Jess
Moskaluke and Brett Kissel Lead The Race With Six Nominations
As The
2018 CCMA Award Nominees Are Announced
The
Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) has announced the full list of 2018
CCMA Award nominees.
Leading
the race with six nominations each
are three-time Female Artist of the Year winner, Jess Moskaluke and reigning Male Artist of the Year, Brett Kissel.
Moskaluke
is nominated for the Apple Music Fans' Choice Award, FORD Album of the Year,
Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, Video of the Year and
Songwriter(s) of the Year.
Kissel
will be competing for wins in the Apple Fans' Choice Award, FORD Album of the
Year, Interactive Artist of the Year, Record Producer(s) of the Year, Video of
the Year and Male Artist of the Year categories.
Reigning
SiriusXM Rising Star and Female Artist of the Year Meghan Patrick has earned five
2018 CCMA Award nominations. Patrick is competing for top honours in hopes
of taking home the FORD Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Single of
the Year, Video of the Year and Songwriter(s) of the Year Awards.
Taking
home three awards in 2017, Dallas Smith
has earned four 2018 CCMA Award
nominations: Apple Music Fans' Choice Award, Male Artist of the Year,
Single of the Year and Video of the Year. Smith has also been announced as a
performer for the 2018 CCMA Awards show which will broadcast live from
Hamilton, ON on September 9.
The
Apple Music Fans' Choice Award, the most honourable award for many country
artists as the winner is chosen by Canadian country music fans, was announced:
Nomination
leader Jess Moskaluke goes head to head with Canada's biggest names in country
music -- Gord Bamford, Dean Brody, Chad Brownlee, Tim Hicks,
Dallas Smith, James Barker Band, High Valley and Canada's country powerhouse and
2018 CCMA Awards host Shania Twain.
Each
year, the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) honours its members who
have excelled during the past year, with a Canadian
Country Music Association Award. CCMA Awards are presented each fall during
Country Music Week.
The
CCMA Awards are voted upon by the membership* in a three-stage ballot process;
during the first of which, potential Candidates who have released product
within the eligibility period and meet the criteria outlined in the Rules &
Regulations, are brought forward for consideration and nominated by the voting
membership through a 'write-in' ballot.
The Second Ballot presents the top ten
eligible contenders, as verified by the Awards and Balloting Committee, who
have received the most votes in each category to be voted upon for the Third (and final) Ballot, which
contains the top five contenders in each category, who become the final five
nominees.
On
June 6, 2018 the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) announced 19-time
CCMA Award and three-time JUNO Award Winner Terri Clark as the 2018 artist inductee to the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Celebrated for her incredible
contributions to Canadian country music, Clark will be honoured as a part of
the CCMA Awards nationwide broadcast, from FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, ON,
on Sunday, September 9, live in all
time zones on CBC and at cbcmusic.ca/ccmas at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).
“It
is such an honour to be inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame,”
said Terri Clark. “Being celebrated as one of Canada’s most influential country
musicians is a recognition I do not take lightly and one I will forever be
proud of. I am deeply grateful to everyone who has been on this journey with
me, especially my fans who I had the opportunity to celebrate with today.”
