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NASHVILLE – Country superstars Brad Paisley and
Carrie Underwood will be returning to host “Country Music’s
Biggest Night™” for the eighth consecutive year in 2015. “The 49th
Annual CMA Awards” airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 4 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET)
on the ABC Television Network.
The return of the popular pair was announced by reigning CMA
Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town during “CMA Music Festival:
Country’s Night to Rock,” which aired tonight on ABC. During the concert
special, which was hosted by Little Big Town, viewers were able to Shazam the
show to unlock a video montage of Paisley and Underwood’s many televised highlights
from previous CMA Awards broadcasts. See
the highlights package here.
“We are so fortunate to have Carrie and Brad hosting
the CMA Awards for the eighth time,” said Sarah Trahern, CMA
Chief Executive Officer. “They have real chemistry on stage and bring credibility,
comic timing, and critical acclaim to ‘Country Music’s Biggest Night.’”
“Brad and Carrie are
great hosts because they are very active collaborators in the process,” said
Robert Deaton, Executive Producer of the CMA Awards. “They
are heavily invested in the continued success of the CMA Awards while being mindful
of the prestige and history. They are not simply setting the bar for hosting an
awards show, they are surpassing it every time they step out on our stage.”
Paisley has won 14 CMA
Awards since receiving the Horizon Award (now the New Artist Award) in 2000, including
Entertainer of the Year (2010), Male Vocalist (2007, 2008, 2009), and Album (2006
for Time Well Wasted). He won Musical Event of the Year three times,
first in 2004 with Alison Krauss for “Whiskey Lullaby,” second in 2006 for
“When I Get Where I’m Going” with Dolly Parton, and a third time in 2009
for “Start a Band” with Keith Urban. He claimed the Vocal Event of the Year
trophy in 2001 for “Too Country” with Bill Anderson, George Jones, and Buck
Owens; and won Music Video of the Year four times, including “I’m Gonna Miss
Her (The Fishin’ Song)” (2002), “Whiskey Lullaby” (with Krauss, 2004),
“Online” (2007), and “Waitin’ on a Woman” (featuring Andy Griffith,
2008). He is No. 5 on the list of top CMA Awards winners of all time.
Paisley is a critically-acclaimed
singer, songwriter, guitarist, and entertainer whose talents have earned him numerous
awards, including three Grammys. He has been a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry
since 2001. Paisley has written 20 of his 23 No. 1 singles with the first being
his 1999 hit “He Didn’t Have To Be” and his most recent, “Perfect Storm,”
from his chart topping 2014 album Moonshine in the Trunk. Paisley’s
current single is “Crushin’ It” from the same album and he kicked off his
"Crushin’ It World Tour" the middle of May by playing to more than 50,000 fans
the first weekend. Paisley has recently partnered with Boot Barn® and developed
an exclusive line of jeans, hats, T-shirts, jewelry, belts, and woven shirts called
Moonshine Spirit by Brad Paisley. Connect with Brad at www.BradPaisley.com;
www.Facebook.com/BradPaisley;
on Twitter @BradPaisley;
on Instagram @BradPaisley; and YouTube YouTube.com/BradPaisley.
Underwood has received five CMA Awards in her career
– three consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year trophies (2006-2008), as well
as Single of the Year (2007 for “Before He Cheats”), and the Horizon Award
(2006). Her 21 career CMA Awards nominations include three for Album of the Year
for Carnival Ride (2008), Play On (2010),
and Blown Away (2013); four nominations for Music Video of
the Year for “Jesus, Take the Wheel” (2006), “Before He Cheats” (2007),
“Blown Away” (2013), and “Somethin’ Bad” a duet with Miranda Lambert
(2014); and two for Musical Event of the Year for “I Told You So” featuring
Randy Travis (2009) and “Somethin’ Bad” (2014). She has been nominated for
Female Vocalist of the Year every year since first being nominated in 2006 (2006-2014).
Underwood emerged from
the promise of her 2005 "American Idol" win to become a true multi-format, multi-media
superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time
Grammy Award winner, she has amassed nearly 100 major honors, sold more than 56
million records worldwide, and recorded 21 No. 1 singles, 11 of which she
co-wrote. Underwood was recognized as Pollstar’s top female
Country touring artist for her headlining tours in 2008, 2010, and 2012. Her
four studio albums, Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Play
On, and Blown Away – each certified multi-Platinum or
Platinum – tallied 38 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country
Albums chart with songs that have been streamed more than 1.4 billion times worldwide. In
2013, she starred as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour holiday blockbuster,
the Emmy-winning “The Sound of Music Live!,” whose airings attracted
44 million viewers. In late 2014, the Grand Ole Opry member released her
first hits collection, Greatest Hits: Decade #1. Celebrating her
first 10 years of music, the 25-song collection included two new hits co-written
by Underwood: the Platinum-certified, Grammy-winning “Something in the Water,”
as well as the No. 1 smash “Little Toy Guns.” Poised to return for her
third season as the voice of primetime television’s No. 1 program, “Sunday
Night Football,” Underwood is currently working on new music for her fifth studio
album. For more visit CarrieUnderwoodOfficial.com
and follow her on Twitter @CarrieUnderwood;
on Instagram at Instagram.com/CarrieUnderwood;
Facebook at facebook.com/CarrieUnderwood;
and YouTube at youtube.com/CarrieUnderwoodVEVO.
The 2015 CMA Awards nominees
and winners are determined by more than 7,400 professional members of CMA, which
was the first trade organization formed to promote an individual genre of music
in 1958. The eligibility period for the 2015 CMA Awards is July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
The second ballot will be emailed to CMA members Tuesday, Aug. 11. Voting for the second
ballot closes Thursday, Aug. 20
(6:00 PM/CT). The final nominees in each of the 12 categories will be announced
on Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Winners of “The 49th
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
Thursday, Oct. 8. Voting for
the CMA Awards final ballot ends Tuesday,
Oct. 27 (6:00 PM/CT). All balloting is officiated by the international
accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
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