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Brothers Osborne and rising Country
Music stars Lauren
Alaina and Dustin
Lynch announced the final nominees for “The 51st Annual CMA
Awards” Country Music’s Biggest Night live from New York’s
Times Square back on Monday,
Sept. 4 on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
'51st Annual CMA Awards' Give ABC-TV A Ratings
Win
Country music's "Biggest Night" powered ABC-TV to
a huge win on Weds (11/8), thanks to its airing of "THE 51ST ANNUAL CMA
AWARDS." THE CMAs dominated TV ratings on the night, attracting 14.3 million viewers, an increase of
nearly two million from the 2016 CMAs (12.5 million total viewers). Additionally,
the 2017 CMA Awards pulled a 3.3 rating - up from 2.9 last year - and a 12
share among the key TV demo of adults 18-49. Those numbers mark the biggest
total audience for the awards since 2014, according to ZAP2IT.
Going into the awards Miranda
Lambertled the pack of the 2017’s top nominees with a total
of five nominations
Little Big Townand Keith Urbanfollowed
close behind with four nominations each.
Eric Church, Maren Morris, Thomas
Rhett,and Chris Stapleton also garnered three
nominations each.
Brothers Osborne, Sam Hunt, Lady
Antebellum, Old Dominionand Jon Pardi garnered two
nominations.
Garth Brooksretained his CMA Entertainer of the Year crown and holds the record for having the most wins for Entertainer with six (1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2016 & 2017). He has been nominated 33 times and has 13 wins
Chris Stapletonwith FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 won the 2017 CMA Album of the Year which was something of a surprise beating out Miranda Lamberts heavily-tipped THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS 2-CD. Stapleton last won Album Of the Year in his breakout year of 2015 with TRAVELLER (Mercury Nashville).
Stapleton also bagged Male Vocalist of the Year for the third successive year (2015-2017). He has been nominated 14 times with 9 wins.
Taylor Swift won the 2017 CMA Song of the Year as the songwriter of Little Big Town’s No.1 Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay No.1 single “Better Man”. She last won a CMA Award in 2013 for both Music Video of the Year & Musical Event of the Year for “Highway Don't Care” (Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift & Keith Urban). She has been nominated 25 times and has 10 wins.
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Keith Urbanwon the 2017 CMASingle of the Year for“Blue Ain’t Your Color” beating out Sam Hunt’s much fancied 34-week No.1 “Body Like A Back Road” (MCA Nashville; released Feb 2, 2017) which had sold 1,723,000 copies (dated Oct 14, 2017) and was certified 4× Platinum on October 16, 2017. By comparison Urban’s “Blue Ain’t Your Color” (released 8 Aug 2016; Capitol Nashville) had 12-weeks at No1 on Hot Country songs and had sold 1,101,000 copies (30/09/2017).
Keith last won a CMA award for Musical Event of the Year in 2015 with “Raise 'Em Up” (Keith Urban feat. Eric Church). He had previously been nominated for Single of the Year for “Better Life” (2006) & “Highway Don't Care” (2013; Big Machine Records). His first CMA award came in 2001 winning Horizon Award. He has been nominated 45 times and has 11 wins
Miranda Lambertwon the 2017 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year for theseventh time (2010-2015; 2017). Other previous wins include Album of the Year (REVOLUTION 2010; PLATINUM; RCA Nashville 2014). She has been nominated 44 times and has 13 wins.
Jon Pardiwon the 2017 CMA New Artist of the Year. It was his firstCMA award having also been nominated for the 2017 Song & Single of the Year for “Dirt On My Boots” (Capitol Records Nashville / UMG Nashville)
Little Big Townwon the 2017 CMAVocal Group of the Yearfor the 6th year in a row (2012-2017). They have been nominated 26 times and have 8 wins.
Brothers Osborneretainedthe 2017Vocal Duo of the Year (2016-2017)and also picked up Music Video of the Year for“It Ain’t My Fault” (during the ABC telecast). They have been nominated 5 times and have 3 wins.
The late Glen Campbellwith Willie Nelson won the 2017 CMAMusical Event of the Year for“Funny How Time Slips Away”. His last CMA was in the same category, when he won for “Mendocino County Line” in 2002 with Lee Ann Womack, having missed out in 2015 with DJANGO AND JIMMIE (Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard).
