Jamey Johnson-Kid Rock duet, Martina McBride added to CMA Awards performers’ list
Jamey Johnson
Kid Rock
Martina McBride
The performer lineup for the Country Music Association’s 43rd Annual CMA Awards gets even more star-studded with the announcement that Kid Rock will join four-time nominee Jamey Johnson in their first televised duet.
Kid Rock will also present an award during the evening.
In addition, four-time Female Vocalist of the Year winner Martina McBride will perform.
Nine-time CMA Award winners The Judds, Country Music Hall of Fame member Kris Kristofferson, and six-time CMA Award winner Lee Ann Womack have been added as presenters.
The 43rd Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Brad Paisley and Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood, will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday on the ABC Television Network. You can follow along with my live-blog of the show here at BAM’s Blog.
Performers already announced include Oklahomans Brooks & Dunn, which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, Vince Gill, who will perform with rock band Daughtry, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, and Carrie Underwood.
Other performers include Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and Dave Mathews, Billy Currington, , Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band.
Previously announced presenters include Dale Earnhardt Jr.; stars of ABC’s “The Middle” Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton; Julianne Hough; nominee Randy Houser (for both New Artist and Music Video of the Year for “Boots On”); nominee Jake Owen (New Artist of the Year); Kellie Pickler; LeAnn Rimes; and ABC News’s Robin Roberts, co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and host of the upcoming “Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville” ABC television special (airing Nov. 10). Love And Theft will host the Pre-Telecast Awards.
Johnson is nominated in four categories: New Artist, Album (for his Gold-certified That Lonesome Song), and Single and Song (both for “In Color” which he co-wrote with Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto). He won Song of the Year in 2007 for co-writing the Strait hit “Give It Away” with Bill Anderson and Buddy Cannon.
Kid Rock was nominated along with Sheryl Crow in 2003 for Vocal Event of the Year for their song “Picture.” The artist, who has sold more than 25 million albums, performed on the CMA Awards last year and at 2009 CMA Music Festival in June. His most recent album is the three-times-Platinum-certified Rock N Roll Jesus.
McBride is nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year, an Award she has received four times (1999, 2002-2004), tying her with Reba McEntire for the most wins in that category. The singer/songwriter/producer also won Music Video of the Year in 1994 for “Independence Day.” McBride, whose current album is Shine, has sold more than 18 million albums.
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Brooks & Dunn to be featured Friday on CMT’s “Invitation Only”; Carrie Underwood to appear in upcoming episode
Brooks & Dunn (Associated Press photo)
Country music duo Brooks & Dunn, which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, will be featured on CMT’s “Invitation Only.”
“Invitation Only: Brooks & Dunn” premieres at 9 p.m. Friday on CMT.
Dunn and Kix Brooks taped the show back in August, shortly after announcing that they plan to end their musical partnership in 2010. They perform their hit singles and new releases from #1s … And Then Some,” including ”Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “Honky Tonk Stomp” and “Believe.”
Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood also will be featured on an upcoming installment of “Invitation Only.” “Invitation Only: Carrie Underwood” will debut on CMT on Dec. 1.
According to CMT.com, her set list for the show includes two songs – “Cowboy Casanova” and “Undo It” – from her upcoming album, “Play On,” due out Tuesday. In addition, she performs “Before He Cheats,” “Last Name” and “So Small.”
The special also will feature a casual question-and-answer segment with the audience, with Checotah’s favorite daughter discussing how life has changed since she won “American Idol” in 2005, being a sci-fi junkie and getting excited when she hears her music on the radio.
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First presenters announced for 43rd Annual CMA Awards
Julianne Hough
The first group of presenters has been announced for the 43rd Annual CMA Awards, which will hosted by Brad Paisley and Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood, and air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 11 on ABC.
The first celebrities announced as presenters for the Country Music Association’s award show: NASCAR superstar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.; stars of ABC’s “The Middle” Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton; Julianne Hough; nominee Randy Houser (for both New Artist and Music Video of the Year for “Boots On”); nominee Jake Owen (New Artist of the Year); Kellie Pickler; CMA Award winner LeAnn Rimes; and ABC News’s Robin Roberts, co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and host of the upcoming “Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville” ABC television special (airing Nov. 10).
In addition, hot emerging trio Love And Theft will host the pre-telecast awards, which are given out during the half-hour before the televised event begins. Among the awards presented during this time are the CMA Broadcast Awards, which recognize the Broadcast Personality and Station of the Year in four categories (small, medium, large, and major market) as well as the National Broadcast Personality of the Year.
