Country Music Association Awards

By Gabe(noreply@blogger.com) I saw this kid walking the red carpet at the 2009 Country Music Association Awards and I didn't know who he was until I saw the music video for "Boots On" by Randy Houser and I remember I had seen the little kid a while back pretty much rocking out to the song in his mom's car. I haven't done a "video...

By Stephen L. Betts NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has had a rough racing season this year. But in the middle of trying to regain his momentum as a race car driver, he made a pit stop in Nashville for the CMA Awards last week, where -- after much angst and anticipation -- he took the stage to present the Vocal Duo of...

By brandy Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum are enjoying their biggest sales week ever – even after an astounding 83 weeks on the Billboard country albums chart. After the group’s passionate CMA Awards performance of “Need You Now,” their…

Remember how on the CMA Awards red carpet, all the country stars were autographing a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS? Well that car can be yours for the low, low price of $30,500 -- or more, assuming the bidding stays active until it closes tomorrow evening. But it's for a good cause. Whatever you pay...

Last week's Country Music Association Awards gave country music sales a much needed shot in the arm. Just about every country act saw a nice sales boost except, well, Carrie Underwood. I'm thinking Carrie's profile was so high in the weeks before the CMA Awards that one more TV performance m...

John Mayer may be known for being a joker, but there’s nothing funny about his admiration for Taylor Swift. John smiled when speaking about the teen singer, who recently cleaned up at the CMA Awards, netting four honors including the highly coveted Entertainer of the Year award.

With their unexpected Single of the Year victory for "I Run To You" and displacing Rascal Flatts as the Vocal Group of the Year, Lady Antebellum leads this week's chart rundown as the trio leads country music's Hot 200 Albums chart dominance along with a few others.

By Gayle Richardson Reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Brad Paisley is enjoying huge success these days, selling millions of albums and performing in front of sold-out crowds. Now, he is putting his years of experience to use by helping launch a new artist, Jerrod Niemann, on a brand new record label, Sea G...

By Gayle Richardson In spite of the rumors swirling that Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner are romantically linked, the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year continues to insist the two are just friends. And even though they're often spotted out on the town together, the singer insists she's happy to keep it pla...

The same songwriting team that penned country trio Lady Antebellum's breakthough hit I Run to You also wrote Danny Gokey's single, It's Only. Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum -- which won Vocal Group and Single of the Year at Wednesday's Country Music Association Award...

By The Boot Staff Taylor Swift was the belle of the ball at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards, leading the pack of winners with four trophies: Female Vocalist, Album of the Year, Video of the Year and the night's biggest honor, Entertainer of the Year. Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley Taylor Swift Keith Urban

By BacktoRockville told you that 3-4 months ago. but I was just ignored. Wait until you hear the award show tomorrow night. Nashville should change its name to Auto Tune City name withheld so I can still work in this fake business we call country music. ex-monitor guy for Taylor Swift.

Carrie Underwood's day is starting off well. Not only does she get to co-host the CMA Awards tonight with Brad Paisley, but she's also got the best-selling album in the country. (We already knew she had the No. 1 country single.) Play On debuted atop both Nielsen SoundScan's country and overal...

By Donna Hughes A 2008 CMA nominee for Best New Artist, Kellie admits she does get nervous about performing and presenting on awards shows. "It's a little scary with what you're doing, even if you just have to sit there, because I'm bound to mess that up just sitting there! It's a little overwhelming the fir...

By Pat Gallagher Jon Randall and I wrote the song together. Jon was going through some pretty rough times back then. He had gotten a divorce and lost his writing deal and his record deal all within just a day or two of each other. And he went over to a friend's house and crashed for a couple of weeks.

By Stephen L. Betts Taylor Swift's hosting/musical guest gig this past weekend on 'Saturday Night Live' contained but a few passing remarks about the Kanye West-MTV Video Music Awards incident in September. But the singer-songwriter has a few more awards shows to get through -- and more chances to be remin...

