“THE 53RD ANNUAL CMA AWARDS” REVEAL EARLY WINNERS LIVE ON “GOOD MORNING
AMERICA”
"Old Town Road (Remix)"
Wins CMA Musical Event of the Year,
"Rainbow" Wins CMA Music Video of the Year
"Old Town Road
(Remix)" by Lil Nas Xfeat. Billy
Ray Cyrus(Producers: YoungKio, Michael
Trent Reznor, Atticus Matthew Ross) was
announced as winner of CMA Musical Event of the Year, while
"Rainbow" by Kacey Musgraves(Director: Hannah
Lux Davis) takes home the trophy for CMA Music Video of the Year.
The winners were revealed this
morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America” broadcast, live from
Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon.
Watch Maddie
& Tae reveal the winners on ABC's Good
Morning Americahere.
Magic Carpet Guide: Media outlets hosting red carpet coverage of the 53rd Annual CMA Awards
include:
Entertainment Tonight’s ET
Livewill livestream from the red carpet. Details here.
SiriusXM's The Highway flipped to CMA Awards Radio Monday (Nov 11).
Their red carpet show, hosted by Storme and MC, airs live 4:30-7pm CT.
Tennessean’s red
carpet show will be livestreamed via YouTube and Tennessean’s and USA
Today’s Facebook pages from 5-7pm CT.
ABC’s On The Red Carpet at the CMA Awards airs
live from 6:30-7pm CT. The live red carpet show will also be
livestreamed starting at 5:30pm CT at OnTheRedCarpet.com and CMAawards.com/redcarpet.
WKRN/Nashville’sLive
On The Red Carpet featuring Frankie
Ballard airs live on all ABC
Nexstar stations from 6:30-7pm CT. The live red carpet show will
be livestreamed starting at 5pm CT at WKRN.com.
HOSTS
“The 53rd Annual CMA Awards,”
hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guest hosts Reba
McEntire and Dolly Parton, takes place this evening at the
Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Speaking of tonight's show, Joe
Walsh will join previously-announced artists in a tribute to 2019
Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Kris
Kristofferson; Jimmie Allen, Cody
Johnson, Lara Spencer, Walsh and Reese
Witherspoon have been added as presenters; and Carly
Pearce and Michael Ray will host the pre-telecast.
The awards air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena tonight (11/13) on ABC.
"AND
THE CMA AWARD GOES TO..."
PRESENTERS:
Radio and
TV personality Bobby Bones, Country artist Blanco Brown,
ABC’s Dancing With The Stars’ Hannah Brown, Country
artist Deana Carter, actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth,
Country artist Janie Fricke, actor/comedian Jim Gaffigan,
Country artists Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Midland and Craig
Morgan, artist and actress Jennifer Nettles, actor, comedian
and writer J.B. Smoove, and Country artists Pam Tillis, Morgan
Wallen and Trisha Yearwood are set to present at “The
53rd Annual CMA Awards.” Country Music’s Biggest Night™, hosted
by Carrie Underwood with special guest hosts Reba
McEntire and Dolly Parton airs live from Bridgestone
Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC
Television Network.
PERFORMERS
Previously
announced performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers
Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Luke
Combs, Dan + Shay, Lady Antebellum and Halsey, Miranda Lambert, Reba
McEntire, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves with Willie
Nelson, Old Dominion, Dolly Parton with for KING & COUNTRY and Zach
Williams, P!NK and Chris Stapleton, Blake Shelton,
Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban.
Kris Kristofferson To Receive 2019 Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement
Award
Me And Bobbie
McKee: Kris Kristofferson is the CMA's 2019 Willie Nelson Lifetime
Achievement Award recipient. A tribute is planned for the 53rd Annual CMA
Awards featuring a performance of "Me And Bobby McGee" by Dierks
Bentley with Sheryl Crow, Chris Janson and John Osborne.
"He is the definition of an icon and someone our community holds with such
high regard," says CMA CEO Sarah Trahern. "Though he won’t be joining
us at the CMA Awards, I hope our tribute performance brings a big smile to his
face.” Past honorees include Nelson (2012), Kenny Rogers (2013), Johnny Cash
(2015) and Dolly Parton (2016). The awards air live from Nashville's
Bridgestone Arena Nov. 13 on ABC
BBC RADIO 2
BBC Radio 2will
broadcast a highlight show on Thursday evening hosted by Patrick Kielty and BBC
Four will broadcast highlights from the awards next Friday 22 November from
11.10pm.
Performers include Carrie
Underwood (host), Dolly Parton (guest host), Maren
Morris, Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson, P!nk with Chris Stapleton, Dierks
Bentley with Sheryl Crow, Lady Antebellum with Halsey, Luke Combs, Eric Church,
Kelsea Ballerini and many more!
