Canadian Country Music Association Award Nominations 2018

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)

For full list of CCMA 2018 nominations visit www.ccma.org

* 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.

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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