Performers already announced include Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney and Dave Mathews, Billy Currington, Vince Gill and Daughtry, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band, with more to be named soon.
Tickets for the 2009 CMA Awards can be purchased by logging on to www.ticketmaster.com; calling (800) 745-3000; or in person at the Sommet Center box office, 501 Broadway (corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, in Nashville). Ticket prices begin at $110 for Upper Level. Lower Level seats are also available.
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Vince Gill-Daughtry and Kenny Chesney-Dave Matthews duets planned for CMA Awards
Vince Gill (Photo by Steve Gooch/The Oklahoman Archives)
Chris Daughtry of the band Daughtry (Associated Press photo)
Several additional performers have been announced in the past few days for next month’s 43rd Annual CMA Awards, including big cross-genre duets pairing Oklahoma native Vince Gill and rock band Daughtry and Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews.
In addition, Oklahoma resident Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Billy Currington, Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown Band are recent additions to the Country Music Association’s awards show lineup.
The 43rd Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Brad Paisley and Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood, airs live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on Nov. 11 on ABC.
In their debut CMA Awards performance, Grammy-nominated rock band Daughtry joins Country Music Hall of Fame member Gill for a duet of “Tennessee Line,” which the superstars recorded together for Daughtry’s new album, “Leave This Town.” That album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart in July, becoming the group’s second consecutive album to top the charts. Daughtry’s self-titled first album, released in 2006, was the quickest-selling rock debut album in SoundScan history, selling more than five million copies worldwide.
Gill, who was born in Norman and raised in Oklahoma City, has won 18 CMA Awards, including Entertainer (1993, 1994), Male Vocalist (1991-1995), and Album of the Year (1993 for I Still Believe in You; 1994 for Common Thread: Songs of the Eagles). The singer-songwriter, who hosted the CMA Awards for 12 consecutive years (1992-2003), was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Chesney and Matthews will perform “I’m Alive,” which they recorded together for Chesney’s “Lucky Old Sun” album. The song was originally recorded by Willie Nelson. The Matthews/Chesney duet is the current single from Chesney’s “Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.”
Chesney, the four-time and reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year (2004, 2006-08), is tied with Oklahoman Garth Brooks as the top winner in this category. He has received seven CMA Awards, including Album of the Year in 2004 for When the Sun Goes Down, which he co-produced with Buddy Cannon. This year, he has three nominations: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, and Musical Event with Mac McAnally for “Down the Road.” Chesney has sold more than 25 million albums, achieved 19 No. 1 hits, debuted five albums at No. 1 on the all genre Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, and for the last eight years has sold more than one million concert tickets annually, making him the biggest ticket seller in any genre in this century.
Matthews will be making his debut appearance on the CMA Awards. The singer/songwriter/actor has sold more than 32 million albums as leader of the acclaimed Dave Matthews Band and won three Grammy Awards. Dave Matthews Band’s current album is the platinum-certified “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart in June. This accomplishment ties them with Metallica as the only bands in chart history to debut five consecutive studio albums at No.1. With more than 16 million tickets sold, Dave Matthews Band was named the top-drawing American band in the world by Billboard.
Miranda Lambert
Lambert, a Tishomingo resident, is nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year. The fiery performer has a career total of seven CMA nominations. Her new album “Revolution” recently debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart. This accomplishment established Lambert as the third artist in the SoundScan era to have their first three albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart.
McGraw last performed on the CMA Awards stage in 2005, when he joined wife Faith Hill on “Like We Never Loved At All.” His last solo performance on the CMA Awards was in 2004, when he opened the show with “How Bad Do You Want It?” The superstar, who has sold more than 40 million albums and dominated the charts with 30 No. 1 singles, has won 11 CMA Awards, including Entertainer (2001); Male Vocalist (1999, 2000); and Album of the Year (1998 for Everywhere; 1999 for A Place in the Sun). McGraw last received a CMA Award in 2007 for Musical Event of the Year on “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney. McGraw will release his new album, “Southern Voice,” on Tuesday.
Aldean, who has a career total of two CMA nominations, recently celebrated topping the Billboard Top Country Singles chart for four weeks with his hit “Big Green Tractor.” The song, which is from his album “Wide Open,” also topped the Billboard all-genre ringtone chart, a first for a country artist.
Currington earned two nominations this year, Single and Music Video of the Year, both for “People Are Crazy,” from his album “Little Bit of Everything.” He co-produced the single with Carson Chamberlain, while the video was directed by The Brads. Currington has a career total of three CMA nominations, as he was previously nominated in 2005 for Musical Event of the Year for his duet with Shania Twain on “Party for Two.” The writers of “People Are Crazy,” Bobby Braddock and Troy Jones, are currently nominated for Song of the Year.