His first CMA win came in 1976 for Album of the Year (WANTED--THE OUTLAWS – RCA). He has been nominated 47 times and has 10 wins.
Glen Campbell has been nominated 16 times and now has 3 wins others include Entertainer of the Year & Male Vocalist of the Year in1968.
Mac McAnally(Guitar) won the 2017 CMAMusician of the Yearfor the 9th time (2009-2015; 2017). He has been nominated 11 times and has 9 wins. Back in 2008 he missed winning Musician and Musical Event of the Year in 2009 with “Down The Road” (Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally).
In claiming his ninth trophy,McAnally tied the mark set by Chet Atkins -- who was the winner in the previously-titled instrumentalist of the year category nine times from 1967 and 1988.
The
Nominations and the Winners of the 51st
Annual CMA Awards 2017:
NEW = New to the Category for 2017 compared to the 2016 nominees
Entertainer
Of The Year (Category 1)
Garth Brooks** Winner **, Luke Bryan, Eric Church NEW;Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban
Previously announced on Oct 10, 2017
Keith Urban was on the phone congratulating the 2017CMA
Broadcast Award winners, who were honoured in the telecast segment at The
51st Annual CMA Awards Nov. 8 in Nashville.
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year
National: Bobby Bones, The Bobby Bones Show, Premiere
Major Market: Mike Chase, Amy Faust, Mike & Amy,
KWJJ/Portland
Large Market: Amanda Valentine, Jesse Tack, Amanda and Jesse, WUBE/Cincinnati
Medium Market: Natalie Cash, Matt Bradley, Cash & Bradley,
KWEN/Tulsa
Small Market: Don Evans, DeAnn Stephens, Officer Don & DeAnn,
WBUL/Lexington, KY
The CMA Awards
nominees and winners are determined by more than 7,800 professional members of CMA, which was formed in 1958 and is
the first trade organization established to promote an individual genre of
music. Winners of “The 51st Annual CMA Awards,” which will air live from
Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 8, will be determined in a final round of voting
by eligible members of CMA. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the
professional services firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
“The 51st Annual CMA
Awards” is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the Executive Producer and Gary Halvorson is the Director.
VOTING
Winners of "The 51st
Annual CMA Awards" were determined in a final round of voting by eligible
voting CMA members.
June 30
51st Annual CMA Awards FIRST ROUND VOTING closed at 6:00 p.m.
CT on Thurs July 20, 2017.
The SECOND BALLOT took place between August 14 – 24, 2017 and the 51st
Annual CMA Awards second round voting closed at 6:00 p.m. CT on Thurs August 24, 2017.
The THIRD AND
FINAL BALLOT was emailed to CMA members Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Voting for
the CMA Awards final ballot ended
Wednesday, Oct. 25 (6:00
PM/CT). Ballots were tabulated by the professional services organization
Deloitte & Touche LLP.
About the
CMA Awards: The first “CMA Awards Banquet and Show” was held in 1967. The
following year, the CMA Awards was broadcast for the first time – making it the
longest running, annual music awards program on network television. The Awards
have aired on ABC since 2006. ABC will be the network home of the CMA Awards
and CMA’s other two television properties, “CMA Fest” and “CMA Country
Christmas,” through 2021.
TRIBUTE: Carrie
Underwood and Brad Paisley noted recent events, paying
tribute to those lives that were lost during the past few months, and saying
that for the format, the best way to honor those was to play the music “loud
and proud.” SKIT: Falling back on their annual CMA humorous skits Hillary Clinton,
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump were the subjects they poked fun at, including a
parody twist of Underwood’s smash “Before He Cheats” re-titled “Before He
Tweets”.!
WHAT??!!!!: Cue those miniature “Barbie Dolls” once again but this time country
royalty Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (previous monologue targets) surprisedand turned the tables
on theirhosts with Paisley coming under fire to roars of
laughter from the CMA audience.
Eric Churchwith “Amazing Grace” kicked things off a cappella in silhouette. Then
an all-star
groupthat included Kelsea Ballerini, Garth Brooks, Kix Brooks, Eric Church, Ronnie Dunn,
Faith Hill, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Thomas
Rhett, and Keith Urban joined in
on Darius
Rucker’suplifting hit “Hold My Hand” (Hootie
& The Blowfish song).
Dierks Bentley and Rascal Flattsperformed a take on Montgomery Gentry’s “My Town” paying tribute to the
late Troy Gentry.
