NASHVILLE
– Eric Church tops the list of final nominees for “The 46th Annual CMA Awards”
with five nominations. The reigning CMA Female and Male Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton each received
four nominations. Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney,
Little Big Town, and Taylor Swift each received
three nominations for Country Music’s Biggest Night™.
“The depth and
variety of talent represented by this year’s nominees is outstanding,” said
Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “From Country Music
legends, to cross-format favorites, to current superstars, and an exciting crop
of artists who have jumped to that next level – the 2012 CMA Awards are going
to be an exciting evening of entertainment for any fan of great music and memorable performances.”
“The
46th Annual CMA Awards” will be hosted for the fifth time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood
and broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Thursday, Nov.
1 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.
For the seventh
year, the announcement of the final nominees in five of the 12 CMA Awards categories
was made live on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” with Aldean and Luke Bryan delivering the
news from the heart of New York City’s Times Square. They then dashed to nearby
B.B. King Blues Club and Grill to announce the finalists in the remaining seven
categories during a press conference that was made available across the world
via live stream at CMAworld.com.
“It was terrific to be able to announce
our nominees for Country Music’s top honor on the world’s biggest stage and
be able to share it with the industry and fans,” Moore said.
Church
received his first CMA Awards nomination last year for New Artist of the Year.
A year later, he tops the list of nominees with five including Male Vocalist;
Album for Chief, which was produced by Jay Joyce; Single of the
Year for “Springsteen,” also produced by Joyce; Song of the Year for “Springsteen,”
written by Church, Ryan Tyndell, and Jeff Hyde, a member of Church’s
band; and Music Video of the Year for “Springsteen,” directed by Peter Zavadil.
Lambert
and Shelton were close behind with four nominations each, including a shared nomination
for Song of the Year for “Over You.” Only a handful of married couples have
penned Song of the Year nominees including “Mommas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow
Up To Be Cowboys” by Ed and Patsy Bruce (1978), and two songs by Sanger D. “Whitey”
Shafer: “Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind” with his third wife Darlene
Shafer in 1985, and “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” with his fourth wife Lyndia
Shafer in 1987. Tammy Wynette and George Richey wrote “’Til I Can Make It
On My Own” with Billy Sherrill, which was nominated for Song of the Year in
1976, but they did not marry until 1978.
Lambert, the reigning CMA Female Vocalist
was also nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year; Album of the Year for Four The Record, produced by Frank Liddell,
Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf; and Music Video
of the Year for “Over You,” directed by Trey Fanjoy.
In addition
to Song of the Year, Shelton, the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, picked
up nominations for Entertainer of the Year; Male Vocalist of the Year; and Single
of the Year for “God Gave Me You,” produced by Scott Hendricks. Popular singer/songwriter
Dave Barnes received a Song of the Year nomination for writing “God Gave Me You.”
Aldean
holds the current title for CMA Album of the Year for My Kinda Party and Musical Event
of the Year for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Kelly Clarkson. This year, he
picked up nominations for Entertainer, Male Vocalist, and Single of the Year for
“Dirt Road Anthem,” produced by Michael Knox.
There was
no place like Home for Bentley. He received three nominations for Album
of the Year for Home, produced by Brett Beavers, Luke Wooten, and Jon Randall Stewart; Single of the
Year for “Home,” produced by Beavers and Wooten; and Song of the Year for
“Home,” written by Bentley, Beavers, and Dan Wilson, lead singer of Semisonic.
Chesney,
who is the reigning CMA Award winner for Music Video of the Year for “You and
Tequila” with Grace Potter, picked up three nominations in 2012 for Entertainer
of the Year; Musical Event of the Year for “Feel Like A Rock Star” a duet
with Tim McGraw; and Music Video of the Year for “Come
Over,” directed by Shaun Silva. If Chesney wins Entertainer of the
Year, he’ll take the record for the most wins in the category. Chesney is currently
tied with Garth Brooks winning the trophy four times in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Little
Big Town made a splash with “Pontoon” in 2012. The popular group was nominated
for Vocal Group of the Year in addition to capturing nominations for Music Video
and Single of the Year for “Pontoon,” directed by Declan Whitebloom
and produced by Jay Joyce respectively. Joyce has produced albums by a
diverse roster of artists including Audio Adrenaline, Cage the Elephant, Patty
Griffin, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, The Wallflowers, and The Whigs.
Swift,
the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, was nominated in the top category again
in 2012 in addition to nominations for Female Vocalist and Musical Event of the
Year for “Safe & Sound” featuring The Civil Wars. Swift won her
first of seven CMA trophies in 2007 with the Horizon Award.
Paisley
rounds out the Entertainer of the Year category. Paisley’s nominations keep
him third on the list of artists with the most career nominations in CMA Awards
history. He has been nominated every year since 2000 and has now amassed an incredible 58 nominations.
