CMA Awards

Every country lover knows what is coming up within the next month… it is the CMA Awards. This will be taking place on November 11^th. This is one awards show that cannot be missed. This year’s hosts are Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. This year is the 43^rd year of the CMA awards

For Entertainer of the year there are five possible choices. They are: Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban. Females running for the Female vocalist of the year are in for a touch run because they are all excellent singers. The nominees are: Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, and Carrie Underwood. The males have the same problem with the nominees being Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, George Strait and Keith urban.

This year there had been many new artist that have rocked the charts out with hit singles so no matter who wins the award, they deserve it. The nominees are Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen, Darius Rucker, and the Zac Brown Band.

Vocal duo of the year will be a tight race, since all five of these duos deserve to walk away with the award. The nominees are Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Joey & Rory, Montgomery Gentry, and Sugarland.

To be nominated for single of the year the song must be chart toping for more than just a week. This can be hard to do with all the new music that artists come out with, but these songs are able to do just that: “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown Band, “I Run to You” by Lady antebellum, “In Color” by Jamey Johnson, “People Are Crazy” by Billy Currington, and “Then” by Brad Paisley.

Just as single of the year is a praising to be nominated music video of the year is just the same. These artists should feel proud of themselves for one coming up with that video and two writing a song that people love to watch the video to. The nominees are “Boots On” by Randy Houser, “Love Story” by Taylor Swift, “People Are Crazy” by Billy Currington, “Start a Band” by Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, and “Troubadour” by George Strait.

Let us take a minute and look back at pervious CMA winners. For male vocalist of the year in 2008 it was Trace Adkins, 2007 Kenny Chesney, 2006 Kenny Chesney, 2005 Kenny Chesney, 2004 Kenny Chesney and in 2003 Toby Keith. As you can see Kenny Chesney has been very popular in the past few years. The female vocalist almost had the same theme of a single artist, but their rains were not as long as Kenny Chesney’s. In 2008 it was Carrie Underwood, 2007 Carrie Underwood, 2006 Carrie Underwood, 2005 Gretchen Wilson, 2004 Martina McBride, and in 2003 Martina McBride.

When looking at the entertainer of the year they were the same as female and male vocalist, it was the same artist for a few years in a row. From 2006 – 2008 Kenny Chesney was the entertainer of the year. 2005 Keith Urban was the winner and in 2004 Kenny Chesney was the winner once again. 2003 and 2002 went to Alan Jackson while 2001 went to Tim McGraw. The year 200 was the year of Dixie Chicks and 1999 was the year of Shania Twain. Garth Brooks was real popular in 1997 and 1998 winner the entertainer of the year in both of those years.

It seems to be that if you are a good artist and the people are fans of yours, if you keep up the good music you can win entertainer of the year for a few years in a row.