Brothers Osbornepaid tribute to the late Don
Williams with a boisterous take on one of his signature hits “Tulsa
Time” followed by their current radio single “It Ain’t My Fault.”
Little Big Townpaid homage to the late Glen Campbell a barren version of “Wichita
Lineman” joining them on keys was Jimmy Webbthe prolific composer of numerous Campbell hits. In the video below Chelsea Briggs reported for Billboard.com New
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Carrie
Underwoodpaid tribute to the other Country
Music-related personalities who died in the past year with a gorgeous, tearful and
very moving version of “Softly and Tenderly,” played
over a pictorial montage -- which also included the images of each of the 58
country music fans killed in Las Vegas mass shooting on Oct. 1.
Brad Paisleyand Kane Brownperformed Paisley’s song “Heaven South.”
Pop superstar P!nkdelivered a poignant moment with “Barbies” a cut taken from her recent
No.1 Billboard 200 album BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA.
1D’s Niall Horan and Maren Morris combined with amedley of
her Top 10 hit “I Could Use A Love Song” and Nialls’ “Seeing Blind.”
Keith
Urbanshowcased his new single “Female”
inspired by the Harvey Weinstein news story.
.
CMA Female Vocalist nomineesKelsea Ballerini andReba McEntire teamed up
with a performance of Kelsea’s
lead-off single “Legends”.
Faith Hilland Tim McGrawperformed
'"The Rest of Our Life", the title cut from their upcoming
collaborative album, set to drop on Nov. 17.
New into the Country Music Hall of Fame
inducteeAlan
Jacksonturned the clock back performing one of
the superstars early hits “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow.”
The Queen CMA
Female Vocalist Miranda
Lambert chose to keep
ittraditional with “To
Learn Her” lifted from her RIAA Platinum certified 2-CD and Album of
the Year nominated THE WEIGHT OF THESE
WINGS.
CMA favourite Chris
Stapletonpleased the CMA throng with current
single “Broken Halos.”
CMA Entertainer of Year Garth
Brooksperformed his current single “Ask
Me How I Know.” In an update Brooks has since admitted he was lip
syncing. Backstage he told reporters, “We
made a game time call on whether to sing to a track or lip sync. And we decided
to lip sync it. We decided to lip-sync it because my voice was just not there,
and we wanted to represent country music the best we can.”
"The 51st Annual CMA
Awards" were hosted by Brad Paisley and CarrieUnderwood
for a 10th consecutive year and broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville,
Wednesday, Nov. 8 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Country music artists included New Artist Of
The Year nominees Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs, and Brett Young; BROKEN BOW RECORDS' Dustin Lynch; three-time CMA AWARDS winner Trisha Yearwood.
Non artist presenters include nationally syndicated radio
personality Bobby Bones; NASCAR
champion Jimmie Johnson; model Karlie Kloss; and actors Lea Michele, Michelle Monaghan, Tyler
Perry, Jason Ritter, Joanna GarciaSwisher, Ruby Rose, and Brittany Snow
RED CARPET COVERAGE
“The CMA Awards: All Access” Streamed Exclusively on Twitter
Country Music artist and previous two-time CMA Awards
nominee Kellie Pickler and television personality Ben
Aaron (both of “Pickler & Ben”), along with Emmy Winning TV Host correspondent
Kelly Sutton hosted this year’s “The
CMA Awards: All Access,” which offered viewers exclusive access to Country
Music's Biggest Night™.
The show, was sponsored by Walmart, and streamed exclusively on live.twitter.com/CMAawards beginning with the red-carpet stream at 6
PM ET (5 PM CT) on Wednesday, Nov 8.
Kellie Pickler & Ben Aaron with Faith Hill and Tim McGraw Red Carpet 8 Nov 2017
Kellie Pickler & Ben Aaron with Maren Morris & Niall Horan Red Carpet 8 Nov 2017
Kelly Sutton with Chris Lord-Alge (Mixer; Single of the Year) Red Carpet 8 Nov 2017
Kelly Sutton with Garth Brooks Red Carpet 8 Nov 2017
ARISTA NASHVILLE's Cam joined Townsquare Media nationally syndicated "Taste Of
Country Nights" host Sam Alex for the third-annual "Taste Of Country"
CMA AWARDS red carpet live stream coverage.