Reigning New Artist of the Year Lady Antebellum received two nominations in 2009. The trio is up for Vocal Group and Single of the Year for “I Run to You,” produced by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley, from their platinum-certified self-titled debut album. Lady Antebellum recently released “Need You Now,” the first single from their upcoming new album of the same name, in stores Jan. 2010.
Zac Brown Band received their debut three nominations in 2009 for New Artist, Vocal Group, and Single of the Year for “Chicken Fried,” from their platinum-certified album “The Foundation.” Lead singer Zac Brown also received a fourth nomination as co-writer of “Chicken Fried” (along with Wyatt Durrette) in the Song of the Year category.
Previously announced performers include Oklahomans Brooks & Dunn (which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, Chockie-raised Reba McEntire and Checotah native Carrie Underwood, along with Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.
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Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn to play 2010 Stagecoach Music Festival
Brooks & Dunn (Associated Press photo)
Toby Keith (AP photo)
Oklahoma country star Toby Keith will play his first Stagecoach Music Festival next year, while duo Brooks & Dunn, which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, have added the California festival to their final tour.
According to CMT.com, Keith and Keith Urban will put in their first Stagecoach performances in the 2010 installment, set for April 24-25 in Indio, Calif.
Brooks & Dunn and Sugarland, who played at the inaugural Stagecoach festival in 2007, will also perform headline sets. In August, Dunn and Kix Brooks announced that they will break up their musical partnership after 2010’s “The Last Rodeo Tour.”
Other artists booked for Stagecoach 2010: Gary Allan, Billy Currington, Merle Haggard, Jamey Johnson, the Oak Ridge Boys, Ray Price and Phil Vassar. Also, the Avett Brothers, Bobby Bare, Carlene Carter, Joey & Rory, B.J. Thomas, Nick 13, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Baxter Black, the SteelDrivers, Easton Corbin, Mallary Hope, Chuck Mead, Mary Gauthier, Bill Anderson, Waddie Mitchell and Trampled by Turtles.
Tickets go on sale on Oct. 16, with prices beginning at $99 for a two-day pass.
For more information, go to www.stagecoachfestival.com.
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Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn among first round of CMA Awards performers
Carrie Underwood (Associated Press photo)
The first round of performers for the the 43rd Annual CMA Awards were announced today, and Oklahoma nominees Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn (which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn) will perform at the awards show.
Other nominees who will perform include Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.
Underwood, the reigning Female Vocalist for three consecutive years (2006-2008), has two nominations including Female Vocalist and Musical Event for “I Told You So” with Randy Travis. Should Underwood win the Female Vocalist category again this year, she would tie Martina McBride and McEntire as the top winners in the category with four wins each.
The 43rd Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Paisley and Underwood, will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on Nov. 11 on ABC.
Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn (AP photo)
McEntire has two nominations, including Female Vocalist (which she won four consecutive years during 1984-1987) and Musical Event with Brooks & Dunn for “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.”
Brooks & Dunn are nominated this year for Vocal Duo (which they have won a record 14 times) and Musical Event with McEntire for “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.” Dunn and Kix Brooks have announced that they are breaking up their musical partnership next year.
Chesney, the reigning Entertainer of the Year (with four total wins in this category), has three nominations, including Entertainer; Male Vocalist; and Musical Event with Mac McAnally for “Down the Road.”
Paisley, the reigning Male Vocalist (2007 and 2008), is this year’s top-nominated artist with seven nominations, including Entertainer; Male Vocalist; Album for American Saturday Night; Single and Song for “Then” (which he co-wrote with Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley); and Musical Event and Music Video for “Start a Band” with Urban.
Rucker, who released his debut solo Country album in 2008, received his first two CMA nominations this year for New Artist and Male Vocalist.
Country Music Hall of Fame member Strait received four nominations including Entertainer; Male Vocalist; Music Video for “Troubadour” and Musical Event for “Everything But Quits” with Lee Ann Womack (a category they won in 2005 with “Good News, Bad News”). With 79 career nominations, Strait is now tied with Alan Jackson as the most nominated artist in CMA Awards history.
Sugarland, the reigning Vocal Duo (2007 and 2008), has two nominations including Vocal Duo and Album for Love on the Inside. Sugarland members Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles could each receive a second trophy for producing Love on the Inside with Byron Gallimore.
