49th Annual CMA Awards Nominations
Country rocker Steven Tyler and talented newbie Kelsea Ballerini helped announce the nominees for the 49th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday (Sept 9, 2015).
a) 49th Annual CMA Awards Nominations announced
b) Analysis of the nominees
c) Full 49th
Annual CMA Awards Nominees and Categories listed
d) CMA Broadcast Awards Finalists Announced
e) Press Releases f) CMA Awards 2015 Playlist g) CMA Awards 2015 Tweets
d) CMA Broadcast Awards Finalists Announced
e) Press Releases f) CMA Awards 2015 Playlist g) CMA Awards 2015 Tweets
Country rocker Steven Tyler and talented newbie Kelsea Ballerini helped announce the nominees for the 49th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday (Sept 9, 2015).
The news was
delivered across several ABC properties.
At sunrise,
Ballerini and Tyler were on hand in Times Square to announce the nominees in five categories live on air on Good Morning America; the announcements
aired in the 7:30AM half-hour segment. Tyler and Ballerini announced the rest
of the nominees at around 8:10AM on GoodMorningAmerica.com.
With just under two months left until the 2015 CMA Awards air on Nov. 4, the nominees for "Country Music's Biggest Night" were revealed on ABC's Good Morning America Wednesday morning (Sept. 9).
Ballerini
herself who exclaimed, "That's not
real!" upon hearing of her very first and two nominations. The
finalists for the remaining seven categories were broadcast on a live stream
later in the program.
The 2015 CMA nominees contained a mixture of the biggest superstars in the genre Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, and Garth Brooks -- and some of the genre's hottest newcomers such as Sam Hunt, female duo Maddie & Tae, and Chris Stapleton. For the eighth consecutive year, new mummy Underwood and Brad Paisley will serve as the show's co-hosts when it airs live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 4 at 8pm ET. See the list of nominees below.
Leading the 49th Annual CMA Awards nominations |
Little Big Town crushed it with their song "Girl Crush" and are tied with Eric Church with five nominations each at this year's Country Music Association Awards.
The four-part
vocal group rode the success of the media hype and critical acclaim to
nominations for Album, Group, Musical
Event, Music Video and Single of the
Year.
Eric Church snagged noms for Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Single, Musical event and Song of the Year (Church is co-writer
with Luke Laird).
Kenny Chesney and Miranda Lambert received four nominations each. 12 time CMA winner Miranda has now amassed 38 CMA nominations
if if she wins CMA Female Vocalist of the Year once again she would extend the winning
streak to six years. Now divorced from former CMA Entertainer of the Year Blake Shelton
he too could extended his Male Vocalist reign to six straight wins.
I could not be happier to be nominated for a CMA award for "Smokin' and Drinkin'" with these fine… https://t.co/L2Mty5jraZ
— Miranda Lambert (@mirandalambert) September 9, 2015
Singer-songwriters
stood out in this year's nominations with Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt
and Maddie
& Tae (Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye) all receiving three nominations.
Can't believe we're up for CMA duo, new artist, & video of the year!!!! LOVE Y'ALL SOOOO MUCH! 😍 #CMAawards #isthisreallife
— Maddie & Tae (@MaddieandTae) September 9, 2015
On the chart Dec
20, 2014 "Girl In A Country
Song" reached No.1 for Maddie & Tae for 1 week on the Billboard
Country Airplay chart. Their current quality single “Fly” is Top 10 (current
peak #9). Their debut album, START HERE (outside
of the CMA voting eligibility period) released with an acoustic concert in
Nashville Tuesday night (Aug 18). Start Here (Dot/Republic/Big Machine Label Group)
has opened at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart (dated Sept.19) with
23,682 sales in the week ending Sept. 3, according to Nielsen Music. The album marks
the strongest unit debut by a female duo on Top Country Albums since The Wreckers
(Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp) 44K bow back in 2006.
Reigning 2014
CMA Entertainer Luke
Bryan has two nominations
along with Carrie
Underwood and Blake Shelton.
The Garth Brooks
World Tour which began on Sept 4, 2014 with wife Trisha Yearwood has garnered
him a nomination for Entertainer of the
Year once again. The tour is Brooks' first in 13 years after coming out of
retirement and launched in support of his 2014 album, MAN AGAINST MACHINE. The album made a debut at No.1 on the Country
chart selling 130,000 copies (dated Nov 29, 2014) and held the top of the chart
for 6 non-consecutive weeks. Brooks is a 3 times CMA Entertainer of the Year
winner which he last won in 1997. His previous CMA nomination was for Album of
the Year (1998) for SEVENS (Capitol).