Jordin Sparks will host America's Biggest Sleepover on beinggirl.com Nov. 7. Kellie Pickler will present at the CMA Awards. Plus, news on the American Music Awards, American Idol commercial rates and which NFL quarterbacks recently took in a Kelly Clarkson set.

By Buckymania!(noreply@blogger.com) Tonight was a special one at the Ryman for Bucky and his country-music contemporaries, as they gathered to honor the legendary JD Souther at the 47th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards in Nashville tonight. According to the Society's press release: "Honorees and special guests in attend...

By terry(morrow2@knews.com) Luttrell native Kenny Chesney will perform at the 2009 Country Music Association Awards, where he is vying for the coveted Entertainer of the Year Award. The show is set for Nov. 11 on CBS. Brooks & Dunn, who are...

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Carrie Underwood, Trace Adkins and many other stars will hit the Tuesday Night Opry stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, June 9, to help kick off CMA Music Festival week. The Charlie Daniels Band, Little Big Town, Ricky Skaggs and Lorrie Morgan ...

Downtown Nashville is gearing up for country music's biggest fan appreciation festival, as the 38th annual CMA Music Festival is set to run from June 11-14. Named by the New York Times as the 'ultimate experience for fans of America's music', ...

By brandy Reba McEntire (Associated Press photo) NASHVILLE - The 2009 CMA Music Festival, recently named “the country’s premiere Country Music festival” by the New York Times, is planning a full range of experiences for fans, with more than 100 hours of live music, celebrity events, family acti...

 CA Jillian takes one lucky man on her ultimate dream date: a private concert by Grammy Award-winner and four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Martina McBride at the House of Blues in Hollwood. McBride will sing her hit "Ride," as well as her new ...

 LA Although Chesney somehow lost this year's CMA Entertainer of the Year award to Carrie Underwood, after winning it for nearly half a dozen years in a row, this show may well put him back on top. It all started with a dramatic opening that may well be ...

 MD Q: One of the artists you've sang backup vocals for this year is [2009 Academy of Country Music Awards] Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood. Is she bringing in a new audience to country music? A: Here'sa new artist, Carrie Underwood, ...

She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. ...

Fans waiting for The 43rd Annual CMA Awards can now look forward to the date -- Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 8 pm ET on ABC-TV. The show will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville. The CMA Awards, often called "Country Music's Biggest Night," honors ...

 OH The four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year can expect several of the singles from “Shine” to make the charts, something her songs have been doing for 17 years. The star power crackling around trumpeter Chris Botti on this disc is impressive, ...

 LA Horseshoe Casino and Hotel and Red River Beverage LLC will host a meet-and-greet and performance with Grammy and CMA Award winner, singer and song writer Tim Nichols, author of "Live Like You Were Dying." The event will take place at the CMT Crossroads ...

 TN May 1, 2009 — Brad Paisley is a triple threat — an ace singer, songwriter and guitar player. Good things also came in three a few weeks ago when he took a trio of trophies at the Academy of Country Music Awards, including Vocal Event of the Year for ...

Singer Tim McGraw performs during rehearsals for the Academy of Country Music Awards, Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The battle among the icon-clickers is well under way, with voting continuing for the 2009 CMT Music ...

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Following is a video of Miley performing “The Climb” at the 2009 American Country Music Awards. Michael McGuire is an Examiner from San Francisco. You can see Michael's articles on Michael's Home Page.

By brandy This is all in addition to the free areas, which include: the Daytime Stage at Riverfront Park, Dr Pepper-McDonald’s Family Zone in Hilton Park, Chevy Music Stage at the Sommet Center, Chevy Sports Zone, Fun Zone, Music City Zone in the Public Square, the Fifth Annual CMA Music Festival K...

 TN Kenny Chesney wins Entertainer of the Year at "The 42nd Annual CMA Awards," on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network. Photo courtesy of the Country Music Association. April 23, 2009 — Kenny ...

