| 42nd CMA AWARDS NOMINATIONS (Announced by Lady Antebellum, James Otto, Bucky Covington and Chuck Wicks) Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee September 10, 2008 All Photographs by Barry McCloud and Barb Bandel and Copyright by Barry McCloud Photography/Shooting Star International Copies only obtainable through Sue Schneider, Shooting Star International www.shootingstaragency.com and Barry McCloud Photography |
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| The final nominees for the 2008 CMA Awards are: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Sugarland Keith Urban FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Alison Krauss Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean Rodney Atkins Lady Antebellum James Otto Kellie Pickler VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Eagles Emerson Drive Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR Big & Rich Brooks & Dunn Montgomery Gentry Sugarland The Wreckers SINGLE OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist and Producer) “Don’t Blink” Kenny Chesney Produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney BNA Records “Gunpowder & Lead” Miranda Lambert Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke Columbia Records “I Saw God Today” George Strait Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait MCA Nashville “Stay” Sugarland Produced by Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles Mercury Nashville “You’re Gonna Miss This” Trace Adkins Produced by Frank Rogers Capitol Records Nashville ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist and Producer) Carnival Ride Carrie Underwood Produced by Mark Bright 19 Recordings Limited/Arista/Arista Nashville Cowboy Town Brooks & Dunn Produced by Tony Brown, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks Arista Nashville Good Time Alan Jackson Produced by Keith Stegall Arista Nashville Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates Kenny Chesney Produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney BNA Records Troubadour George Strait Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait MCA Nashville SONG OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Songwriter and Primary Publisher) “Good Time” Alan Jackson EMI-April Music/Tri-Angels Music “I Saw God Today” Rodney Clawson/Monty Criswell/Wade Kirby Big Red Toe/Extremely Loud Music/Steel Wheels Music/Blind Mule Music “Letter To Me” Brad Paisley EMI-April Music/New Sea Gayle Music “Stay” Jennifer Nettles Jennifer Nettles Publishing “You’re Gonna Miss This” Lee Thomas Miller/Ashley Gorley EMI Blackwood Music/New Songs of Sea Gayle/Noah’s Little Boat Music/Songs of Combustion Music MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR (Award to each Artist) Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood “Another Try” MCA Nashville Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney “Every Other Weekend” MCA Nashville Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Gone, Gone, Gone” Rounder Records Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen “Life In A Northern Town” Mercury Nashville Kenny Chesney (duet with George Strait) “Shiftwork” BNA Records MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (Award goes to Artist and Director) “Don’t Blink” Kenny Chesney Directed by Shaun Silva “Good Time” Alan Jackson Directed by Trey Fanjoy “Stay” Sugarland Directed by Shaun Silva “Waitin’ On A Woman” Brad Paisley Directed by Jim Shea “You’re Gonna Miss This” Trace Adkins Directed by Peter Zavadil MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR Jerry Douglas – Dobro Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar Dann Huff – Guitar Brent Mason – Guitar Mac McAnally – Guitar BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: National “American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks” (Kix Brooks) – ABC Radio Networks “CMT Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton” (Lon Helton) – Westwood One “The Crook & Chase Countdown” (Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase) – Jim Owens Entertainment Major Market “The Dr. Don Morning Show” (Don Carpenter, Steve Grunwald, Rachael Hunter, Jason Raithel) – WYCD, Detroit, Mich. Catherine Lane – WSOC, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C. “Cliff and Company” (Cliff Dumas, Tori Peck, Bill Tanner, and Morgan Thomas) – KSON, San Diego, Calif. “Jesse and Shotgun in the Morning” (Jesse James and Randy Shannon) – KWLI, Denver-Boulder, Colo. “Kelly, Mudflap, and JoJo Morning Show” (Kelly Ford, Steve “Mudflap” McGrew, and JoJo) – KYGO, Denver-Boulder, Colo. “Randy & Dave” (Randy Price and Dave McKay) – WQYK, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. Large Market “B-105 Morning Show” (Bill Whyte, Amanda Orlando, and Jason Statt) – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio Bob Pickett – KASE, Austin, Texas “Gerry House & The House Foundation” (Gerry House, Mike Bohan, Duncan Stewart, Al Voecks, and Richard Falklen) – WSIX, Nashville, Tenn. “The Moo Crew with Karen, Scott and Radar” (Karen Dalessandro, Scott Dolphin, and Tony “Radar” Hess) – WMIL, Milwaukee-Racine, Wis. “Wake Up with the Wolf” (Darren Wilhite, Tim Wall, and Codie Allen) – WDAF, Kansas City, Mo. Medium Market “Andy & Alison and the Morning Crew” (Andy Ritchie and Alison West) – WIVK, Knoxville, Tenn. Carol Hughes – KFDI, Wichita, Kan. “Roger and Tom” (Roger Todd and Tom O’Brien) – WPCV, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla. “Ron and Becky Show” (Ron Bee and Becky Palmer) – WBBS, Syracuse, N.Y “WIVK at Night with Jack Ryan” (Jack Ryan) – WIVK, Knoxville, Tenn. Small Market “Big Al and Dex” (Al McClure and Bill Poindexter) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn. “The Cat Pak Morning Show” (Brent Lane and Dana Cervantes) – WYCT, Pensacola, Fla. “The Good Morning Guys” (Brian Gary and Todd Harding) – KUAD, Ft. Collins-Greeley, Colo. “Carol Metz and the More Music Morning Show” (Carol Metz) – WAKG, Danville, Va. “Mark & Danielle and the Morning Waking Crew” (Mark Ericson and Danielle Carrier) – WOKQ, Portsmouth-Dover- Rochester, N.H. STATION OF THE YEAR Major Market KMPS – Seattle-Tacoma, Wash. KNIX - Phoenix, Ariz. KSON – San Diego, Calif. WQYK – Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. WXTU – Philadelphia, Penn. Large Market KAJA – San Antonio, Texas KASE – Austin, Texas WFMS – Indianapolis, Ind. WTQR – Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, N.C. WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio Medium Market KFDI – Wichita, Kan. KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif. WBBS – Syracuse, N.Y. WIVK – Knoxville, Tenn. WYRK – Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. Small Market KUAD – Ft. Collins-Greeley, Colo. WFYR – Peoria, Ill. WGSQ – Cookeville, Tenn. WKML – Fayetteville, N.C. WUSY – Chattanooga, Tenn. |
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