - Getty Image Search
The 52nd Annual ASCAP Country Awards
Headlines: Alan
Jackson, Craig Wiseman presented with ASCAP
Heritage Award; Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Robbins, Warner/Chappell among Top Honorees
The American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosted the 52nd Annual ASCAP
Country Music Awards on Monday, November 3rd in the Grand Ballroom of
Nashville’s Music City Center. The writers of country music's most performed
songs of the period between April 2013 and March 2014 were honored before an
audience of distinguished Nashville songwriters, top country stars and music
industry leaders. Special tribute was paid to Alan Jackson and songwriter Craig
Wiseman, who were each presented with the ASCAP Heritage Award in commemoration
of ASCAP’s 100th anniversary.
ASCAP Country Music
Songwriter of the Year: Ashley
Gorley (Image)
ASCAP Country
Music Song of the Year: "It
Goes Like This," written by Ben Hayslip and Jimmy Robbins; published by
Extraordinary Alien, THiS Music, Tar-Cam-Knox Music, Warner/Chappell Music
Publishing and Universal Music Publishing; recorded by Thomas Rhett
ASCAP Country
Music Publisher of the Year:
Warner/Chappell Music Publishing
A total of 45 most-performed song honors were
presented, highlighted by special
performances from the writers of the top five
most performed songs of the year. Performances included "Don’t Ya,"
by songwriters Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley and Brett Eldredge (recorded by
Brett Eldredge); “Crash My Party,” performed by songwriter Ashley Gorley
(recorded by Luke Bryan); "Friday Night," by songwriter and recording
artist Eric Paslay; Song of the Year “It Goes Like This,” performed by
songwriters Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Robbins, Rhett Akins and recording artist Thomas
Rhett; and "Runnin’ Outta Moonlight" performed by songwriters Ashley
Gorley, Kelley Lovelace and Dallas Davidson (recorded by Randy Houser).
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| Angaleena Presley with Gretchen Peters |
The show kicked
off with ASCAP songwriter-artist Lee Ann Womack, who performed the song
"Send It On Down" from her first studio album in nearly seven years,
the critically-acclaimed The Way I’m Livin’.
See ASCAP Press Release - ASCAP Most Performed Songs of 2014 - Full Coverage
Artists in attendance included Angaleena
Presley (photo), Billy Currington, Cassadee Pope (photo ), Clare Dunn (photo) , Dan + Shay (photo ), David Nail, Deana Carter (photo), Dierks Bentley, the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald and
Patrick Simmons, Drake White, Eric Paslay with Natalie Harker (photo), Gretchen Peters (photo), Jennifer Nettles, Jerrod Niemann, Joe Nichols, John King,
Kelsea Ballerini (photo), Kip Moore (photo) , Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood (photo ), Love and Theft, Maddie & Tae (photo ) , Old Dominion, RaeLynn (photo), Rascal Flatts, Sam Hunt, Shannon and Ashley Campbell, The
Cadillac Three (photo ) The Swon Brothers, Wynonna and more.
Picture Gallery The Tennessean (31 Photos) + Picture Gallery The Tennessean (12 Photos) – Getty Images Search
BMI Country Awards 2014
- Vince
Gill was honored as BMI Icon on Tuesday
November 4, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee
- Eleven years ago at the CMA Awards, Vince stood onstage and sang a wistful
Music City tribute called "Young Man's Town." "Just teach
'em what you know, and pass it on down," he sang. "'Cause man,
you gotta face it, it's a young man's town." But on Tuesday Nov 4th,
57-year-old Gill was the toast of this young man's town. Hundreds of music
industry members rose to their feet in salute as Gill received a BMI Icon
award, an accolade that doesn't go to young men. The Icon prize puts him
in the company of past honorees including Dolly Parton, Kris
Kristofferson, Tom T. Hall and Merle Haggard. Gill's friends Keith Urban,
Ashley Monroe and Michael McDonald sang for Gill, with Urban performing
"I Still Believe In You" and "Liza Jane," Monroe
delivering ballad "Whenever You Come Around" and McDonald
offering an emotional take on Gill's "When I Call Your Name."
- Rhett
Akins was named Songwriter of the Year, with writing credits on seven of the most-performed songs of the
past year, including “Boys Round Here,” recorded by Blake Shelton
featuring Pistol Annies, “Hey Girl” by Billy Currington, “I Can Take It
From There” by Chris Young, “It Goes Like This” by Thomas Rhett, “Parking
Lot Party” by Lee Brice, “Point at You” by Justin Moore and “When She Says
Baby” by Jason Aldean.
- Darius Rucker’s hit “Wagon Wheel,” penned by Ketch Secor, won the coveted Song of the Year
award. Published by Blood Donor Music, “Wagon Wheel” was one of the
most-performed country songs of the year.