Swift, who won the Horizon Award in 2007, received four nominations this year with Entertainer; Female; Album for Fearless; and Music Video for “Love Story.” She could receive a second trophy for producing Fearless with Nathan Chapman. At age 19, Swift is the youngest artist ever to be nominated for Entertainer. Prior to this nomination, Wynonna was the youngest at age 22 when The Judds were first nominated in that category in 1986. Swift is also the first solo female artist to be nominated for Entertainer since 2000 when Faith Hill was nominated. The last solo female artist to win the category was Shania Twain in 1999.
Urban received five nominations this year, with Entertainer (which he won in 2005); Male Vocalist (which he won three consecutive years in 2004-2006); Album for Defying Gravity; and Musical Event and Music Video for “Start a Band” with Paisley. Urban could receive a second trophy for producing Defying Gravity with Dann Huff.
Tickets for the 2009 CMA Awards can be purchased by logging on to www.ticketmaster.com; calling (800) 745-3000; or in person at the Sommet Center box office, 501 Broadway (corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, in Nashville). Ticket prices begin at $110 for Upper Level. All ticket prices include sales tax but exclude applicable service/handling fees.
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BAM Column: Miranda Lambert, Flaming Lips, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith releasing fall CDs
Miranda Lambert
From Tuesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Fall offers must-have new music
For Oklahoma music fans, fall holds the promise of fantastic new offerings.
The year has already seen the release of big-time albums from Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Samantha Crain, Rodney Carrington and St. Vincent, all artists with state ties. Even the late Woody Guthrie had a four-disc box set, “My Dusty Road,” released last month.
But even more major records from Okies are still to come this autumn, starting today.
If the title is any indication, firebrand Miranda Lambert will keep on rebelling against the country music establishment with her third album, “Revolution,” which drops today. The Tishomingo singer-songwriter already has notched one stunning brokenhearted ballad, “Dead Flowers,” from the new record.
Toby Keith
Norman star Toby Keith has raised eyebrows and raced up the charts with “American Ride,” the title track of his new album, due out Oct. 6. Last week, the single reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Songs chart. Riding the momentum of the politically charged video, the song has become his most buzz-worthy track since the 2001 hit “Courtesy of the Red, White And Blue.”
Also on Oct. 6, country band Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher, will offer new bonus content on a limited edition re-release of its “Greatest Hits Vol. 1.”
Flaming Lips
Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips will deliver something new on Oct. 13: their first-ever double-album, “Embryonic.” The Lips performed “Convinced of the Hex” recently on “The Colbert Report” and debuted last week the video for “I Can Be a Frog.” If these tracks are any indication, we can expect many surreal delights from the Lips’ latest project.
Carrie Underwood
And recent Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee Carrie Underwood is sure to delight her legion fans with the Nov. 3 release of her hotly anticipated third album “Play On.” The Checotah native put out the first single, “Cowboy Casanova,” as a digital track last week, and it took only 24 hours for the sassy cautionary tale to crack iTunes’ top five list.
The fall is still young, so we may see more Oklahoma artists adding to the list of autumn’s must-have albums. Hopefully, state music lovers have been saving their pennies.
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Toby Keith to receive songwriter of the decade honors
The Nashville Songwriters Association International will present its Songwriter/Artist of the Decade (2000-09) award to Oklahoma star Toby Keith for his hits ranging from “Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)” and “Who’s Your Daddy?” to “As Good As I Once Was” and “God Love Her.”
Keith, a past two-time consecutive Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year award winner, will receive the Songwriter/Artist of the Decade honor at the Nashville Songwriters Association International annual Songwriter Achievement Awards Oct. 18.
The awards are part of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation evening, according to a news release from Keith’s publicist.
The association also will present the 2009 Songwriter of the Year, Songwriter/Artist of the Year and Song of the Year awards, along with the 10 Songs I Wish I’d Written. These honors are chosen by ballots from the organization’s professional songwriter members and will be revealed that night.
The group will also give the will also proudly present the Songwriter of the Decade (2000-09) honor to Craig Wiseman for his songs such as “The Good Stuff,” recorded by Kenny Chesney and winner of the 2003 ACM song of the year; “Believe,” by Brooks & Dunn (which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn) and winner of the 2006 Country Music Association song of the year’; and the hits “Summertime,” recorded by Kenny Chesney, and “Live Like You Were Dying,” recorded by Tim McGraw.
“These awards are very special honors, not only recognizing continuous hits over the past 10 years, but because they are chosen by fellow songwriters,” said Nashville Songwriters Association International Executive Director Bart Herbison. “Craig and Toby have truly earned the respect of their fellow creators and deserve this special recognition.”