Exclusive Artist Interviews, Rehearsal Footage
Rehearsals Day (Nov 10 - 12, 2019): Interviews with Carrie Underwood, Reba, Dolly, Tanya Tucker, Terri Clark, Sara Evans, Maddie & Tae, Carly Pearce, Runaway June
QUOTES
For
additional context, for the first time in CMA Awards history, women are
nominated in all categories (exc male vocalist) and Carrie Underwood the first
female in over 2 years to be shortlisted for Entertainer of the Year - this
category has been won by males every year since 2011 when Taylor won, and the
Awards will open with a historic female-only performance led by Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton and ft Terri
Clark, Sara Evans, Crystal Gayle, The Highwomen, Martina McBride, Jennifer
Nettles, Tanya Tucker and Gretchen Wilson.
Kelsea
Ballerini (nominated
for Female Vocalist of the Year) said in rehearsals:
"I mean, I’m alongside legends of Country music in my brain,
people that I grew up listening to like Carrie and Miranda. And then I am also
alongside women that inspire me right now in music to write better songs and to
work harder because they are killing it. It’s really inspiring to be in a
category with people that you respect, that you love, that you listen to and
that you represent country music with. I am really honoured to be in this category."
Dolly
Parton and Reba McEntire (special guest hosts) joined host Carrie
Underwood to talk about how they are preparing for their big night:
Dolly: We are good together. We are
pros. We’ve been at it a while. Well, we have *points at Reba*. She’s good at
it *points at Carrie*.
Reba: She (Carrie) is a youngster,
but perfect at it.
Dolly: I think we know our place.
Reba: At first I thought it was
like herding cats, and by the second time everything fell in together. And then
all of the rehearsal for the opening was perfection. It was so good.
Carrie: And a great moment, looking
around at all of the talent, and amazing women. Gorgeous, smart, talented
women. It was like, this is a dream.
Reba: Fun, funny, lots of giggles
up there.
Dolly: And it's a big night for all
of us and we’re just trying to worry about getting the right clothes, and
coordinating our makeup, and our hair and all of the girly things. See, that’s
the trouble of doing a show with all girls. You wouldn’t believe the chaos
backstage.
Reba: And they're trying to put
more rhinestones on my plain clothes.
Dolly: Well, we can’t get too many
rhinestones.
Reba: I like sparkles.
Dolly: I never met a Rhinestone i
didn’t like.
Carrie:
We just wanted to jampack the CMA
awards with women...and do it in the most wonderful, respectful way and just
have as many ladies of Country music in this show as possible. And I guess I
think it’s just going to be a really wonderful night just celebrating.
I just want people to see this show
and be like ‘dang, there is some really talented women in Country Music’. And
one thing that I have always said is a positive about all of the conversations
about women in country music, is that we have all banded together, and made it
a point to lift each other up and take each other on tour with us, and to
encourage one another and be fans of one another, and I feel like this night
will represent that to a tee.
Keith
Urban (performer
+ nominee for Entertainer of the Year)
It’s wonderful that there is so much emphasis on the female part
in country music, the role that the women play since the beginning of it all.
So, it's crazy that it has to be recalibrated like this but this, but finally
we are going to strike a balance and have, what should have been there all
along.
Sheryl Crow (performing with Dierks
Bentley)
I'm really happy that they [CMA
Awards] are acknowledging women... It will be fantastic when everything is
spread so even that we don’t have to have for it to be an event for women to be
honoured, but nonetheless I think it will be nice to see so many women on stage. REHEARSAL PHOTOS Credit Taylor Tapp Rehearsals Day 1 - Sunday, Nov. 10: The Highwomen Rehearsals Day 2 - Monday, Nov. 11: Old Dominion, Maddie & Tae, Runaway June, Lindsay Ell, Kelsea Ballerini Rehearsals Day 3 - Tuesday, Nov. 12: Eric Church
“The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” Adds Not-To-Be-Missed
Performances And Collaborations By Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with
Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves
with Willie Nelson, Lady Antebellum and Halsey, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton,
and Thomas Rhett
Country Legend Willie Nelson Returns to
the CMA Awards Stage for the First Time Since 2012 for a Special Performance
with Kacey Musgraves
Country Music’s Biggest Night™ to Air
Live from Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 13 on the ABC Television
Network
“The 53rd Annual CMA
Awards” has announced additional performances and
collaborations by KelseaBallerini,
Brooks & Dunn with Brothers
Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake
Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves with Willie
Nelson, Lady Antebellum and Halsey,
Old Dominion, Blake Shelton, and Thomas
Rhett. Country Music’s Biggest Night™, hosted by Carrie
Underwood with special guest hosts Reba
McEntire and Dolly
Parton, airs live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday,
Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network.