TOP WINNERS
BMI Icon: Vince Gill - Photo
BMI Country Songwriter of the Year: Rhett Akins - Photo
BMI Song of the Year: "Wagon Wheel," written by
Ketch Secor, published by Blood Donor Music; recorded by Darius Rucker
BMI Publisher of the Year: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville
Publisher Of The
Year expanded details and Full listing of the BMI 2014 Country Awards Top 50 Songs + Photo Gallery (46 Picture Slideshow)
at bmi.com
The 48th Annual CMA Awards 2014
Are you ready
for Country Music's Biggest night?
2014 CMA Awards Red Carpet
High Five
Entertainment, is set to produce the Red Carpet on CMT as the official lead in to the "The 48th Annual CMA
Awards" airing on ABC. Hosted by CMT's Katie Cook and Cody Alan, the red
carpet will feature the wide diversity of superstars that make the CMA Awards
one of America's most popular nights of television. - CMT.com
* OR visit www.cmaworld.com/cma-awards
OR join ABC for their “exclusive” red carpet and
live backstage access to the 48th Annual CMA Awards without signing in! - ABC CMA
Awards Live
Lucy Hale
Reveals her Tips and Tricks for Getting Red Carpet Ready
Colgate® Optic
White® is teaming up with the CMA Awards and Singer and Actress Lucy Hale to bring fans behind-the-scenes excitement from "The 48th Annual CMA Awards" on
Wednesday, November 5. As part of the partnership, Colgate Optic White will be
co-hosting an exclusive live Twitter chat with Lucy Hale, live tweeting from the
red carpet
You Think You Know Everything about the CMA Awards? >> YouTube
CMA Awards Past Winners/ Nominations
Database - CMA World
Top CMA Awards Winners:
George Strait –
23 CMA Awards, Brooks & Dunn (19), Vince Gill (18), Alan Jackson (16),
Tim McGraw (14),
Brad Paisley (14), Garth Brooks (11), Dixie Chicks (10) - CMA World
CMA Awards Backstage 2014 Interviews >> YouTube CountryMusicAssoc
The Awards start
Nov. 5 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) in Nashville
Australia and Canada!
Y'all can watch
"The 48th Annual CMA Awards" LIVE! on citytv.com and countrymusicchannel.com.au
How to LISTEN LIVE in the UK
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broadcasts from a tower located in Patterson, NY near the Putnam/Dutchess county
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Listen ONLY in the UK to the 2014 CMA Awards highlights on BBC Radio 2
- BBC
Radio 2 Country are in
Nashville all this week for the CMA Country Music Association Awards and
associated!
- Patrick
Kielty broadcast live from Nashville
on Wednesday afternoon 14:00 & 17:00 to celebrate the biggest night in
country music, with a show full of live music and guests. He was joined by
singer Garth Brooks. Patrick
also has a very special House Band with Lee Ann Womack and he visits the set of hit US TV show
Nashville with UK star Sam Palladio.
He talked to the host of the CMA Awards - Carrie Underwood and gets the latest news ahead of them with
Country Music Television host Katie
Cook. Patrick also visits some of the most iconic parts of the city
and goes to home of American Football team The Tennessee Titans. Listen
Back available for 4
weeks.
- Bob
Harris (OBE) “The Country King”
previewed the CMA 2014 Awards Listen back including C2C2015 festival performer Brandy Clark with
"What'll Keep Me Out Of Heaven" - "I think she is wonderful"
said Bob
- Bob
Harris presents highlights
of the 48th Annual CMA Awards. When: Saturday Nov 8th at 18:00 on BBC
Radio 2 - BBC
Page
CMA Awards Program Book 2014
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bar use slider on the left to Zoom (-/+) and then “<” and “>” to page
document.
Tickets to the awards have reached a new high on the secondary
market, eclipsing an average of $550
per ticket. That makes it the most expensive ticket since the show moved to
Bridgestone Arena in 2006, according to research by ticket search engine
SeatGeek, which aggregates secondary market listings into one location. Tickets
have risen 28% from last year's CMA Awards, which had an average price of $433
per ticket. In 2011, by comparison, the average ticket on the secondary market
cost $343.
The cheapest
ticket is $244, and
that's in section 305 inside Bridgestone's upper deck - The Tennessean
Click to download CMA Recipes [PDF file download]
Download the Shazam
app before the CMA
Awards on Wednesday November 5! You'll be able to Shazam the show to unlock
exclusive content from your favorite artists - itunes
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.
