Country Music Association Award winners

Single of The Year – Believe – Brooks & Dunn
Song of The Year – Believe – Craig Wiseman, Ronnie Dunn are the writers (Brooks & Dunn - artist)
Music Video of The Year: Believe – Deaton/Flanigan are the directors (Brooks & Dunn – artist)
Vocal Group of The Year – Rascal Flatts
Musician of The Year – Randy Scruggs
Hall of Fame – Sonny James, Harold Bradley, George Strait
Vocal Duo of The Year – Brooks & Dunn
Male Vocalist of The Year – Keith Urban
Musical Event of The Year – When I Get Where I’m Going – Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton
Horizon Award – Carrie Underwood
Female Vocalist of The Year – Carrie Underwood
Album of The Year – Time Well Wasted – Brad Paisley
Entertainer of The Year – Kenny Chesney
Broadcast Awards Winners
Broadcast Personality of the Year
· National Market
o CMT Country Countdown USA (Lon Helton)
Westwood One
· Major Market
o Kelly Ford, Jonathan Wilde with Mudflap McGrew (Steve McGrew)
KYGO
Denver, CO
· Large Market
o Sam & Bob Morning Call In Show (Sammy Allred & Bob Cole)
KVET
Austin, TX
· Medium Market
o Kevin Richards Show
WGNA
Albany, NY
http://www.kevinrichards.com/
· Small Market
o Barrett, Fox & Berry (Bill Barrett, Tim Fox & Tracy Berry)
KKNU
Eugene, OR
Station of the Year
· Major Market
o WUSN – Chicago, IL
· Large Market
o WFMS – Indianapolis, IN
· Medium Market
o WIVK – Knoxville, TN
· Small Market
o WGSQ – Cookeville, TN

 

I wonder if we will ever see the day that the CMA recognizes a pedal steel guitarist as Musician of the Year (sigh)......

 

You Tube has a video of Faith Hill's reaction to Carrie Underwood winning...priceless! Perhaps her reaction was just a botched joke?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4530183443405153724&q=Faith+Hill&hl=en

btw, Carrie Underwood's acoustic version of "Before He Cheats" is awesome. On "stripped" but can't find the link.

 

Bradley, I nothing about these winners. Are you in agreement with the choices?

 

These actually are great choices, after all the CMA awards are a popularity contest.

 

I'm a big George Strait fan but missed his induction into the HoF. From what I heard Kristofferson's intro of George was really lousy.

 

Yes, Kris's intro of George was lousy.

 

that video is great, thanks for the chuckle.

here's the link to Carrie's page on the "Stripped" page: Carrie Acoustic.

 

As for the picks, I think Keith's "Tonight I Wanna Cry" should've beaten Brooks & Dunn. I'm wondering how much of the going into rehab thing hurt him in winning other than "Male Vocalist of the Year", or were these winners chosen before that?

I haven't watched the whole thing, DVR'd it, been skimming it, but Brad Paisley's song "She's Everything" was great, nice cut shots to his wife too. I always forget how good of a guitar player he is.

There was a band (2 guys & 2 girls) that sang last night, the song sounded a lot like "Chains" by Fleetwood Mac. I wasn't overly fond of their performance, ended up fast forwarding through it.

Gretchen Wilson = Overrated. IMO. I just can't stand her, her and Big & Rich and that whole "outlaw" thing they have going on, they don't seem very outlaw-ish to me, just sort of following the country/pop trend that everyone else is doing, but they just don't seem to be doing as well. I think they're just trying to hard to be different.

When did Ronnie Dunn start trying to look like Keith Urban? heh.

 

The winners were chosen before Keith Urban went to rehab by the industry, they just don't announce them until the show is first telecast.

 

But Brooks & Dunn are on RCA so they win. More votes.

Look at how many of the winners are on the various RCA labels. Hmmmm.

 

Maybe she watched John Kerry to work up that reaction? Anyway, I have NEVER been even remotely impressed by Faith Hill. In my opinion, VASTLY OVER-RATED.

Greg

 

WHAT!...

Faith Hill didn't win?

I'm still not sure if that reaction was real or not, because from what it looks like, if you see her, just before the "WHAT" reaction, it appears that she can't hear and she looks to be asking someone who won. Personally, I could really care less who won in that catagory, as woman, for the most part, have been phoning in their performances, since Patsy Cline died, if you ask me!

Chris C