Brooks & Dunn, an
18-time CMA Awards winner and two-time nominee this year, will perform their
hit song “Hard Workin’ Man” with Brothers Osborne, the reigning CMA Vocal Duo
of the Year and four-time nominee this year. Brooks & Dunn are also recent
inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Brooks, an Entertainer of the
Year nominee this year, and Shelton, a three-time nominee this year, will
perform their CMA Musical Event of the Year nominated hit, “Dive Bar.”
Three-time nominee this year, Kacey
Musgraves welcomes long-time friend and 10-time CMA Awards winner Nelson
to the CMA stage to perform a heartwarming collaboration that fans will soon
see has been decades in the making. Nelson last performed on the CMA Awards
stage in 2012 in honor of receiving the inaugural CMA Lifetime Achievement
Award. In a never-before-seen collaboration, Halsey makes her first-ever CMA
Awards appearance, joining six-time CMA Awards winner Lady Antebellum to
perform a genre-defying mashup.
Kelsea Ballerini Photo
Credit: Piper Ferguson
Female Vocalist of the Year
nominee this year, Kelsea Ballerini is set to perform her latest hit
single “homecoming queen?,” while Dan + Shay, a three-time
nominee this year, will perform their CMA Single of the Year nominated song “Speechless”
from their CMA Album of the Year nominated album Dan + Shay.
Old Dominion,
reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year and nominee again this year in the
category, will bring their hit “One Man Band” to the CMA Awards
stage, while Thomas Rhett, a two-time nominee this year, will perform “Remember
You Young” from his CMA Album of the Year nominated album Center
Point Road.
In addition to his performance
with Brooks, Blake Shelton will also hit the stage to perform his
three-time nominated single “God’s Country.”
Previously announced
performers include Eric
Church, Luke
Combs, Miranda
Lambert, Reba
McEntire, Maren
Morris, Dolly
Parton with for
KING & COUNTRY and Zach Williams, P!NK and Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban.
Additional performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks.
“The 53rd Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Carrie
Underwood with special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, broadcasts
live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC
Television Network. Photo credit: Mark Seliger/ABC
GREAT NEWS BBC 4 will
be televising the CMA Awards!!
BBC Fourwill be broadcasting
highlights (1 HOUR on BBC 4 on November 22 cmaawards.com/international/)
from the CMA Awards which take place in November which will hosted by Carrie
Underwood, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. CMA Awards Highlights 2019 is
commissioned for BBC Four by James Stirling, Head of BBC Music and BBC Music
Introducing.
OTHER COUNTRIES
Canada: LIVE simulcast on CTV2
on November 13 at 8PM ET
Australia: LIVE Simulcast on 9GEM on
14 November at 13:00; 2-Hour Airing on Nine on 23 November at 14:30
Germany, Switzerland and Austria:
2-Hour Airing on VOX on 26 November
Norway: 2-Hour Airing on NRK on
TBD
Latin America (Excluding
Brazil and Mexico): 2-Hour Airing on DirecTV on TBD
ABOUT The
Country Music Association
Who Makes
Up the Country Music Association?
The
Country Music Association is a 7,400-plus-member affiliation
of industry professionals from within 17 eligible categories: advertising /
public relations / media, affiliated, artist, composer, entertainment services,
international, marketing / digital, musician, personal manager, producer /
engineer / studio, publisher / PRO, radio, record company, talent agent, talent
buyer / promoter, touring personnel and venue. Those who work full-time in one
of those categories and earn their income mostly from within the country music
industry pay an annual membership fee if they wish to be part of the CMA.
Companies
within the country music industry can also apply for CMA membership, though
they are not eligible to vote for the CMA Awards.
Country Music’s Biggest Night™ Features Never-Before-Seen
Collaborations and Performances of the Year’s Biggest Hits by Legendary Artists
“The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” to Air Live from
Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 13 on the ABC Television Network
Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren
Morris, Dolly Parton with for KING &
COUNTRY and Zach Williams, P!NK and Chris
Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban have
been announced as the first group of performers for “The 53rd Annual
CMA Awards,” hosted by Underwood with
special guest hosts McEntire and Parton. Country Music’s Biggest Night™ will
air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 13 at
8/7c on the ABC Television Network.
Nine-time CMA Awards winner Dolly will welcome for KING
& COUNTRY and Williams to the CMA Awards stage for the first time ever
to perform an inspirational gospel medley of “God Only Knows,” “There
Was Jesus,” and Parton’s not-yet-released new song “Faith.” In an epic
collaboration, Stapleton, a three-time nominee this year, will join P!NK to
perform their duet, “Love Me Anyway.”
With three nominations this year, Church will perform his
hit “Some Of It” from his CMA Album of the Year nominated
album Desperate Man.
Combs, the reigning CMA New Artist of
the Year and three-time nominee this year, will take the stage performing fan
favorite “Beer Never Broke My Heart.”
