Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack each received six nominations for The 39th Annual CMA Awards as nominees were announced this morning in New York City. Toby Keith and Keith Urban received four nominations, and Sugarland scored three nominations.
News Update: 2006 CMA Awards winners
News Update: 2005 CMA Awards winners
“Country Music is thriving on the talent and creativity of an outstanding group of artists and they are well represented with our nominees,” said CMA Executive Director Ed Benson. “These talented performers, musicians, songwriters and producers demonstrate the artistic depth and creativity driving the burgeoning growth of our format. It is an exciting time for Country Music and the 2005 CMA Awards will definitely reflect that in November.”
The 39th Annual CMA Awards will be hosted for the second year by Arista Nashville super duo Brooks & Dunn and broadcast live from New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Tuesday, Nov. 15 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the CBS Television Network. For the first time in the history of the CMA Awards, the announcement of the final nominees was made in New York City, which is hosting the CMA Awards for the first time in 2005. CMA chose to move the Awards for this year from its traditional home in Nashville, Tenn., as a platform to reach a broader consumer base, placing Country Music in the heart of the media and marketing capital of the world.
“New York City has long established itself as the premiere destination for the biggest events in entertainment,” Benson said. “With the city as the backdrop of this year”s CMA Awards, we will add even more excitement, energy and glamour to what is already one of the most anticipated events of the year.”
Announcing the finalists in the 12 Award categories were reigning Male Vocalist of the Year Keith Urban and three-time CMA Awards winner Lee Ann Womack. It was a good day for both of them.
Womack received six nominations for the 2005 CMA Awards including Female Vocalist of the Year (which she won in 2001); Album of the Year for her MCA Nashville release, There’s More Where That Came From; Single and Music Video of the Year for “I May Hate Myself In The Morning;” and two nominations for Musical Event of the Year, one with George Strait for “Good News, Bad News,” and one with Willie Nelson for “I’ll Never Be Free.” “I May Hate Myself In The Morning,” was also nominated for Song of the Year, which goes to the songwriter Odie Blackmon. The last time a female received six nominations was Faith Hill in 2000.
Nelson is a proven winner with Womack. In 2002, they won Vocal Event (now Musical Event) of the Year with “Mendocino County Line.” She claimed the Single of the Year trophy in 2000 with her smash “I Hope You Dance.”
Womack tied for the most nominations with Brad Paisley. Paisley has won five CMA Awards since he received one of his first nominations in 2000 for the Horizon Award. In 2005, Paisley is nominated for Entertainer of the Year (his first nomination in the category); Male Vocalist of the Year; Single, Song and Music Video of the Year for “Alcohol;” and Musical Event of the Year with Sara Evans for “New Again.” In 2004, Paisley won Musical Event and Music Video of the Year for “Whiskey Lullaby” with Alison Krauss. And songwriters Bill Anderson and Jon Randall are nominated for “Whiskey Lullaby” for 2005 Song of the Year.
Keith Urban and Toby Keith each had four nominations. Urban was nominated for Entertainer of the Year (his first nomination in the category); Male Vocalist of the Year; Album of the Year for Be Here; and Music Video of the Year for “Days Go By.” Urban is two-for-two with CMA Award nominations and wins. He won his first CMA Award in 2001, when he picked up the Horizon Award. In 2004, he received his first nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year and won that, too. He can win an additional trophy as co-producer of his album in 2005.
Keith, who won his first CMA Award in 2001 for Male Vocalist, received four nominations for Entertainer of the Year; Single, Song and Music Video of the Year for “As Good As I Once Was.” Keith is eligible for an added trophy as co-producer of “As Good As I Once Was.”
Several artists had three nominations each including Rascal Flatts, George Strait, Sugarland and Gretchen Wilson.
Reigning Vocal Group of the Year Rascal Flatts is nominated again in that category as well as Album of the Year for Feels Like Today and Single of the Year for “Bless The Broken Road.” The song is also nominated for Song of the Year, with songwriters Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna. Rascal Flatts is also eligible for additional trophies as co-producers of their album and single.
In 2005, George Strait added Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for Somewhere Down in Texas; and Musical Event of the Year for his duet with Lee Ann Womack to his outstanding list of career nominations. He is also eligible for an additional Award as co-producer of his album.
Red hot trio Sugarland have hit it big in 2005 with their first, second and third CMA Award nominations including Single of the Year for “Baby Girl,” the longest running single on the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the history of the monitored chart era; Vocal Group of the Year and the coveted Horizon Award.
Wilson won the Horizon trophy in 2004, and she is nominated again in 2005 for Female Vocalist of the Year; Song of the Year for “Redneck Woman,” which she co-wrote with John Rich of Big & Rich; and Music Video of the Year for “When I Think About Cheatin.”
Artists picking up nominations in multiple categories and incarnations are not uncommon this year. Rich picks up two more nominations with Big & Rich duo partner Big Kenny Alphin for Vocal Duo of the Year and the Horizon Award. Alison Krauss is nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year (her fourth consecutive year in the category) and in the Vocal Group of the Year category for Alison Krauss + Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas. And speaking of Douglas, he picks up an additional Musician of the Year nod.
Completing the list of artists with two nominations each were reigning Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson, who were both nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year; and Sara Evans and Martina McBride, who were both nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year category with Krauss, Wilson and Womack.
McBride has won the Female Vocalist of the Year trophy four times in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004 – surpassing Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette”s record and tying her with Reba McEntire for the most wins in the Female Vocalist category.
