Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert to perform at CMAs
Brooks & Dunn perform in August at Oklahoma City’s Ford Center. (The Oklahoman Archives photo by Sarah Phipps.)
The Country Music Association has announced its first round of performers for the 42nd Annual CMA Awards: Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.
The awards show will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 12 on ABC.
“The CMA Awards shine a three-hour spotlight on country music, exposing our artists and their music to the world” said Tammy Genovese, CMA chief executive officer, in a news release. “This first group of performers continues to raise the bar not only for Country Music, but for all forms of entertainment. We are excited to showcase their amazing talents on the CMA Awards this year.”
Brooks & Dunn, which includes Tulsa-raised Ronnie Dunn, has won more CMA Awards than any other artist with 19. The pairing is nominated this year for vocal duo, which they have won a record 14 times, and abum of the year for “Cowboy Town.” Kix Brooks and Dunn could each receive an additional trophy for producing their album with Tony Brown.
Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, received this year two nominations for female vocalist and single of the year (her first nomination in this category) for “Gunpowder & Lead.”
Chesney, the reigning entertainer of the year with three total wins in this category, is received a leading seven nominations this year, including entertainer; male vocalist; album for “Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates”; single and music video for “Don’t Blink” (video directed by Shaun Silva); and two musical event of the year (one with Oklahoma native Reba McEntire for “Every Other Weekend” and the second with Strait for “Shiftwork”). Chesney could receive two additional trophies for producing his album and single with Buddy Cannon.
Jackson has 79 total career CMA nominations, the most of any artist in history. For 2008, he received four nominations: male Vocalist; album for “Good Time” (produced by Keith Stegall); and song and music video of the year for “Good Time,” directed by Trey Fanjoy.
Country Music Hall of Fame member Strait received five nominations this year including entertainer; male vocalist; album for “Troubadour”; single for “I Saw God Today” (which also received a song of the Yyar nod for its writers, Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell and Wade Kirby); and musical event of the year with Chesney on “Shiftwork.” Strait could also receive two additional trophies for producing his single and album with Brown.
Sugarland, the reigning vocal duo, also received five nominations including entertainer (their first nomination in this category); vocal euo; musical event for “Life in a Northern Town” with Little Big Town and Jake Owen; and single and music video for “Stay,” (video directed by Silva). Sugarland members Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles could each receive a second trophy for producing “Stay” with Byron Gallimore. Nettles also received a solo song of the year nomination as songwriter of “Stay.”
In addition, the duo will perform this Friday at Oklahoma State University’s Orange Peel 2008 in Stillwater.
Reigning Horizon Award winner Swift received her first female vocalist of the year nomination this year.
Urban received two nominations this year: entertainer (which he won in 2005) and male Vocalist of the Year (which he won three consecutive years in 2004-06).
If you want to see the awards show in person, tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at (615) 255-9600. Ticket prices begin at $110 for bronze-level seating (upper level), $327.75 for silver-level seating (club level), and $382.50 for gold-level seating (lower level).
-BAM
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