Eligibility Period: July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014
THE TROPHY
At its inception
in 1967, the CMA Awards trophy was designed to resemble a chart
bullet. Constructed of a rich walnut and a sturdy marble base, the trophy
signified the strength, durability and warmth of the genre. A brass music note
adorning the center read “Best Liked World Wide,” CMA’s slogan at the time. The
limited supply of walnut wood in 1983 encouraged a transition to crystal, the
material still used today. With the update arrived a new medallion in the
center that has been modified only slightly since. Today’s 15-inch, 7.5-pound
trophy is a stylish,
high-value adornment made of hand-blown
fine crystal in Florence, Italy, with final assembly by Francis & Lusky
in Nashville, Tenn. The CMA logo appears on a tri-level, die-struck medallion
in polished bronze. After the CMA Awards winners have been revealed live on the
annual broadcast, the award is engraved with the winner’s name and CMA Awards
category.
Performers And
Presenters added to the 2014 CMA Awards Nov. 5 in Nashville
Star of
“Nashville” Connie Britton;
Four-Time CMA Entertainer of the Year Garth
Brooks; “Good Morning America” Correspondent Tim Tebow; Rock ‘N’ Roll Royalty Steven Tyler; and Two-Time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Trisha Yearwood to are to
present Awards during
“The 48th Annual CMA Awards” Live on the ABC Television Network, Wednesday,
Nov. 5 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET)
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)
Reigning CMA
Entertainer of the Year George Strait
makes his 24th career performance on the “The 48th Annual CMA Awards” –
more than any other artist in CMA Awards history. Strait enters the coveted
field of Entertainer of the Year nominees again in 2014 and retains his status
as the most nominated artist in CMA Awards history with 83. Strait has a total of 19
nominations and three trophies just for Entertainer of the Year (1989, 1990,
2013). Strait was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006, which
is determined by CMA’s Panel of Electors. Earlier this year, Strait retired
from touring, but not from making music that touches millions of fans.
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CMA 2014 Wake up: Celebrate into the night with two of the top nominated artists
for the 2014 CMA Awards when Miranda
Lambert and Keith Urban appear
on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” Wednesday, Nov. 5 (7:00-9:00 AM/ET).
Urban performed live for the “Good
Morning America” audience and fans can tune in that same night for Lambert and
Urban’s performances on “The 48th Annual CMA Award
CMA Awards Reveal:
Music Video, Vocal Event Winners
Music Video, Vocal Event Winners
- Dierks Bentley's "Drunk on a Plane" is the winner of this year's CMA Award for Music Video >> YouTube (13 million views)
- Miranda
Lambert and Keith Urban's "We Were Us"
claimed a victory in the Vocal Event category.
Both awards were revealed during the live broadcast from Nashville on ABC's Good Morning
America on Wednesday (Nov. 5).
This is
Bentley's first CMA trophy since winning the Horizon Award (now re-named best
new artist) in 2005, when the awards were presented in New York City.
"Drunk on a Plane" is also nominated for Single of the Year, while
Bentley will compete in the Male Vocalist category. In addition, "I Hold On"
(which he co-wrote with Brett James) is nominated for Song of the Year.
Chris Young will host the Pre-Telecast
CMA Awards ceremonies
(6:30 PM/CT). Winners for Musical Event, Music Video, and Musician of the Year,
as well as the 2014 CMA Broadcast Awards winners for Radio Station and
Personality of the Year will be recognized.
Click Here to download a CMA Awards Ballot [PDF File] and see if you can predict the winners!
Artist Pre-Show Quotes/ Thoughts
Brad Paisley and Carrie
Underwood ready for Seventh Turn as CMA Awards Co-Hosts - ABC News
Lead Nominee Miranda Lambert Opens Up About Her CMA
Awards Performances and Fashion Choices - ABC News
Little Big Town Can't Wait to Perform with
"Incredible Singer" Ariana Grande on the CMA Awards - ABC News
Kacey Musgraves: Happy to See Her Equality Anthem,
"Follow Your Arrow," Up for CMA Song of the Year
She says,
"It really is a shocker, and I think it says a lot for, not only where
country music is heading, but kind of just where humans are heading, and I
think it's cool that I got to be a small part of that." - ABC News
Cole Swindell's CMA Awards Nomination Could Have Gotten
Him Arrested for Indecent Exposure - ABC News +
Thomas Rhett Honored to Be in the Running for New
Artist of the Year at the CMA Awards - ABC News
Little Big Town, The Band Perry and Lady
Antebellum: All Hoping for CMA Vocal Group of the Year Win - ABC News
He got to meet
his hero, Reba, on Thursday in Nashville while trying on clothes for next
week's CMA Awards - ABC News
Just in Time for CMA Awards Week!
Cledus T. Judd Parodies One of Country Music's Biggest
Stars!