In addition to her guest host appearance, Reba, a
six-time CMA Awards winner, will perform her classic hit, “Fancy.”
McEntire last performed the song at the CMA Awards in 2016 as part of a
multi-artist medley, opening the 50th anniversary ceremony.
The #CMAawards are known for unforgettable performances. So tune in to Country Music’s Biggest Night Wed, Nov. 13 on ABC as I perform “Fancy” LIVE and I won’t let you down!!! 😃 pic.twitter.com/9CVDPKgH2N
Miranda Lambert, nominated for
CMA Female Vocalist of the Year this year, will bring her rising new single “It
All Comes Out In The Wash” to the CMA Awards stage, while mum to be Maren
Morris will perform her three-time nominated hit, “GIRL.”
Morris is the top nominated artist this year with six total nominations.
Host and reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carrie Underwood,
also a three-time nominee this year, is set to perform “Drinking Alone”
from her CMA Album of the Year nominated album Cry Pretty, and
reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and two-time nominee this year, Urban will
perform his hit, “We Were.”
Additional performers and presenters will be revealed in the
coming weeks.
“The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” is a production of
the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the Executive
Producer, Alex Rudzinski is the Director, and David
Wild is the Head Writer.
GREAT NEWS BBC 4 will
be televising the CMA Awards!!
The official key art revealed for “The
53rd Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guest
hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network.Photo Credit: Mark Seliger/ABC
BBC Four will be broadcasting
highlights from the CMA Awards which take place in November which will hosted
by Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. CMA Awards Highlights 2019
is commissioned for BBC Four by James Stirling, Head of BBC Music and BBC Music
Introducing.
Previously on Sun 19 Nov 2017
& Fri 23 Nov 2018 Bob Harris introduces the best bits from country music's
biggest night of the year in a 1-hour broadcast.
Also coming to BBC Four,
Ken Burns’ Country Music epic was filmed across eight years and features
many of the biggest country stars. The series explores the history of this
uniquely American art form across the twentieth century, from its roots in
ballads, blues and hymns, to its global popularity.
ABOUT The
Country Music Association
Who Makes
Up the Country Music Association?
The
Country Music Association is a 7,400-plus-member affiliation
of industry professionals from within 17 eligible categories: advertising /
public relations / media, affiliated, artist, composer, entertainment services,
international, marketing / digital, musician, personal manager, producer /
engineer / studio, publisher / PRO, radio, record company, talent agent, talent
buyer / promoter, touring personnel and venue. Those who work full-time in one
of those categories and earn their income mostly from within the country music
industry pay an annual membership fee if they wish to be part of the CMA.
Companies
within the country music industry can also apply for CMA membership, though
they are not eligible to vote for the CMA Awards.
Scroll down for a) Full nomination listings b) CMA Awards 2019 Playlist c) Snubs d) About The CMA e) About the Awards Voting Process In
Brief:
Published
on Aug 28, 2019 by CMA Country Music Association: CMA Awards 2019 Nominees
Announced | Winners Revealed Wed, Nov. 13 on ABC
Maren
Morris Tops the List of Finalists with Six Nominations
Brothers
Osborne Receives Four Nominations, While Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Luke
Combs, Dan + Shay, Scott Hendricks, Dann Huff, Greg Kurstin, Kacey Musgraves,
Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton And Carrie Underwood Are Up for Three
Nominations Each
Finalists
for CMA Broadcast Awards Announced
Carrie
Underwood Hosts Country Music’s Biggest Night™ with Special Guest Hosts Reba McEntire
and Dolly Parton, Live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov.
13 at 8/7c on ABC
The Country Music Association has announced the final nominees
for “The 53rd Annual CMA Awards,” as Maren Morris tops
the list of finalists with six nominations. Brothers Osborne receives
four nominations, the second most nominations this year, while 11 garner three
nominations each—Dierks
Bentley, Eric Church, Luke
Combs, Dan + Shay, Scott Hendricks, Dann Huff, Greg Kurstin,
Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton,Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood.
For the night’s highest honor, reigning Entertainer of the Year Keith Urban is
nominated again in the category alongside Garth Brooks, Eric Church, Chris Stapleton and
Underwood.
Jimmie Allen and Ashley McBryde revealed select
nominees on ABC’s “Good Morning America” today, live from their Times Square
studio in New York, followed by a >> performance of “If I Know Me” by Morgan Wallen.
Strahan Sara and Keke published on
Aug 28, 2019The country stars talk
about McBryde's nominations, Allen's engagement and more
Immediately following the broadcast, Morgan Wallen and Midland visited Billboard’s Times Square
studio to reveal the remaining eight CMA Awards categories in addition to the
CMA Broadcast Awards finalists on Billboard’s Twitter and YouTube, as well as CMA’s Twitter and YouTube.