The "Taste Of Country" live stream began at 5p (CT) on Wednesday,
November 8th at Bridgestone Arena as "Cam & Sam" interview dozens
of Country artists making their way into the venue for the night's festivities.
The TOC live stream was available to view here.
CMA Awards Predictions: Who Will Win in Each Category
- Nash Country
Daily
PHOTOS CMA Awards 2017 Red Carpet Gallery Photos: Taste Of Country
BBC Music
goes Country crazy
The
BBC will be celebrating all things Country with programming on Radio 2 and BBC Four to celebrate the forthcoming 51st Country Music Association Awards 2017.
Bob Shennan, Director of BBC Radio and Music, says:
“Each November, the Country music world
congregates in Nashville to celebrate country music, so I’m delighted to give
BBC listeners and viewers exclusive access to the awards show and hear from
some of the genre’s most acclaimed stars.”
Legendary
country music presenter Bob Harris
(OBE) will present programmes for both BBCRadio 2 and BBC Four.
Bob
Harris says: "The CMAs is the jewel
in the country music crown, and once again, I’m excited to be visiting
Tennessee to bring the best of Nashville to both Radio 2 listeners and BBC Four
viewers."
BBC RADIO 2
CMA Awards Highlights 2017, presented by Bob Harris Saturday 11 November, 6-8pm: In addition to his
weekly country music show Bob Harris Country each Thursday night from 7-8pm,
Bob Harris will broadcasting live from Music Row in Nashville, presenting
highlights from the CMAs.
The
two hour show sees Bob present a
round-up of the winners along with the live performances from the awards show
There
will also be an appearance from Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and 16-time
CMA Awards winner Alan Jackson (Awkward
given the Radio 2 snub history).
For the first time in 10 years, Bob Harris presents highlights from the
CMAs to be broadcast later in November. In a 1x60' programme produced by BBC Studios, Bob will introduce the
hottest performances of the night, including some of the biggest names in
Nashville, including Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert and Shania
Twain, who performed in the UK for the first time in 13 years at Radio 2 Live
in Hyde Park this year.
Jan
Younghusband, Head of TV Commissioning, BBC Music says: "Music on BBC television is currently
thriving, from Sounds Like Friday Night launching on BBC One next week, to
Harry Styles at the BBC and Sam Smith at the BBC airing on BBC One next month.
Every Friday night on BBC Four is a treasure trove of music programming, and
it’s thrilling to welcome the CMAs back to BBC television after 10 years."
The
BBC Four programming was
commissioned by Jan Younghusband, Head of TV Commissioning, BBC Music and
Cassian Harrison, Channel Editor, BBC Four. The executive producer is Mark
Cooper, Head of Music, BBC Studios.
Confirmation that the CMA Awards will be on BBC Four for 60 minutes on Sunday 19th
November at 22:00. BBC PAGE
Radio 2's
Country Playlist: CMA Awards Preview
Radio 2 Playlists
Bob Harris with songs from the nominees at this year's
CMA Awards - BBC Page
STEVE WRIGHT IN
THE AFTERNOON LIVE FROM NASHVILLE
Wednesday 8 November, 2-5pm
Steve Wright
broadcast live for BBC Radio 2 from
Nashville in the build up to the biggest night in country music, the 51st
annual CMA Awards. Available for 28 Days On Listen Back 2 hours, 57 minutes - BBC Page
They chatted to the biggest stars in town, including
legendary artists Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Kelsea Ballerini and Scott
Borchetta, the President and CEO of Big Machine Label group
Kelsea
Ballerini: "I wrote over 200 songs for this album!":
Kelsea talks about being nominated for Female Vocalist Of The Year at the CMAs
- CLIP
Niall Horan:
"There's a lot of anxiousness with bringing out new music..." Niall
Horan & Maren Morris talk about their brand new single together called
Seeing Blind - CLIP
Tim McGraw &
Faith Hill: "We're coming to Country To Country in the
UK!" Tim McGraw & Faith Hill talk about their Soul2Soul tour coming to
the UK in 2018 - CLIP
They also take a trip to Prince's Hot Chicken Shack to find out how their legendary fried chicken
is made and why it's so popular and spreading to the UK. Plus they get the
lowdown on the 'Nashville' look from the stars of the hugely successful TV show
that's become a worldwide hit.
