42nd Annual CMA Nominations Announced

A bunch of Country Music Award Nominations have been announced!

Kenny Chesney once again swept it with seven nominations, Sugarland and George Strait have five, and Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson are each up for four. The rest of the nominations should be released later today.

The 42nd annual CMAs will be air November 12th in Nashville.

Entertainer of the Year:
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Sugarland
Keith Urban

Album of theYear:
“Carnival Ride” by Carrie Underwood
“Cowboy Town” by Brooks & Dunn
“Good Time by Alan Jackson
“Just Who I Am Poets and Pirates” by Kenny Chesney
“Troubadour” by George Strait

Group of the Year:
The Eagles
Emerson Drive
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts

Best Male Vocalist:
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban

Best Female Vocalist:
Alison Krauss
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Musician of the Year
Jerry Douglas – Dobro
Paul Franklin – steel
Dana Huff – guitar
Brent Mason – guitar
Mac McAnally – guitar

Single of the Year
Don’t Blink by Kenny Chesney
Gunpowder & Lead – Miranda Lambert
I Saw God Today – George Strait
Stay – Sugarland
You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Adkins

Vocal Duo
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland
The Wreckers

New Artist
Jason Aldean
Rodney Atkins
Lady Antebellum
James Otto
Kellie Pickler

Song (given to songwriter)
Good Time – Alan Jackson
I Saw God Today – George Strait
Letter To Me – Brad Paisley
Stay – Sugarland
You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Adkins

Song Event
Every Other Weekend – Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney
Another Try – Josh Turner and Trisha Yearwood
Gone Gone Gone – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Life in a Northern Town – Sugarland, Little Big Town, Jake Owen
Shift Work – Kenny Chesney and George Strait

Music Video
Don’t Blink – Kenny Chesney
Good Time – Alan Jackson
Stay – Sugarland
Waitin on a Woman – Brad Paisley
You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Adkins

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