“This year, we have the privilege of
honoring Country legends, new and emerging talent and even artists from outside
our genre,” says Sarah
Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “The breadth of Country
Music’s landscape is evident in this year’s nominations, and we can’t wait to
celebrate our deserving nominees in November.”
Billboard: Here Are All Of the
2019 CMA Awards Surprises and Snubs. Billboard Live Stream Replay:
MAREN MORRIS – SIX NOMINATIONS Single of the Year (“GIRL”),
Album of the Year (GIRL), Song of the Year (“GIRL”), Female Vocalist of the
Year, Musical Event of the Year (“All My Favorite People”), Music Video of the
Year (“GIRL”)
Morris tops this year’s CMA Awards
nominations with six, adding to her previous 10 nominations and one win. She
scores her fourth nomination for Female Vocalist and third nomination in
Musical Event of the Year for “All My Favorite People” featuring Brothers
Osborne, produced
by Morris and busbee.
This marks her second nomination in four categories – Single, Album, Song and
Music Video of the Year. “GIRL” was written by Morris and first-time
nominees Sarah Aarons and
Kurstin. The single was also mixed and produced by Kurstin. The album was
produced by busbee, Morris and Kurstin. First-time nominee Dave Meyers directed
the music video for “GIRL.”
Maren
tweeted: really unexpected to wake up to but
DAMN. thank you, @CountryMusic and my peers for the nominations this year.✨
BROTHERS
OSBORNE – FOUR NOMINATIONS Single of the Year (“Burning
Man”), Vocal Duo of the Year, Musical Event of the Year (“All My Favorite
People”), Music Video of the Year (“Burning Man”)
The
reigning CMA Vocal Duo of the Year returns to this year’s ballot vying for the
title for the fifth consecutive year – a trophy they’ve claimed for the last
three years. This marks the brothers’ first nomination for Single and second
nod for Music Video of the Year, both for their featured performance on
Bentley’s “Burning Man.” They won Music Video in 2017 for “It Ain’t My Fault.”
The duo earns their second nomination for Musical Event of the Year with
Morris’ “All My Favorite People.”
DIERKS
BENTLEY – THREE NOMINATIONS Single of the Year (“Burning
Man”), Male Vocalist of the Year, Music Video of the Year (“Burning Man”)
Adding
three nominations to his previous 24 nods and three wins, “Burning Man” earns
Bentley his third nominations in both Single and Music Video of the Year. The
single features Brothers Osborne, was produced by Ross Copperman, Jon Randall and Arturo Buenahora, Jr., and
mixed by first-time nominee F.
Reid Shippen. The video was directed by Wes Edwards.
ERIC CHURCH – THREE NOMINATIONS
Entertainer of the Year, Album of the
Year (Desperate Man), Music Video of the Year (“Some Of It”)
With 25 prior nominations and three wins
under his belt, Church claims his third nomination for both Entertainer and
Music Video of the Year for “Some Of It,” which was directed by Reid Long. He also earns
his fourth nomination for Album of the Year with Desperate Man produced
by Jay Joyce and
Buenahora, Jr.
LUKE COMBS – THREE NOMINATIONS Song of the Year (“Beautiful
Crazy”), Male Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year (“Brand New Man”)
Combs garners three nominations on top of
his previous three, nabbing his second nomination for Male Vocalist of the
Year. He is a first-time nominee in Song of the Year for “Beautiful Crazy,”
co-written with Wyatt
B. Durrette III and first-time nominee Robert Williford. He
also secures a first-time nod for Musical Event of the Year with “Brand New
Man” alongside Country Music Hall of Fame inductees and the most awarded
artists in CMA history – Brooks
& Dunn.
DAN + SHAY – THREE NOMINATIONS Single of the Year
(“Speechless”), Album of the Year (Dan + Shay), Vocal Duo of the Year
Dan + Shay tally three nominations
alongside their previous seven. This marks their sixth consecutive nomination
for Vocal Duo and their first nomination for Album of the Year. Dan + Shay was produced
by Hendricks and the duo’s Dan
Smyers. They also earn their second nomination in Single of the
Year with “Speechless,” produced by Smyers and Hendricks and mixed by Jeff Juliano. Smyers
earns his second Song of the Year nomination for “Tequila” with
co-writers Nicolle
Galyon and Jordan
Reynolds.
SCOTT HENDRICKS – THREE NOMINATIONS
Single of the Year (“God’s Country”),
Single of the Year (“Speechless”), Album of the Year (Dan + Shay)
Hendricks adds to his 16 prior nominations
with three additional nods, claiming an Album of the Year nomination for his
production work on Dan +
Shay alongside Smyers. This marks his ninth nomination for
Album, a category he’s won twice previously. He also secures two Single of the Year
nominations for Shelton’s “God’s Country” produced by Hendricks and mixed
by Justin
Niebank, and Dan + Shay’s “Speechless,” produced by Smyers
and Hendricks and mixed by Juliano.