Two times CMA New
Artist nominee Lee
Brice has a Single Of The Year nomination for “I
Don’t Dance”. Last year it was beaten out by Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your
Arrow” in the Song category. ‘I Don’t Dance’ has taken home Single Record of
the Year honours at The 50th Academy of Country Music Awards. In 2013 "I
Drive Your Truck" performed by Lee Brice won Song of the Year for writers Connie
Harrington, Jessi Alexander and Jimmy Yeary.
Kelsea
landed a #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase Charts with "Love
Me Like You Mean It" (writers Kelsea Ballerini, Josh Kerr, Forest Glen
Whitehead, Lance Carpenter). On June 22, 2015 Black River Entertainment artist
Kelsea became the first Country female solo to debut #1 since Carrie
Underwood's "Jesus Take The Wheel" in January 2006! Ballerini’s #1 marked the first time a solo female
has landed at #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart ( issue date July 4, 2015) in
nearly three years since Carrie Underwood’s "Blown Away" on Nov. 3,
2012! Her EP sold just 1,100 copies with a #40 Country Album debut (chart
March 28, 2015) but followed up with her album THE FIRST TIME with debuts at #31
Billboard 200/ #22 Top Albums Sales and #4 Country Albums selling 13,465 copies
(chart June 6, 2015).
THE BIGGEST SURPRISE among the familiar CMA faces that grabbed
2015 noms was certainly Chris Stapleton after grabbing his three early 2015
nominations for Album, Male Vocalist and New Artist . One of those included Male Vocalist Of The Year surprisingly
freezing out Sam
Hunt of the category despite the huge success he’s had with 3 chart
topping singles, biggest selling country artist in the first quarter 2015 and
his album MONTEVALLO topped the
chart issue date Nov 15, 2014 selling 69,849 copies and has enjoyed eight
non-consecutive weeks atop the album chart .
Songwriter Shane McAnally has a chance of retaining a CMA Song Of The Year Award as a co-writer of two nominated songs "American Kids" (Kenny Chesney) and "Take Your Time" (Sam Hunt). Last year he joined Kacey Musgraves and Brandy Clark as the part of the writing team penning Musgraves ground breaking “Follow Your Arrow”.
VIDEO
Little Big Town talk to Fox News about Girl Crush:
The 49th Annual CMA Awards Nominees are:
“The 49th Annual CMA Awards” airs live Wednestday, Nov. 4, at 8|7c on ABC-TV. Country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood preside over the evening, returning as hosts for the eighth consecutive year. The 2015 CMA Awards promises spectacle, accolades and countless >> special moments.
#CMAawards 2015 Tweets
Very happy for rising Country music star @KelseaBallerini..congrats on #CMAAwards nominations! Great job today @GMA. pic.twitter.com/dZ3BxYW1JM
— Robin Roberts (@RobinRoberts) September 9, 2015
Chris Stapleton |
Stapleton’s
album TRAVELLER made a debut at #14 on
the Billboard 200 Album chart and #2 on Country Albums selling 27,032 copies (chart
issued May 23, 2015)
Jason Aldean be complaining some as he was once
again snubbed by the CMA voting members—as in 2014—from both the Entertainer
of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year categories. In March Aldean remarried when he wed his curveous sexy busty American Idol mistress-turned-wife Brittany Kerr in
Mexico.
Reba McEntire was absent from a Female Vocalist nomination
despite her comeback singles and album LOVE SOMEBODY which made bows at #3
Billboard 200 Albums and a #1 Billboard Country album (58,351 sales; chart May
2, 2015).
Perhaps
she was edged out by Lee Ann Womack who
after a long absence made a debut in October 2014 at No.99 (#18 Country) selling a disappointing 3,400 copies
of her highly acclaimed album THE WAY I'M LIVIN' (Sugar Hill). On a small Inde label and losing country airplay on the
Billboard monitored stations did not helped its cause. However the great
critical acclaim, The Way I'm Livin received a nomination for a Grammy Award
for Best Country Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards!
Willie Nelson (82) and Merle Haggard (78) together the country legends logged the oldest duo ever to have a UK chart album, with DJANGO & JIMMIE were nominated for Musical Event of the Year for their collaborative album. On the charts issued June 20, 2015 Nelson & Haggard’s album opened with 30,408 copies (#7 Billboard 200, #4 Top Album Sales, #1 Country Albums).