Clarkson,
who shares the current CMA trophy for Musical Event of the Year with Aldean, makes
her debut in the Female Vocalist of the Year category in 2012. Clarkson has a
previous nomination for Musical Event of the Year with Reba McEntire for “Because of You” in 2007.
CMA Awards
co-host Underwood received her seventh nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year.
Underwood won Female Vocalist in 2006, 2007, and 2008. If Underwood wins the Female
Vocalist of the Year trophy again, it will tie her with Martina McBride (1999, 2002-2004)
and Reba McEntire (1984-1987) for most wins in this category. McBride is nominated
in the category again in 2012, with Clarkson, Lambert, Swift, and Underwood.
Church
was not the only artist making his debut in the Male Vocalist category. Bryan
enters the elite list for the first time in 2012. Bryan also picked up a second
nomination for Album of the Year for tailgates & tanlines, produced by Jeff Stevens and Mark Bright.
Keith
Urban, completes the Male Vocalist of the Year category. Urban won
the trophy three times (2004, 2005, and 2006).
New to the Vocal Group
of the Year category with their first CMA Awards nomination is the Eli Young Band. Rounding out
the list of nominees are The Band Perry, who received their first CMA Awards
in 2011 for New Artist of the Year and Single and Song of the Year for “If I
Die Young,” written by Kimberly Perry; Little Big Town; Zac Brown Band; and Lady Antebellum, the reigning
Vocal Group of the Year for the past three consecutive years.
Lady Antebellum
is also nominated for Album of the Year for Own The Night, which the group
produced with Paul Worley making them eligible to receive a second
trophy for producing the nominated record.
Ten-time CMA Awards nominees
Big & Rich are back in the Vocal Duo of the Year Category in 2012.
Joining them on the list are first-time nominee Love and Theft, who are also
nominated in the New Artist of the Year category; Sugarland, who have claimed
the trophy five times (2007-2011); The Civil Wars, and Thompson Square, who each debuted
in the category in 2011.
Thompson Square is also nominated for New Artist of
the Year. They received their first nomination in the category in 2011. In addition
to Love and Theft there are several new faces in the category including Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, and Lee Brice, who announced
the CMA Broadcast Award finalists at a CMA membership breakfast today in Nashville.
Artists can only be included in this category two times.
Receiving his 28th
career nomination in 2012 was Toby Keith for the Music
Video of the Year for the party anthem “Red Solo Cup,” which was directed
by Michael Saloman.
The Song of the Year trophy is presented to and celebrates
the songwriters. Nominees in addition to those previously mentioned include “Even
if It Breaks Your Heart” by Will Hoge and Eric Paslay (recorded by Eli
Young Band). The song was the first No. 1 for Hoge, who is a solo artist in his
own right. Paslay also has a blossoming solo career and has penned songs for Lady
Antebellum, Jake Owen, and Love and Theft. This is their first CMA Awards nomination.
The Musical
Event of the Year category always provides an eclectic mix of talent and unique
collaborations and 2012 was no exception. In addition to the nominations for Chesney
and Swift, Alan Jackson and Zac Brown were nominated
for “Dixie Highway”; Willie Nelson, Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg), Kris Kristofferson, and Jamey Johnson received a nomination
for “Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die”; and Lionel Richie and Darius Rucker were nominated
for “Stuck On You.”
Jackson’s nomination ties him with George Strait for
the most career CMA Awards nominations with 81 each.
These were
the first nominations for Snoop Lion and Richie. Kristofferson was last nominated
in 1991 for Vocal Event of the Year for “Highwaymen” with Nelson, Johnny Cash,
and Waylon Jennings. Nelson now has a career total of 45 CMA Awards nominations.
His most recent was in 2005 for Vocal Event of the Year with Lee Ann Womack for
“I’ll Never Be Free.”
The Musician of the Year category included Sam Bush (mandolin), who
was nominated in the category for the first time in 2011, along with Paul Franklin (steel guitar),
Dann Huff (guitar), Brent Mason (guitar), and
the current title holder Mac McAnally (guitar).
The 2011 CMA Awards
was the No. 1 entertainment show for the week among the key advertising Adults
18-49 sales demographic. The special beat its nearest competition by 5.6 million
viewers and by 26 percent in Adults 18-49, according to Nielsen.
Held during
November Sweeps (Nov. 9), “The 45th Annual CMA Awards” on
ABC dominated the night winning all six of its half-hours in total viewers and Adults 18-49.
With a
primetime sweep, ABC finished No. 1 on Wednesday in Viewers across all key demos
including Adult, Men, and Women (18-34/18-49/25-54), as well as finishing as the
top broadcaster with Teens (12-17). In Total Viewers (16.4 million; 17.49 Live+7)
and Adults 18-49 (4.8/13; 5.2/14 Live+7) it was ABC’s strongest Wednesday in
two years with an estimated 35 million viewers watching at least some portion
of the three-hour live gala.
Winners of “The 46th Annual CMA Awards”
will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of the
Country Music Association. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international
accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. The third and final ballot will
be emailed to CMA members Thursday, Oct. 4. Voting for the CMA Awards final ballot
ends Monday, Oct. 22 (5:00 PM/CT).