DANN HUFF – THREE NOMINATIONS
Album of the Year (Center Point Road), Musical
Event of the Year (“Brand New Man”), Musical Event of the Year (“What Happens
In A Small Town”)
Huff is a 35-time CMA Awards nominee and
five-time winner adding three nominations to his roster. His two nominations
for Musical Event of the Year mark his first-ever nods in the category for his
production work on “Brand New Man” performed by Brooks & Dunn (with Combs)
and “What Happens In A Small Town” performed by Brantley Gilbert and
first-time nominee Lindsay
Ell. 2019 is the first year producers are being honored in the
Musical Event category. He nabs his 11th nomination for Album
of the Year with Thomas
Rhett’s Center
Point Road, alongside co-producers Jesse Frasure, Thomas
Rhett, Julian Bunetta, The Stereotypes and Cleve Wilson—with the
last two being first-time nominees.
GREG KURSTIN – THREE NOMINATIONS
Single of the Year (“GIRL”), Album of the
Year (GIRL), Song of the Year (“GIRL”)
Kurstin is a first-time CMA Awards
nominee garnering nods in Single, Song and Album of the Year. He’s nominated as
a songwriter, producer and mix engineer for Morris’ song “GIRL” on the
album GIRL.
He co-wrote the song with Morris and Aarons.
KACEY MUSGRAVES – THREE NOMINATIONS
Song of the Year (“Rainbow”), Female
Vocalist of the Year, Music Video of the Year (“Rainbow”)
With 15 previous nominations and three
wins to her credit, Musgraves claims her sixth nomination for Female Vocalist
of the Year. She earns a fourth nomination in Song of the Year for “Rainbow”
with co-writers Natalie
Hemby and Shane
McAnally. She last won the category in 2014 with “Follow
Your Arrow.” “Rainbow” also nabs Musgraves’ third nomination for Music Video of
the Year, directed by first-time nominee Hannah Lux Davis.
BLAKE SHELTON – THREE NOMINATIONS Single of the Year (“God’s
Country”), Musical Event of the Year (“Dive Bar”), Music Video of the Year
(“God’s Country”)
Shelton adds three nominations to his
prior 25, claiming his fifth nomination for Single and fourth for Music Video
with “God’s Country,” produced by Hendricks and mixed by Niebank. The music
video was directed by first-time nominee Sophie Muller. This marks Shelton’s fourth
nomination in Musical Event of the Year for “Dive Bar” with Garth Brooks.
Shelton is a nine-time CMA Awards winner.
CHRIS STAPLETON – THREE NOMINATIONS Entertainer of the Year,
Single of the Year (“Millionaire”), Male Vocalist of the Year
With 16 prior nominations and 10 wins,
Stapleton earns his fifth nod for Male Vocalist of the Year, a category he’s
won consecutively since 2015. He scores his third nomination for Single of the
Year with “Millionaire” produced by Dave
Cobb and Stapleton, mixed by Vance Powell. This marks
Stapleton’s fourth nomination for Entertainer of the Year.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD – THREE NOMINATIONS Entertainer of the Year, Album
of the Year (Cry Pretty), Female Vocalist of the Year
30-time CMA Awards nominee and seven-time
winner Underwood claims her second nomination for Entertainer of the Year,
first securing the nod in 2016. She nabs a 14th consecutive
nomination for Female Vocalist, a title she’s won five times, including in
2018. This marks her fifth nomination for Album of the Year with Cry Pretty, produced by
Underwood and first-time nominees David
Garcia and Jim
Jonsin.
Shane McAnally earning his seventh Song of the Year
nomination, tying the category's record. (Read the Aircheck interview with
McAnally here).
Songwriter-producer MCANALLY has now tied with
Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame members Alan Jackson and Bob McDill.
MCANALLY scored his seventh nomination (Aug 28) for his co-writing credit on
the Kacey Musgraves song "Rainbow," from her
"Golden Hour" album. Other MCANALLY compositions that have been
nominated in previous years include "Mama's Broken Heart" (Miranda
Lambert), "Merry Go Round" (Musgraves), "Follow Your Arrow"
(Musgraves), "American Kids" (Kenny Chesney), "Take Your
Time" (Sam Hunt) and "Body Like A Back Road" (Hunt).
Jenee
Fleenor became the first woman ever
to be nominated for Musician of the Year. Fittingly enough, Fleenor
heard about her nomination as she was arriving at a recording session in
Nashville. "I just broke down in tears," she told The Tennessean. "It's been a dream of mine since I knew
what the CMAs were, to be named with all of my peers and heroes." It was
also news to her that she was the first-ever female in the category, which was
added to the ceremony in 1988…. Read More
Leading the Broadcast finalists with two
nominations each are:
WIL/St. Louis; KCYY/San
Antonio; WQDR/Raleigh; WIVK/Knoxville; KKNU/Eugene, OR;
and WBYT/South Bend,
IN.