Willie Nelson (82) and Merle Haggard (78) together the country legends logged the oldest duo ever to have a UK chart album, with DJANGO & JIMMIE were nominated for Musical Event of the Year for their collaborative album. On the charts issued June 20, 2015 Nelson & Haggard’s album opened with 30,408 copies (#7 Billboard 200, #4 Top Album Sales, #1 Country Albums).
Songwriter Shane McAnally has a chance of retaining a CMA Song Of The Year Award as a co-writer of two nominated songs "American Kids" (Kenny Chesney) and "Take Your Time" (Sam Hunt). Last year he joined Kacey Musgraves and Brandy Clark as the part of the writing team penning Musgraves ground breaking “Follow Your Arrow”.
Press Release: Shane
McAnally VS. Shane McAnally Takes Center Stage At CMA Awards Hit Songwriter and Producer Earns Four
Nominations Including Two in Song of the
Year Category, Impacts Single and
Album of the Year at the 49th Annual Awards Show
Shane McAnally pulled
off a rare, if not unprecedented feat, Wednesday morning when he was
nominated for four CMA Awards – twice in the Song of the Year category (Kenny
Chesney’s “American Kids” and Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time”), Single of the Year
for “Take Your Time” as a producer and Album of the Year for Kacey Musgraves’
Pageant Material (as a producer) and unofficially squares off with himself for
Song of the Year for the 49th Annual CMA Awards. The hit songwriter and
producer reached a number of milestones with his four nominations.
He joins Alan
Jackson as the only songwriters to have two of his songs compete in the Song of
the Year category in different years. - Read More
The only International
artist to stop the American monopoly is New Zealand born Keith Urban with one nomination for
Musical Event Of The Year with "Raise
'Em Up, feat. Eric Church. Last year Keith was a winner in the category with “We
Were Us” featuring Miranda Lambert. One wonder how close Canada’s Shania Twain came
to a nomination after going on tour for the first time in 11 years, and announcing
it will be her last tour before her long awaited fifth studio album? The former
1999 Entertainer of the Year was last nominated for Musical Event of the Year (2005)
with Party For Two (Shania Twain w/ Billy Currington).
Despite the
fact that if you threw a stick in Nashville you’d probably hit an A-list
guitarist, keyboard player or percussionist the exaxt same 5 musicians who were
nominated in 2014 are once again nominated for Musician Of The Year. Perhaps it should be renamed the Mac McAnally
trophy as last year he won 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).
In the real
world there were sadly no nominations for the stars from the Nashville TV drama! So now’t for Rayna
James (6 for 6 on the Tele!), Luke Wheeler, Juliette Barnes, Will Lexington, Sadie
Stone or the Conrad Sisters!
CMA Press Releases
Randy Houser Nabs CMA Nomination For Song Of The
Year - Read More
Eric Church Tops CMA Awards Nominations With Five
Nods - Read More
Kenny Chesney Takes 5+2: Entertainer, Album, Single, Song, Event & TWO Producer Nods - Read
More
Kelsea Ballerini Beams With First CMA Award Nominations,
Racking Up New Artist Of The Year and Female Vocalist Of The Year Nods…See more
at: Read More
VIDEO
Little Big Town talk to Fox News about Girl Crush:
The 49th Annual CMA Awards Nominees are:
NEW = New to the Category for 2015 compared to the 2014 nominees
Entertainer Of The Year (Category 1) Tweet
Garth Brooks NEW
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney NEW
Eric Church NEW
Miranda Lambert
Single Of The Year
(Award goes to
Artist and Producer(s)) (Category 2) Tweet
"American
Kids", Kenny Chesney (Produced by Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney)
"Girl
Crush", Little Big Town (Produced by Jay Joyce)
"I Don't
Dance", Lee Brice (Produced by Lee Brice)
"Take Your
Time", Sam Hunt (Produced by Zach Crowell and Shane McAnally)
"Talladega",
Eric Church (Produced by Jay Joyce and Arturo Buenabora, Jnr)
Album Of The Year (Category 3) Tweet
(Award goes to
Artist and Producer(s))
Old Boots, New
Dirt, Jason Aldean (Produced by Michael Knox/ Broken Bow)
Pageant
Material, Kacey Musgraves (Produced by Kacey Musgraves, Luke Laird, and Shane
McAnally/ Mercury Nashville)
Pain Killer,
Little Big Town (Produced by Jay Joyce/ Capitol Records Nashville)
The Big