The CMA Awards nominees and winners
are determined by the 11,000 industry professional members of CMA, which was formed
in 1958 as the first trade organization 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 Awards
aired on NBC through 1971 and on the CBS Television Network from 1972 through
2005. The CMA Awards moved to ABC in 2006, where it will remain through 2021.
A video
highlights package including footage of the nominee announcements, interviews,
music video clips, and more will be serviced today, Sept. 5 (3:00-3:30 PM/ET).
The video
highlights package will be available via satellite at Galaxy 17 (KU) Digital
- Transponder 19 – ChA - 9 MHz - Downlink Frequency: 12066.5 (H)- FEC:
¾ - Symbol Rate: 6.1113. In addition, the video highlights package will
be available via FTP download at ftp.magnosound.com; USERNAME: cmaawards;
PASSWORD: nominations.
If you have difficulty picking up the video highlights
package or have questions about the feed, please contact Scott Sklarin with Sklarin
Communications at (917) 992-0920 or (917) 929-5564; or Dawn Copley at CMA (615)
664-1628, or by e-mail at dcopley@CMAworld.com. For questions
regarding the FTP download, please call (212) 302-2505, ext. 0.
Tickets
for “The 46th Annual CMA Awards” go on sale to the public Saturday, Sept.
29 (10:00 AM/CT). Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster
outlets; by calling (800) 745-3000; or at the Bridgestone Arena Box Office, located
at 501 Broadway (corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, Nashville). Ticket prices
for the CMA Awards start at $110 for Upper Level seating. Ticket prices include
tax, but exclude applicable service fees. Purchase tickets early for the best
available seats. The CMA Awards have sold out in advance the past three years.
“The
46th Annual CMA Awards” is a production of the Country Music Association.
Robert Deaton is the Executive Producer, Paul Miller is the Director,
and David Wild is the writer. The special will be shot in high definition
and broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format, with 5.1
channel surround sound.
The Final Nominees for “The 46th Annual CMA Awards”
(by ballot category order):
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Single
of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))
“Dirt
Road Anthem”
Jason Aldean
Produced by Michael Knox
Broken Bow Records
“God
Gave Me You”
Blake Shelton
Produced by Scott Hendricks
Warner Bros. Records
“Home”
Dierks Bentley
Produced by Brett Beavers and
Luke Wooten
Capitol Records Nashville
“Pontoon”
Little Big Town
Produced by Jay Joyce
Capitol Records Nashville
“Springsteen”
Eric Church
Produced by Jay Joyce
EMI Records Nashville
Album of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))
Chief
Eric Church
Produced by Jay Joyce
EMI Records Nashville
Four The Record
Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf
RCA Nashville
Home
Dierks Bentley
Produced by Brett Beavers, Luke Wooten, and Jon Randall Stewart
Capitol Records Nashville
Own The Night
Lady Antebellum
Produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
Capitol Records Nashville
tailgates & tanlines
Luke Bryan
Produced by Jeff Stevens
and Mark Bright
Capitol Records Nashville
Song
of the Year
(Award goes to Songwriter(s))
“Even
If It Breaks Your Heart”
Will Hoge and Eric Paslay
“God
Gave Me You”
Dave Barnes
“Home”
Dan Wilson, Brett Beavers, and Dierks Bentley
“Over You”
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton
“Springsteen”
Eric Church, Ryan Tyndell, and Jeff Hyde
Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelly Clarkson
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Male
Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
Vocal
Group of the Year
Eli Young Band
Lady
Antebellum
Little Big Town
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Vocal
Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Love
and Theft
Sugarland
The Civil Wars
Thompson Square
Musical
Event of the Year
(Award goes to each Artist)
“Dixie
Highway”
Alan Jackson featuring Zac Brown
ACR/EMI Records Nashville
“Feel Like A Rock Star”
Kenny Chesney (duet with Tim McGraw)
Blue Chair
Records/Columbia Nashville
“Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die”
Willie Nelson with Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, and Jamey Johnson
Legacy Recordings
“Safe & Sound”
Taylor Swift (featuring The Civil Wars)
Big
Machine Records/Universal Republic Records
“Stuck On You”
Lionel Richie (with Darius Rucker)
Mercury Records Nashville
Musician of the Year
Sam Bush
– Mandolin
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Dann Huff – Guitar
Brent Mason – Guitar
Mac McAnally – Guitar
Music Video of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Director)
“Come Over”
Kenny Chesney
Directed by Shaun Silva
“Over
You”
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Trey Fanjoy
“Pontoon”
Little
Big Town
Directed by Declan Whitebloom
“Red
Solo Cup”
Toby Keith
Directed by Michael Salomon
“Springsteen”
Eric Church
Directed by Peter Zavadil
New
Artist of the Year
Lee Brice
Brantley
Gilbert
Hunter Hayes
Love and Theft
Thompson Square
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