Both Country stations in INDIANAPOLIS
(CUMULUS’ WFMS and EMMIS’ WLHK) will compete head-to-head (along
with four other nominees), in the large market station category.
There’s a second in-market battle in the
Large Market Broadcast Personality category, where shows from rivals KAJA (iHEARTMEDIA)
and KCYY (COX MEDIA GROUP) will compete.
Carrie Underwood hosts “The 53rd Annual
CMA Awards” with special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, celebrating
legendary women in Country Music throughout the ceremony. Country Music’s
Biggest Night™ broadcasts live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday,
Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network.
Winners of “The 53rd Annual
CMA Awards” will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting
CMA members. The third and final ballot will be emailed to CMA members Tuesday,
Oct. 1. Voting for the CMA Awards final ballot ends Thursday, Oct.
24 (6:00 PM/CT). All balloting is tabulated by the professional
services organization, Deloitte.
“The 53rd Annual CMA
Awards” is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is
the Executive Producer, Alex
Rudzinski is the Director, and David Wild is the
Head Writer.
Final Nominees for "The 53rd Annual CMA
Awards" (by ballot category order):
NEW =
New to the Category for 2019 compared to the 2018 nominees
“Beautiful
Crazy” – written by Luke Combs, Wyatt B. Durrette III, and Rob
Williford; recorded by Luke Combs
“GIRL” – written by Maren Morris, Sarah Aarons and Greg
Kurstin; recorded by Maren Morris
“God’s Country” – written by Devin Dawson, Jordan Schmidt and
Michael Hardy; recorded by Blake Shelton
“Rainbow” – written by Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally, and Kacey
Musgraves; recorded by Kacey Musgraves
“Tequila” – written by Dan Smyers, Nicolle Galyon and Jordan
Reynolds; recorded by Dan + Shay
“All
My Favorite People”- Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne
“Brand New Man” – Brooks & Dunn and Luke Combs
“Dive Bar” – Garth Brooks and Blake Shelton
“Old Town Road (Remix)” – Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus
“What Happens In A Small Town” – Brantley Gilbert and
Lindsay Ell
The #CMAawards MUSICAL EVENT of the Year nominees are...
"All My Favorite People"
"Brand New Man"
"Dive Bar"
"Old Town Road (Remix)"
"What Happens In A Small Town" pic.twitter.com/h7RI2ytFzv
Kane
Brown,
one of the hottest stars in country music, earned no nominations. We can’t
consider this a surprise, because Brown has never received a CMA Award
nomination…not even for New Artist of the year. For some reason, CMA voters
tend to nominate the same group of artists over and over and worthwhile artists
like Brown or Chris Young (who’s only previously been nominated for new artist
and musical event) get left out.
Kane
Brown is not happy about getting snubbed by the CMAs, again. And as he’s did
last year, he took to Twitter on Wednesday (Aug 28) after the CMA nominations
were revealed to show his disdain, posting a GIF of Golden State Warriors point
guard Stephen Curry shaking his head in disappointment. This caused many
reactions on Twitter and beyond of people both in Kane’s corner, and people
calling him a sore loser who might receive a nomination if he didn’t complain
as much, along with predictions that he would eventually buckle and delete the
tweet, which he did. And then Kane Brown deleted his entire Twitter account
The
25-year-old Georgia native has never received a nomination for a CMA Award,
despite having four No. 1 hits and several platinum recordings, but he has not
confirmed that his departure from Twitter had anything to do with feeling
snubbed.
Kane
Brown restarted his Twitter account late Friday morning, and posted on
Instagram, “My management team will be running my twitter and Facebook from
now on so I can focus on music and my family and stay off my phone it’s taking
over my life lol so instagram will be the only thing u can get ahold of me on
at least until the next album.”
For
the first time since 2012, Luke Bryan missed an Entertainer of the Year
nomination. He’s won twice (in 2015 and 2016) and is one of the few country
artists who can fill stadiums. Maybe the fact that his most recent tour stopped
mainly at amphitheatres instead of stadiums swayed voters or maybe it was just
someone else’s turn.
Artists
like Jimmie Allen and Russell Dickerson, both of whom broke
through in a large way in 2018 and 2019, being left out of the New Artist of
the Year category. Acts can get nominated twice for new artist -- hence
Midland being in the category again after being nominated in 2018
(similarly, Kelsea Ballerini, Old Dominion, Lauren Alaina, Brett Young and Luke
Combs were all nominated in consecutive years recently). We say you can only be
“new” once. Change the rule and open the category up.
