CMA Announces Nominees For 42nd Annual Awards

Announcements This Morning

The COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION has announced the final nominees for the 42nd ANNUAL CMA AWARDS. Country stars RASCAL FLATTS and TAYLOR SWIFT revealed the nominees in several categories during a live broadcast from NEW YORK CITY'S TIMES SQUARE on GOOD MORNING AMERICA this morning (9/10).

The remaining nominees were announced by JAMES OTTO and LADY ANTEBELLUM during a special edition of CMT INSIDER broadcast live from NASHVILLE'S SOMMET CENTER later in the morning.
 
The 42nd ANNUAL CMA AWARDS will broadcast live on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12th at 8p (ET) from MUSIC CITY on ABC-TV. And the nominees are:

Entertainer Of The Year
 
KENNY CHESNEY
BRAD PAISLEY
SUGARLAND
GEORGE STRAIT
KEITH URBAN

Male Vocalist Of The Year
 
KENNY CHESNEY
BRAD PAISLEY
GEORGE STRAIT
ALAN JACKSON
KEITH URBAN

Female Vocalist Of The Year
 
ALISON KRAUSS
MIRANDA LAMBERT
MARTINA MCBRIDE
TAYLOR SWIFT
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Album Of The Year (Awarded to artist/producer) 

CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Carnial Ride - produced by MARK BRIGHT
GEORGE STRAIT - Troubador - produced by TONY BROWN and GEORGE STRAIT
ALAN JACKSON - Good Time - produced by KEITH STEGALL
KENNY CHESNEY - Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates - produced by KENNY CHESNEY and BUDDY CANNON
BROOKS & DUNN - Cowboy Town - produced by TONY BROWN, KIX BROOKS and RONNIE DUNN

Vocal Group Of The Year
 
EAGLES
LADY ANTEBELLUM
EMERSON DRIVE
LITTLE BIG TOWN
RASCAL FLATTS 

Vocal Duo Of The Year
 
BIG & RICH
BROOKS & DUNN
MONTGOMERY GENTRY
SUGARLAND
THE WRECKERS

Single Of The Year (Awarded to the artist/producer)
 
"Don't Blink" - KENNY CHESNEY - produced by KENNY CHESNEY and BUDDY CANNON
"Gunpowder & Lead" - MIRANDA LAMBERT - produced by FRANK LIDDELL and MIKE WRUCKE
"You're Gonna Miss This" - TRACE ADKINS - produced by FRANK ROGERS
"Stay" - SUGARLAND - produced by BYRON GALLIMORE, KRISTIAN BUSH and JENNIFER NETTLES
"I Saw God Today" - GEORGE STRAIT - produced by GEORGE STRAIT and TONY BROWN

Song Of The Year (Awarded to songwriter)

"Good Time" - ALAN JACKSON
"I Saw God Today" - RODNEY CLAWSON, MONTY CRISWELL and WADE KIRBY
"Letter To Me" - BRAD PAISLEY
"Stay" - JENNIFER NETTLES
"You're Gonna Miss This" - ASHLEY GORLEY and LEE THOMAS MILLER

Video Of The Year (Awarded to artist and director)

"Stay" - SUGARLAND - directed by Shaun Silva
You're Gonna Miss This" - TRACE ADKINS - directed by Peter Zavadil
"Waitin' On A Woman" - BRAD PAISLEY - directed by Jim Shea
"Good Time" - ALAN JACKSON - directed by Trey Fanjoy
"Don't Blink" - KENNY CHESNEY - directed by Shaun Silva

New Artist
 
JASON ALDEAN
RODNEY ATKINS
KELLIE PICKER
LADY ANTEBELLUM
JAMES OTTO

Musical Event Of The Year
 
"Another Try" - JOSH TURNER featuring TRISHA YEARWOOD
"Every Other Weekend" - REBA McENTIRE and KENNY CHESNEY
"Shift Work" - KENNY CHESNEY and GEORGE STRAIT
"Gone Gone Gone" - ALISON KRAUSS with ROBERT PLANT
"Life In A Northern Town" - SUGARLAND featuring LITTLE BIG TOWN and JAKE OWEN

Musician Of The Year
 
PAUL FRANKLIN - steel guitar
JERRY DOUGLAS - dobro
DANN HUFF - guitar
BRENT MASON - guitar
MAC MACANALLY - guitar

In addition to the nominees for music awards, the CMA also announced the nominees for the 2008 CMA BROADCAST AWARDS.  Rising Country stars BUCKY COVINGTON and CHUCK WICKS made the announcements during the press conference in NASHVILLE.