Revival, Kenny Chesney (Produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney/ Blue Chair
Records/Columbia Nashville)
Traveller,
Chris Stapleton (Produced by Dave Cobb and Christ Stapleton/ Mercury Nashville)
Song Of The Year (Category 4) Tweet
(Award goes to
Songwriter(s))
"American
Kids", Songwriters: Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally (Artist:
Kenny Chesney)
"Girl
Crush", Songwriters: Liz Rose, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey (Artist
Little Big Town)
"Like a
Cowboy", Songwriters: Randy Houser, Brice Long (Artist: Randy Houser)
"Like a
Wrecking Ball", Songwriters: Eric Church, Casey Beathard (Artist: Eric
Church)
"Take Your
Time", Songwriters: Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne (Artist: Sam
Hunt)
Female Vocalist Of The Year (Category 5) Tweet
Kelsea
Ballerini NEW
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie
Underwood
LeeAnn Womack NEW
Male Vocalist Of The Year (Category 6) Tweet
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton
Chris Stapleton
NEW
Vocal Group Of The Year (Category 7) Tweet
The Band Perry
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
NEW
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo Of The Year (Category 8) Tweet
Brothers
Osborne NEW
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia
Line
Maddie and Tae NEW
Thompson Square
Musical Event Of The Year (Category 9) Tweet
(Award goes to
each artist)
"Django
And Jimmie", Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard/ Legacy Recording
"Lonely
Tonight", Blake Shelton feat. Ashley Monroe/Warner Bros./ Warner Music
Nashville >> Video
"Raise 'Em
Up, Keith Urban feat. Eric Church/ Hit Red Records/ Capitol Records Nashville >>
Video
"Smokin'
And Drinkin'" Miranda Lambert feat. Little Big Town/ RCA Nashville >>
Video
"Wild
Child", Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter/ Blue Chair Records/ Columbia
Nashville >> Video
Musician Of The Year (Category 10) Tweet
Sam Bush
(Mandolin)
Jerry Douglas
(Dobro)
Paul Franklin
(Steel Guitar)
Dann Huff
(Guitar)
Mac McAnally
(Guitar)
Music Video Of The Year (Category 11)
"Biscuits",
Kacey Musgraves (Directed by Marc Klasfeld) >> Video
"Girl
Crush", Little Big Town (Directed by Karla Welch & Matthew Welch)
>> Video
"Girl In A
Country Song", Maddie & Tae (Directed by TK McKamy (pronounced
mc-ka-me) >> Video
"Little
Red Wagon", Miranda Lambert (Directed by Trey Fanjoy) >> Video
"Something
In The Water", Carrie Underwood (Directed by Ray Kapoor) >> Video
New Artist Of The Year (Category 12) Tweet
Kelsea
Ballerini NEW
Sam Hunt NEW
Maddie and Tae NEW
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
NEW
CMA Broadcast Awards Finalists Announced
The 49th Annual
CMA Awards
With an assist
from BLACK RIVER's Kelsea Ballerini, who contacted all finalists personally,
the Country Music Association announced the 2014 "CMA Broadcast
Awards" finalists in conjunction with the "49th Annual CMA
Awards." They are as follows:
CMA Broadcast Personality
Of The Year
National:
"The Big D
& Bubba Show," (Derek Haskins, Sean Powell) Compass Media Networks
"The Crook
& Chase Show," (Lorianne Crook, Charlie Chase) iHeartmedia
"The Lia
Show," (Lia Knight) Westwood One
Major Market:
"Barrel
Boy At Night," (Eric Gruneisen) KNIX/Phoenix,
Ariz.
"Ben And
Matt In The Morning," (Ben Campbell, Matt Mcallister) KNIX/Phoenix, Ariz.
"The
Michael J Show," (Michael J. Stuehler) WPOC/Baltimore, Md.
"Paul
Schadt And Meg In The Morning Show," (Paul Schadt, Meg Butterly, Geof
Knight) WKKT/Charlotte-Gastonia,
N.C./Rock Hill, S.C.
"The Q
Morning Zoo," (Tim Tuttle, Kevin Kline, Erica Rico) KKBQ/Houston-Galveston, Texas
Large Market:
“The Big Dave
Show,” (David Chandler, Chelsie Shinkle, Jason Statt) WUBE/Cincinnati, Ohio
“Karen, Scott
& Radar,” (Karen Dalessandro, Scott Dolphin, Tony “Radar” Hess) WMIL/Milwaukee-Racine, Wisconsin
“Mornings With
Dave O’brien,” (Dave O’brien) WLHK/Indianapolis,
Indiana
“Q Morning
Crew,” (Mike Wheless, Marty Young, Janie Carothers) WQDR/Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
“Randy And
Jamie,” (Randy Carroll, Jamie Martin) KAJA/San
Antonio, Texas
Medium Market
"The 97
Country Breakfast Club," (Roger Todd, Melissa Moran, Dale Sellers) WPCV/Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
"Andy
& Allison And The Morning Crew," (Andy Ritchie, Alison Mencer, Jimmy
Holt) WIVK/Knoxville, Tenn.