By brandy Toby Keith, “God Love Her.” Taylor Swift, “Love Story.” Toby Keith, “God Love Her.” Miranda Lambert performs at the ACM Awards. Taylor Swift, “Love Story.” Sugarland performs at last week’s ACM Awards. Sugarland, “Already Gone.” Sugarland, “Love.” Toby Keith, “She’s a Hottie.”

By brandy Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood are among the nominees for the 2009 CMT Music Awards. The 2009 CMT Music Awards will take place in Nashville on June 17.

By brandy Toby Keith performs his latest No. 1 hit “God Love Her.” Keith Urban performs. Sugarland accepts the top vocal duo award. Sugarland performs. Kenny Chesney performs. Magician David Copperfield magically introduces a performance by Taylor Swift.

By 3D According to CMT.com, the concert included several Strait songs, including “Unwound” (covered by Toby Keith), “Adelida” (Sugarland), “Marina Del Ray” (Tim McGraw), “Run” (Taylor Swift), “It Ain’t Cool to Be Crazy About You” (Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton), “You Look So Good in Lo...

By 3D Ethan Hawke might want to avoid crossing paths with Toby Keith in the near future. But a furious Keith, speaking backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards, said it wasn’t true, and added that Hawke did not name him in the story because he did not want to face him later.

Academy of Country Music Awards." Sunday's ceremonies in the MGM Grand Garden are sold out, but if you already have tickets, remember they start at 5 pm for broadcast live on the East Coast. However, if you're watching at home in Las Vegas, ...

By brandy From left, Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy are announced as the 2009 inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame at a press conference hosted by the Country Music Association on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. (Photo by John Russell/...

Current CMA and ACM Male Vocalist of the Year, Paisley received his first Grammy Award this year for Best Country Instrumental for "Throttleneck," and has ... Brad Paisley makes the most from a harsh review The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com

Brad Paisley makes the most from a harsh review He has won numerous honors from the Country Music Association and Country Music Television, starting with the CMA Horizon Award for best newcomer in 2000 ... Brad Paisley Excited To Have His Friends Out On The Road With Him CJDC

By brandy Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton released his fifth studio album, “Startin’ Fires,” on Tuesday. I spoke with the Ada native about the album during CMA Week, when he was in Nashville, Tenn., attending the awards with his sweetheart, fellow country star and Tishomingo resident...

By BacktoRockville The big winner at this year's Country Music Association Awards show was George Strait, who has now won a record 22 CMA awards. Wednesday night, 23 years after he won his first CMA trophy, Strait, 56, won four more, including single of the year ("I Saw God Today") and album of the year ("Trouba...

30 Rock (8:30 p.m., NBC/Channel 5) Jennifer Aniston plays a "free-spirited, Fatal Attraction-like stalker" whose prey is Alec Baldwin’s super self-important Jack Donaghy. This episode also finds time for a cast reunion of NBC’s old Night Court sitcom, with Harry Anderson, Markie Post a...

This week, Carrie found the top of the charts with "Just a Dream," her ninth No. 1 single. "I am just so honored," she said after hearing the news. "All of the support that I’ve had throughout all my singles is just incredible. And I’m just very appreciative." It is the fourth straight single off he...

The Eagles made their Country Music Awards performance debut last year. The longtime group will perform again this year during the show, which airs on ABC on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Besides performing, the Eagles are also nominated for Vocal Group of the Year. The final lineup of entertainers is...

By Nick.Tangborn@cnet.com For this archive edition of Studio C, we revisit a 2006 interview with country star Taylor Swift . She performs her hit single "Tim McGraw" from her self-titled debut, which has since gone platinum and won her CMA and ACM nominations and CMT's Breakthrough Video of the Year award.

Kenny Chesney may want to start arriving at the Academy of Country Music Awards a little later in the evening. For a third consecutive year, he sat through a three-hour show before winning anything. But patience was a virtue at Tuesday's 42nd annual award ceremony, just as it was at the 40th a...