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation’s 39th anniversary dinner takes place Oct. 18 at the Renaissance Hotel, 611 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville.
The foundation will induct songwriters Kye Fleming, Mark D. Sanders and late country music icon Tammy Wynette into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The AT&T-sponsored event will celebrate the musical contributions of the newest inductees through star-studded performances of some of their biggest hits.
Tickets for the event are $200 each, with limited seats available to the public by contacting event director Mark Ford at hotfix@nashvillesongwriters.com or (615) 256-3354.
Congratulations to Toby on receiving this big honor.
-BAM
Brad Paisley and Keith Urban’s “Start a Band” added to musical event nominees for CMA Awards
Brad Paisley and Keith Urban perform “Start a Band.” (Associated Press photo)
The Country Music Association has added a sixth candidate to the list of nominees for CMA musical event of the year – and given superstars Brad Paisley and Keith Urban each another CMA Awards nomination.
After to the CMA Awards nomination announcements Wednesday on “Good Morning America,” CMT’s “Insider Special Edition: 2009 CMA Awards Nominations,” it was discovered that Paisley and Urban were inadvertently omitted from the list of final nominees for musical event for their hit duet “Start a Band.”
The omission occurred when transferring information from the online ballot to the list of final nominees, according to a CMA news release.
“We take the integrity of the CMA Awards balloting very seriously,” said Tammy Genovese, CMA chief executive officer, in the release. “And when an oversight like this occurs we commit ourselves to a thorough review, thoughtful and immediate correction, and complete disclosure and accountability to the artists and our industry.
“I can assure CMA’s valued constituents that we have examined every detail of the ballot for other discrepancies and all other categories were correct as announced.”
“Start A Band” will be added to the list of nominees for the final ballot and all previously announced nominees will remain on the list. Other nominees include Checotah native Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis for their collaboration on “I Told You So” and Oklahoma native Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn, which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, for the duet “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.”
“All of the nominees for musical event of the year are deserving and in the interest of fairness will remain on the ballot for the final vote by our membership,” Genovese said in the release.
“We sincerely regret the omission of these two deserving artists from the list of nominees and apologize to Brad and Keith, and their representatives, for any confusion,” she added.
The additional nomination gives Paisley a total of seven nominations – the most of any artist nominated for the 2009 CMA Awards.
Urban’s nomination count jumps from four to five. Zac Brown, Jamey Johnson, George Strait, and Taylor Swift each received four CMA Awards nominations.
Paisley was also nominated for entertainer; male vocalist; album for “American Saturday Night,” which was produced by Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois; single and song for “Then” (DuBois and Ashley Gorley are also nominated as songwriters); and music video for “Start A Band” with Urban, which was directed by Jim Shea.
Urban’s other nominations include entertainer; male vocalist; music video for “Start A Band” with Paisley; and album of the year for “Defying Gravity.” Urban is eligible to win a second trophy in the album category for producing “Defying Gravity” with Dann Huff.
The 43rd Annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 11 on ABC.
Paisley, the reigning CMA male vocalist of the year, and Underwood, the reigning CMA female vocalist, return to host the awards show.
Winners will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of the Country Music Association. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Online voting for the CMA Awards is administrated by Election Services Corporation, according to the release.
Here is the updated list of final nominees for musical event of the year (Award goes to each artist):
“Cowgirls Don’t Cry”
Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
Arista Nashville
“Down the Road”
Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally)
Blue Chair Records, LLC & BNA Records
“Everything But Quits”
Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait)
MCA Nashville
“I Told You So”
Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis
19 Recordings/Arista Nashville
“Old Enough”
The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and
Ashley Monroe
Third Man Records/Warner Bros. Records
“Start A Band”
Brad Paisley (duet with Keith Urban)
Arista Nashville
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Reba McEntire to appear tonight on “Conan O’Brien”
Reba McEntire will perform tonight on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien,” which starts at 10:35 p.m. on NBC.
According to CMT.com, the Oklahoma country music star can be seen on TV several times in the next few days.
McEntire will be the subject of a new episode of “A&E Biography” debuting at 9 p.m. Thursday on the A&E Biography Channel.
On Sept. 15, she will visit “The Bonnie Hunt Show” and perform and chat on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” on Sept. 15.
McEntire’s latest album, “Keep On Loving You,” remains the top-selling country album in its second week of release, according to CMT.
She also earned two CMA Awards nominations today: one for female vocalist of the year and one for musical event of the year for “Cowgirls Don’t Cry,” her duet with Brooks & Dunn, which features fellow Oklahoman Ronnie Dunn.
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