"Dj Walker
In The Morning," (Dennis Walker, Jim Wells) KATM/Stockton, California
"Maverick
& Lulu," (Maverick Johnson, Luanne Kyrsz) WCTQ/Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
"Tom And
Becky," (Tom Owens, Becky Palmer) WBBS/
Syracuse, New York
Small Market:
“Barrett, Fox
& Berry,” (Bill Barrett, Tim Fox, Tracy Berry) KKNU/Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
“Bobby And
Steve Show,” (Bobby Cook, Steve Schwetman) WKYQ/Paducah,
Kentucky
“The Dex &
Mo Show,” (Bill “Dex” Poindexter, Melissa “Mo” Turner) WUSY/Chattanooga, Tennessee
“Ken And
Daniel,” (Ken Hicks, Daniel Wyatt) WUSY/Chattanooga,
Tennessee
“Scotty &
Cara In The Morning,” (Scotty Cox, Cara Denis) KCLR/Columbia, Missouri
CMA Radio Station Of The
Year
Major Market:
KNIX/Phoenix ; WKKT/Charlotte;
WKLB/Boston; WPOC/Baltimore; WSOC/Charlotte
Large Market:
WCOL/Columbus; WLHK/Indianapolis;
WMIL/Milwaukee; WQIK/Jacksonville; WUBE/Cincinnati
Medium Market:
CKRY/Calgary, KUZZ/Bakersfield;
WBBS/Syracuse; WCTQ/Sarasota; WHKO/Dayton; WIVK/Noxville
Small Market:
KCLR/Columbia.
MO; KFDI/Wichita, KS; KTTS/Springfield, MO; WGSQ/Cookeville,TN; WHWY/Ft. Walton
Beach/Destin, FL
Winners will be
announced in October and honored during the "49th Annual CMA Awards"
on Weds Nov 4th at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Source: CMA World.com
First Ballot took place July 6 -16 followed by Second Ballot (Aug 11 – 20) and the Final CMA Awards 2015 Ballot is held
between Oct 8 – 27, 2015
* The CMA
Awards eligibility period was July
1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
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 6,300 professional members of
CMA, which was the first trade organization formed to promote an individual
genre of music in 1958. Winners of “The 49th Annual CMA Awards” were determined
in a final round of voting by eligible members of CMA.
“The 49th Annual CMA Awards” airs live Wednestday, Nov. 4, at 8|7c on ABC-TV. Country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood preside over the evening, returning as hosts for the eighth consecutive year. The 2015 CMA Awards promises spectacle, accolades and countless >> special moments.
Check out our CMA Awards 2015
Spotify Playlist
#CMAawards 2015 Tweets
Country
Music Assoc. tweeted @CountryMusic Special
shout-out this a.m. to our more than 7,400 CMA members who determine the
nominees & winners of the #CMAawards each year!
Sony Music Nashville tweeted @SonyNashville Congratulations to our Sony Music Nashville
#CMAawards nominees! Details here: http://smarturl.it/lnsy3v @CountryMusic
Blake Shelton tweeted @blakeshelton Congrats to my @ashleymonroe for our CMA
nomination this morning!!! This calls for a drink!!!
Dan + Shay tweeted @DanAndShay
Congratulations to all the #CMAawards nominees! We are stoked to be nominated for
#DuoOfTheYear!
Hillary Scott tweeted @HillaryScottLA Vocal
Group of the Year!!!!! Thank you to all of the voters and ALWAYS to the
fans!!!!
Lady Antebellum tweeted @ladyantebellum Honored to be nominated for Vocal Group of the
Year at this year’s #CMAawards! Congrats to all the other nominees! Going to be
a fun night!
Luke Bryan tweeted @LukeBryanOnline Thank you
@countrymusic for the nominations. #EOTY #MaleVocalist #CMAawards
Lee Ann Womack tweeted @leeannwomack Woah! We're pretty excited around here! to everybody
who helped me make music this year :) (& the neighbors!)
thompson square tweeted @thompsonsquare We are so
excited and proud to be nominated again for @cma duo of the year!!! Thanks so
much to all the members that voted!
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