ARTIST AWARDS
APPLE MUSIC FANS’
CHOICE AWARD *
Gord
Bamford, Dean Brody, Chad Brownlee, Tim Hicks, High Valley, James Barker Band,
Brett Kissel, Jess Moskaluke, Dallas Smith, Shania Twain
FORD ALBUM OF THE YEAR
COUNTRY MUSIC MADE ME
DO IT
- Meghan Patrick
PAST THE PAST - Jess Moskaluke
THE PROJECT - Lindsay Ell
WE WERE THAT SONG - Brett Kissel
WHAT WE'RE MADE OF - The Washboard Union
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE
YEAR
Lindsay
Ell, Madeline Merlo, Jess Moskaluke, Meghan Patrick, Shania Twain
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Gord
Bamford, Chad Brownlee, Brett Kissel, Dallas Smith, Bobby Wills
GROUP OR DUO OF THE
YEAR
High
Valley, Hunter Brothers, James Barker Band, The Reklaws, The Washboard Union
ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP
OF THE YEAR
The
Lovelocks, Jessica Mitchell, Lindi Ortega, The Washboard Union, Donovan Woods
SIRIUSXM RISING STAR
Dan
Davidson, Aaron Goodvin, Hunter Brothers, Leaving Thomas, The Reklaws
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Chills - James Barker Band
Country
Music Made Me Do It - Meghan Patrick
Drive Me
Away
- Jess Moskaluke
Lonely
Drum
- Aaron Goodvin
Side
Effects
- Dallas Smith
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
The Bad
Guy
- Meghan Patrick
Drive Me
Away
- Jess Moskaluke
Hometown
Kids
- The Reklaws
Sky Stays
This Blue
- Dallas Smith
We Were
That Song
- Brett Kissel
SONGWRITER(S) OF THE
YEAR
Dean Brody, Matt
Rovey
Song:
8th Day (Performed By: Dean Brody)
Dan Isbell, Meghan
Patrick, Jeremy Stover
Song:
Country Music Made Me Do It (Performed By: Meghan Patrick)
Zach Abend, Corey
Crowder, Jess Moskaluke
Song:
Drive Me Away (Performed By: Jess Moskaluke)
James Barker, Gavin
Slate, Travis Wood
Song:
It’s Working (Performed By: James Barker Band)
Alexander Black, Aaron
Goodvin, Cathy Gravitt
Song:
Lonely Drum (Performed By: Aaron Goodvin)
INTERACTIVE ARTIST OR
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Tenille
Arts, Hunter Brothers, Brett Kissel, Leaving Thomas, Nice Horse
MUSICIAN AWARDS (7 AWARDS), RADIO AWARDS (6 AWARDS), INDUSTRY AWARDS (14 AWARDS)
*
Here are the three ways fans can vote for their favourite 2018 Apple Music Fans' Choice Award nominee:
1. Streaming on applemusic.com/CCMAawards. Votes will be plays of nominees' songs in the Apple Music CCMA Fans' Choice playlist. Any song played will count as one vote for the corresponding artist, with maximum one vote per song per day per Apple Music member. Each artist has two songs on the playlist. Apple Music will collect and verify these votes.
The Apple Music voting portal is active now through Thursday, September 6 at 3:00 a.m. EST.
2. Online through ccmafanvote.com - a voting website where nominees can encourage fans to visit to cast their vote. Here, fans will be able to vote multiple times for their favourite artist by simply clicking on an act's photo to vote. To note: captchas will be set up to catch any bot voting attempts. The votes will be collected and verified via DMDS/Yangaroo.
The URL voting portal is active now through Sunday, September 10 at 9:00 p.m. EST, one hour into the live stream of the 2018 CCMA Awards Show.
3. Via #hashtag voting. Hashtag voting will coincide with Country Music Week, with fans encouraged to vote for their favourite Apple Music Fans' Choice nominee by using the appropriate hashtag on Facebook and Twitter. Only one hashtag per post will count as a vote.
1. Streaming on applemusic.com/CCMAawards. Votes will be plays of nominees' songs in the Apple Music CCMA Fans' Choice playlist. Any song played will count as one vote for the corresponding artist, with maximum one vote per song per day per Apple Music member. Each artist has two songs on the playlist. Apple Music will collect and verify these votes.
The Apple Music voting portal is active now through Thursday, September 6 at 3:00 a.m. EST.
2. Online through ccmafanvote.com - a voting website where nominees can encourage fans to visit to cast their vote. Here, fans will be able to vote multiple times for their favourite artist by simply clicking on an act's photo to vote. To note: captchas will be set up to catch any bot voting attempts. The votes will be collected and verified via DMDS/Yangaroo.
The URL voting portal is active now through Sunday, September 10 at 9:00 p.m. EST, one hour into the live stream of the 2018 CCMA Awards Show.
3. Via #hashtag voting. Hashtag voting will coincide with Country Music Week, with fans encouraged to vote for their favourite Apple Music Fans' Choice nominee by using the appropriate hashtag on Facebook and Twitter. Only one hashtag per post will count as a vote.
The
hashtags are:
#FansChoiceGord #FansChoiceDean #FansChoiceChad
#FansChoiceTim #FansChoiceHighValley #FansChoiceJBB #FansChoiceBrett #FansChoiceJess #FansChoiceDallas #FansChoiceShania
The
hashtag voting mechanism will be active Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:00
a.m. EST through to Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. EST (one hour into
the live stream of the 2018 CCMA Awards Show).
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