Broadcast Personality Of The Year

National

"American Country Countdown with KIX BROOKS" - ABC RADIO NETWORKS
"CMT Country Countdown USA with LON HELTON"  - WESTWOOD ONE
"The CROOK & CHASE Countdown" - JIM OWENS ENTERTAINMENT

Major Market 

"The DR. DON Morning Show" (DON CARPENTER, STEVE GRUNWALD, RACHAEL HUNTER, JASON RAITHEL) - WYCD/DETROIT
CATHERINE LANE - WSOC/CHARLOTTE
"CLIFF and Company" (CLIFF DUMAS, TORI PECK, BILL TANNER, MORGAN THOMAS) - KSON/SAN DIEGO
"JESSE and SHOTGUN In The Morning" (JESSE JAMES, RANDY SHANNON) - KWLI/BOULDER
"KELLY, MUDFLAP and JOJO Morning Show" (KELLY FORD, STEVE "MUDFLAP" McGREW, JOJO) - KYGO/DENVER
"RANDY & DAVE" (RANDY PRICE, DAVE McKAY) - WQYK/TAMPA

Large Market

"B-105 Morning Show" (BILL WHYTE, AMANDA ORLANDO, JASON STATT) - WUBE/CINNCINATI
"GERRY HOUSE & The House Foundation" (GERRY HOUSE, MIKE BOHAN, DUNCAN STEWART, AL VOECKS, RICHARD FALKEN) - WSIX/NASHVILLE
"The Moo Crew with KAREN, SCOTT and RADAR" (KAREN DALESSANDRO, SCOTT DOLPHIN, TONY "RADAR" HESS) - WMIL/MILWAUKEE
"Wake Up With THE WOLF" (DARREN WILHITE, TIM WALL, CODIE ALLEN) - WDAF/KANSAS CITY
BOB PICKETT - KASE/AUSTIN

Medium Market

"ANDY & ALISON and the Morning Crew" (ANDY RITCHIE, ALISON WEST) - WIVK/KNOXVILLE, TN
CAROL HUGHES - KFDI/WICHITA, KS
"ROGER and TOM" (ROGER TODD, TOM O'BRIEN) - WPCV/LAKELAND, FL
"RON and BECKY Show" (RON BEE, BECKY PALMER) - WBBS/SYRACUSE, NY
"WIVK at Night with JACK RYAN" - WIVK/KNOXVILLE, TN 

Small Market

"Big AL and DEX" (AL McCLURE, BILL POINDEXTER) - WUSY/CHATTANOOGA, TN
"The Cat Pak Morning Show" (BRENT LANE, DANA CERVANTES) - WYCT/PENSACOLA, FL
"The Good Morning Guys" (BRIAN GARY, TODD HARDING) - KUAD/Ft. COLLINS, CO
"CAROL METZ and The More Music Morning Show" - WAKG/DANVILLE, VA
"MARK & DANIELLE and the Morning Waking Crew" (MARK ERICSON, DANIELLE CARRIER) - WOKQ/PORTSMOUTH/DOVER/ROCHESTER, NH

Station Of The Year

Major Market

KMPS/SEATTLE
KNIX/PHOENIX
KSON/SAN DIEGO
WQYK/TAMPA/ST. PETERSBURG
WXTU/PHILADELPHIA

Large Market

KAJA/SAN ANTONIO
KASE/AUSTIN 
WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS
WTQR/GREENSBORO/WINSTON/SALEM/HIGH POINT
WUBE/CINCINNATI

Medium Market
KFDI/WICHITA, KS
KUZZ/BAKERSFIELD, CA
WBBS/SYRACUSE, NY
WIVK/KNOXVILLE, TN
WYRK/BUFFALO/NIAGARA FALLS, NY

Small Market

KUAD/FT. COLLINS, CO
WFYR/PEORIA, IL
WGSQ/COOKEVILLE, TN
WKML/FAYETTEVILLE, NC
WUSY/CHATTANOOGA, TN

The winners of the 2008 BROADCAST AWARDS will be notified in mid-OCTOBER and recognized at the awards in NASHVILLE.

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