In the Male Vocalist of the Year category, four of the five nominees were nominated in 2004 including Chesney, Jackson, Strait and Urban. Paisley makes his return to the list in 2005, after being nominated in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Jimmy Buffett continues his love affair with the format in 2005 nominated for Musical Event of the Year with Martina McBride. In 2003, Buffett won his first-ever music award when he and Alan Jackson won Vocal Event (now Musical Event) for their party-ode “It’s Five O”Clock Somewhere.” Buffett received his first CMA Award nomination in 1977 when he was nominated for Single of the Year for “Margaritaville.”
CMA Awards hosts Brooks & Dunn scored a nomination in the increasingly competitive Vocal Duo of the Year category, which they have won a record setting 12 times. Making a run at the impressive Brooks & Dunn winning juggernaut are Big & Rich, Montgomery Gentry, The Warren Br
others and Van Zant, made up of Southern rock royalty brothers Donnie Van Zant (.38 Special) and Johnny Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd).
In addition to Van Zant and Sugarland, Country artists receiving their first CMA Award nominations in 2005 include Billy Currington for Musical Event of the Year with Shania Twain for “Party For Two,” and Miranda Lambert for the Horizon Award.
The 2004 CMA Awards, which aired on a Tuesday night for the first time, posted an 11.5 rating with an 18 share. CBS estimates that more than 37 million viewers watched all or part of the gala event. CBS was first in households, viewers and key demographics during the three-hour broadcast (8:00-11:00 PM/ET). CBS won every half-hour in households, viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. This marked CBS’ best delivery in households, viewers and adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 since November 2001.
To put the success of the CMA Awards rating in perspective, during the 2004-2005 television season, the CMA Awards trailed only the Academy Awards and was a statistical tie with the GRAMMY Awards.
The CMA Awards were first broadcast on network television in 1968 – making it the longest running music awards program on network television. Winners of The 39th Annual CMA Awards will be determined in the third and final round of voting by nearly 6,000 industry professional members of the Country Music Association. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
In addition to live coverage of today’s event on CMT, a video news release with footage from the 2004 CMA Awards and interviews with some of the 2005 nominees will be serviced today, Wednesday, Sept. 7 (4:00-4:30 PM/EDT; 3:00-3:30 PM/CDT).
The final nominees for the 2005 CMA Awards are:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to artist and producer)
“Alcohol”
Brad Paisley
Produced by Frank Rogers
Arista Nashville
“As Good As I Once Was”
Toby Keith
Produced by James Stroud/Toby Keith
DreamWorks Records Nashville
“Baby Girl”
Sugarland
Produced by Garth Fundis
Mercury Records Nashville
“Bless the Broken Road”
Rascal Flatts
Produced by Mark Bright/Marty Williams/Rascal Flatts
Lyric Street Records
“I May Hate Myself In The Morning”
Lee Ann Womack
Produced by Byron Gallimore
MCA Nashville
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to artist and producer)
Be Here
Keith Urban
Produced by Dann Huff/Keith Urban
Capitol Records Nashville
Feels Like Today
Rascal Flatts
Produced by Mark Bright/Marty Williams/Rascal Flatts
Lyric Street Records
Live Like You Were Dying
Tim McGraw
Produced by Tim McGraw/Byron Gallimore/Darran Smith
Curb Records
Somewhere Down In Texas
George Strait
Produced by Tony Brown/George Strait
MCA Nashville
There”s More Where That Came From
Lee Ann Womack
Produced by Byron Gallimore/Greg Droman
MCA Nashville
SONG OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to songwriter and primary publisher)
“Alcohol”
Brad Paisley
EMI April/Sea Gayle Music
“As Good As I Once Was”
Toby Keith/Scotty Emerick
Tokeco Tunes/Sony/ATV Songs/Big Yellow Dog Music/Florida Cracker Music
“Bless The Broken Road”
Marcus Hummon/Bobby Boyd/Jeff Hanna
Careers-BMG Music/Floyd”s Dream Music/Jeff Diggs Music
“I May Hate Myself In The Morning”
Odie Blackmon
Cal IV Songs
“Redneck Woman”
Gretchen Wilson/John Rich
Sony/ATV Cross Keys/Hoosiermama Music/WB Music Corp
“Whiskey Lullaby”
Bill Anderson/Jon Randall
Sony/ATV/Mr. Bubba Music/Reynsong/Wha Ya Say Music
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Sara Evans
Alison Krauss
Martina McBride
Gretchen Wilson
Lee Ann Womack
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Alison Krauss + Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas
Diamond Rio
Lonestar
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Van Zant
The Warren Brothers
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
George Strait (Duet with Lee Ann Womack)
“Good News, Bad News”
MCA Nashville
Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack
“I’ll Never Be Free”
Lost Highway Records
Brad Paisley/Sara Evans
“New Again”
Wind Up Records
Shania Twain (with Billy Currington)
“Party For Two”
Mercury Records Nashville
Jimmy Buffett with Martina McBride
Trip Around The Sun
RCA Records
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Jerry Douglas – Dobro
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Dann Huff – Electric Guitar
Brent Mason – Guitar/Electric Guitar
Randy Scruggs – Guitar/Mandolin
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to artist and director)
“Alcohol”
Brad Paisley
Directed by Jim Shea
“As Good As I Once Was”
Toby Keith
Directed by Michael Salomon
“Days Go By”
Keith Urban
Directed by Wayne Isham
“I May Hate Myself In The Morning”
Lee Ann Womack
Directed by Trey Fanjoy
“When I Think About Cheatin'”
Gretchen Wilson
Directed by Robert Deaton/George J. Flanigen IV
HORIZON AWARD
Dierks Bentley
Big & Rich
Miranda Lambert
Julie Roberts
Sugarland
source: Country Music Association
updated November 15, 2005
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