Mystery Parody to be revealed Wednesday Evening, November 5
Nashville, TN,
Nov. 3, ’14….. Cledus T. Judd, the singer/songwriter who has won fans with his
hilarious parodies of stars such as Tim McGraw, Shania Twain and Toby Keith, is
back and funnier than ever! On Wednesday evening, Nov. 5, Judd's mystery parody
will be revealed on iTunes.
Over the past
few years, Judd has been hosting morning radio in Tampa, Atlanta and now
Huntington, WV, where he moved to live closer to his 10-year old daughter,
Caitlyn.
About: Cledus T.
Judd has sold 2-million records and his hilarious videos have been viewed
millions of times. Judd has also toured with, and emceed shows for, some of
Country’s biggest stars including Toby Keith, Brooks and Dunn, Brad Paisley and
Shania Twain. - cledustjudd.net
CMA Awards 2014 - What If's
- If Miranda
Lambert wins CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, she would set the record
for the most category wins (5) and the longest category winning streak
(5).
- If Martina
McBride wins CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, she would set the record
for most category wins (5). It would also be her first win in this
category since 2004.
- If Carrie
Underwood wins CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, she would be tied with
Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride and Reba for most category wins (4).
- If Blake
Shelton wins CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, he would be tied with
Vince Gill for most category wins and longest category winning streak (5).
- Musical Event of the Year: If Tim McGraw and Faith Hill win CMA Musical Event
of the Year, Tim would set the record for the most category wins (5). This
would also be the couple’s first win in this category since “It’s Your
Love” in 1997. If Kenny Rogers
and Dolly Parton win CMA
Musical Event of the Year, Dolly would tie Vince Gill, Tim McGraw and Brad
Paisley for the most category wins (4).
- Musician of the Year: Chet Atkins holds the
record for the most category wins (9). Mac McAnally and Mark O’Connor
currently hold the record for longest category winning streak (6). If Mac McAnally wins CMA Musician of
the Year, he would set the record for the longest category winning streak
(7).
FIRST Live Radio Broadcast
- The CMA Awards was broadcasted on radio stations
across the United States for the first time in 1978.
- FIRST (and only) Time Outside of Nashville: The
CMA Awards were hosted in New York
City in 2005, which is the only year the show has not taken place in
Nashville. Keith Urban won
Entertainer of the Year and Brooks & Dunn hosted the gala event at
Madison Square Garden.
- FIRST AND ONLY Back-to-Back Single Of The Year
Winner: In 2010, Lady Antebellum
became the only back-to-back CMA Single of the Year winner in CMA history
with “I Run To You” (2009) and “Need You Now.”
- FIRST Female Group Entertainer of the Year: In
2000, Dixie Chicks became the
first all-female group to win Entertainer of the Year.
- FIRST Online Voting: In 2008, member voting for the CMA Awards went digital. The CMA
Awards was the first major award show to conduct the voting for the show
exclusively online!
- FIRST Non-Charting New Artist of the Year
Nominee: Brandy Clark is the
first CMA Awards New Artist of the Year Nominee whose music has not yet
hit the Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs Chart. Traditionally New Artist nominees have
had success at radio. However, when
Brandy’s song “Stripes” was picked to be featured in a Beats Music Super
Bowl ad, fans and industry paid attention.
- “The 3rd
Annual CMA Awards” was the first show to broadcast live, as Johnny Cash won five Awards in a single
night: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Single (“Boy Named Sue”), Album (Johnny
Cash At San Quentin Prison), and Vocal Group for his work with June
Carter. Plus, the Country Music
Hall of Fame inducted Gene Autry and Bill Monroe.
- The 1st Annual CMA Awards Banquet and Show was
not televised. The 2nd Annual was taped and aired at a later date on NBC’s
“Kraft Music Hall.”
CMA Trivia [PDF file download] CMA World
Selective:
- How many times (including this year) have Brad
Paisley and Carrie Underwood hosted the CMA Awards? 7 times (2008-2014)
- Who has hosted the most consecutive CMA Awards
ceremonies in the show's history? Vince
Gill (1992-2003, 12 years)
- What year was the inaugural CMA Awards? 1967
- Kenny Chesney and Alabama both hold the record
for the most consecutive wins of CMA Entertainer of the Year. How
- many times did each of them win this award? 3 times (Kenny Chesney: 2006-2008;
Alabama: 1982-1984)
- What is
the difference between Song of the Year and Single of the Year? Who
receives the trophy? - Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriter -
Single of the Year is awarded to the singer and producer
- Who was the first female to win CMA Entertainer
of the Year? Loretta Lynn
- Only one duo has ever won CMA Entertainer of the Year. Who was it? Brooks & Dunn, 1996
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