Just
as the Grammys have opened up album, single, record and best new artist of the
year to eight nominees, maybe it’s time for the CMA Awards to follow suit
because it’s nothing short of criminal that Little Big Town’s “The Daughters”
-- one of the strongest statements ever recorded by a country act -- didn’t
receive a song of the year nomination.
Same
with Ashley McBryde’s “Girl Goin’ Nowhere.” Having said that, there’s
nothing I would take out of the category that got a nod.
SURPRISE: After being nominated
for Single of the Year in 2018, Dan + Shay’s “Tequila” gets a nod for Song
of the Year this year. How can that be? For song of the year, a tune has to
have some chart activity (with no regard to rank) in the eligibility period and
since “Tequila” was such a long-lived smash and was still on the charts, it
qualified into the 2019 eligibility period (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019) even
though it came out in January 2018!.
Billboard Carrie Underwood, Lady
Antebellum & More React to 2019 CMA Nominations: 'What a Way to Start the
Day!'
ABOUT the CMA Awards:
The
CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by the more than 6,300
industry professional members of CMA, which when established in 1958 became
the first trade organization formed 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 show aired on NBC through 1971 and on the CBS Television
Network from 1972 through 2005 before moving in 2006 to ABC, where it is set to
air through 2021.
ABOUT The Country Music Association
Who Makes Up the
Country Music Association?
The Country Music Association
is a 7,400-plus-member affiliation of industry professionals from within
17 eligible categories: advertising / public relations / media, affiliated,
artist, composer, entertainment services, international, marketing / digital,
musician, personal manager, producer / engineer / studio, publisher / PRO,
radio, record company, talent agent, talent buyer / promoter, touring personnel
and venue. Those who work full-time in one of those categories and earn their
income mostly from within the country music industry pay an annual membership
fee if they wish to be part of the CMA.
Companies within the country
music industry can also apply for CMA membership, though they are not eligible
to vote for the CMA Awards.
CONNECT with The Country Music
Association:
Who Can Vote for
the CMA Awards?
Only CMA members are allowed
to take part in the three-ballot CMA Awards process. Each registered
member of the CMA is issued a CMA member number and a PIN to certify their
votes.
All CMA members can vote in 11
of the awards show's 12 categories; however, voters in the final category,
Musician of the Year, are limited to musician, composer, producer / engineer /
studio, and artist category CMA members.
Who Is Eligible to
Win at the CMA Awards?
Nominees in each of
the 12 CMA Awards categories do not have to be CMA members themselves.
Eligibility is determined based on the period of July 1 of the previous year
through June 30 of the current year; in other words, for the 2019 CMA Awards,
voters should be considering work done in the period of July 1, 2018-June 30,
2019.
However, in addition to those
broad qualifications, there are certain, more-specific eligibility requirements
for each of the 12 CMA Awards categories. The Country Music Association explains those in
detail on their website.
CMA Awards Voting Process
How Does the CMA Awards
Voting Process Work?
The CMA Awards voting process involves three rounds:
Round One: The first CMA Awards ballot is for nominations.
June
30, 2018: CMA broadcast ballots were due at 6:00 p.m. CT.
CMA first
round ballot opened Monday July 1, 2019 and closed
Thursday July 17, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. CT.
Round One: The
first CMA Awards ballot is for nominations.
CMA members are allowed to make one nomination per category, based on an
artist's work in the previous 12 months (that July 1-June 30 period); however,
they are not required to make a nomination in every category.
The top 20 nominees in each
category are automatically advanced to the second round of voting, with the
exception of the Entertainer of the Year category. The Entertainer of the Year
category only includes the Top 15 nominees, at most, and every nominee must
have a minimum of 10 votes to advance.
Round Two:
CMA first
round ballot opened Monday August 5, 2019 and closed
Tuesday August 20, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. CT
The next step in the CMA
Awards voting process is the second
ballot. During this round, members are allowed to vote for up
to five of the whittled-down nominees in each category; once again, members do
not have to vote in every category. The results are calculated by an
independent accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and the top five
nominees in each category move on to the final round.
Round Three:
CMA final round
ballot opens on Tuesday Oct 1, 2019 and closes on Thurs October 24, 2019
at 6:00 p.m. CT
The third and last step in the
CMA Awards voting process is the final
ballot. CMA members are allowed, once again, to vote for
only one nominee in each category; once again, members are not required to vote
in every category. The Deloitte & Touche agents who tabulate the votes
are the only individuals with knowledge of the results before the CMA
Awards take place during a live-broadcast ceremony.
How Can I Find Out the
Winners of the CMA Awards?
The 2019 CMA Awards are
scheduled to take place Nov. 13. The event will air live from Bridgestone
Arena in Nashville beginning at 8PM ET on ABC.
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.
