Here’s our gut reaction to the Country Music Awards tonight as it was happening!

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* As a longtime Judds fan I’m a little freaked out about how freakishly alien they look!
* Kellie Pickler looks WAY more comfortable as a redhead!
* @TodaysCountry Love Love LOVED The little boy’s suit!
* How on earth is Jennifer Nettles WALKING in that dress??? #cmaawards
* Martina McBride looks like a greek goddess! #cmaawards
* @WesternGlamour Agreed, besides, I’ve always seen Jennifer as more of a function over fashion kinda gal.
* @Miranda_Lambert can you GET any more adorable??? #cmaawards
* Faith Hill is certainly makin 40-somethin look fantastic! #cmaawards
* Kimberly Williams Paisley has stolen the red carpet show! ABSOLUTELY Stunning! #cmaawards
* RT @Ottomaniac: Was Tim McGraw wearing guyliner & manscara?!!!
* Time to cut over to ABC for teh 43rd Annual #cmaawards! Taylor Swift will be opening the show!
* Taylor, still so shaky and a lil shrill when performing live… good use of the stage though #cmaawards
* I swear Carrie Underwood went through the classic country closet and stole only the BEST dresses! #cmaawards
* Wow… not 5 minutes in and already a dig on #kanye #cmaawards
* Brad Paisley sounds SO much more comfortable hosting this year! #cmaawards
* @TrueCountry_TV Come out next year.. we’ll make a party of it!
* Did Brad & Carrie just imply that Kid Rock stinks? #cmaawards
* Is that Billy Currington’s funeral suit? #cmaawards
* And Lady Antebellum wins Single of the Year!!!! #cmaawards
* RT @countryondemand: last CMA performance ever by B&D? I doubt that! #cmaawards<– agreed
* Here comes Hootie… err.. I mean Darius Rucker! #cmaawards
* Pete and repeat were in a boat.. Pete fell out, who was left? That’s right: Darius Rucker! #cmaawards
* Song of the Year: Jamey Johnson, In Color!!!! Way to go Jamey!!! #cmaawards
* Well, we’re 2 for 2 on bad predictions. Let’s see how the rest of the night goes! #cmaawards
* It’s @Miranda_Lambert time!!!! Been waiting all week for this one! #cmaawards Performing “white Liar”
* Take THAT Taylor Swift! @Miranda_Lambert hits every note dead on the head!
* RT @countryweekly: A victory for Jamey Johnson is a victory for facial hair! —–NICE
* Brad Paisley performing Welcome to the Future on the #cmaawards
* @BurninNeverland Agreed.. that orange fluff was just… fluff
* Sexy little tribute to Buck Owens – Brad Paisley’s bassist’s guitar! #cmaawards
* @barrrrb You can see the CMA’s online at http://pt-br.justin.tv/gzowner
* Zac Brown Band payin tribute to their home state with the devil went down to Georgia! Rip those strings baby! #cmaawards
* WE ARE NOT WORTHY!!!!!! #cmaawards#cmaawards#cmaawards
* Show me your GRrrrrrrr face! #cmaawards
* I don’t care who you are, there’s not a dry seat in the house after that performance from Zac Brown Band tonight at the #cmaawards!
* RT @girlillajennie @zacbrownband and THATS how you perform at an awards show. Booyah!
* I need a cigarette after that and I don’t even smoke! #cmaawards
* George Strait is up and showin us some Twang! #cmaawards
* No standin ovation for George???
* New single being performed by Lady Antebellum – Need you now. Love this song! #cmaawards
* OH: “I’d have to have a six-pack and a shot before I’d stand on that stage!”-@umpump #cmaawards
* Amazinghow much they put into the stage production for this year’s #cmaawards
* Did Nicole Kidman get collegen in her lips? She’s got the Goldie Hawn affect goin on! #cmaawards
* RT @rickieleetanner: #cmaawards Miranda Lambert is the real deal, Zac Brown finally getting recognition…
* Best Vocal Group Winner is: Lady Antebellum who is just stealing the show tonight! #cmaawards
* @HopeDavis She sure looked drunk!
* Artists release a single in the spring, tour all summer, then full album in the fall. That’s why last year’s stars win now! #cmaawards
* Here’s Carrie Underwood to rock that Cowboy Cassanova! #cmaawards
* Too many dancers Carrie, they’re blocking all your camera angles! #cmaawards
* RT @umpump: Umm preview judds at #cmaawards.. Wow. look like madame tussauds’ rejects #justsayin
* @countryhound Then why doesn’t she?
* WTH? The historic footage of the Judds has Naomi lookin orange and Wynonna lookin plastic-white, now the roles are reversed! #cmaawards
* Best New Artist: Darius Rucker! #cmaawards
* Is that even fair since Darius has been in the music biz for over a decade???? #cmaawards #bullshit!
* Now performing: Vince Gill & Chris Daughtry! What a pair!
* @FollowCMT It’s smooth but not entirely memorable. I think they could’ve done a lot more with that duet opportunity #cmaawards
* @Farcethemusic Nope, he’s a pop-rock singer using country to boost ticket sales & a floundering career. Wait…You WERE asking about Darius?
* @gw27 Awwww! We can be couch buddies!
* EEEEK! It’s Little Jimmy Dickens pullin a Kanye! #cmaawards I LOVE IT!!!!!!
* Ummmm… where did all of Carrie Underwood’s hair go? #cmaawards
* Keith Urban takes the stage #cmaawards
* @FollowCMT Taylor Swift hands down. Not my personal choice, but it’s just in the cards
* Tim McGraw comes on to show off his Southern Voice! #cmaawards
* Did Tim MCgraw forget his first few words? #cmaawards
* @lizlabee I think Tim McGraw’s strugglin to read his lyrics off a prompter through all that manscara! #cmaawards
* @ey_radio Right there with ya!
* @TrueCountry_TV Nice plug with Brad Paisley in that phone commercial!
* Nice nod to the tropps on tonight’s #cmaawards
* I meant TROOPS
* Sugarland shares the love with What do I have to Do #cmaawards
* @BurninNeverland WHAT??? WHEN??? Link me!!!!
* What the hell is that Bruise on Jennifer Nettle’s Arm??? #cmaawards
* @TrueCountry_TV It covers her entire right bicep. Crazy icky!
* RT @gw27: New record label last month, new single & video this month, Christmas song , new album is the 1st thing on my list for 2010!
* Little Drake has got the best seat and self-promotion gig in the house tonight! #cmaawards
* Tonight’s album of the year is Taylor Swift’s Fearless! No surprise there, but well-earned!
* “Thank you for saying you liked my diary” – Taylor Swift, if your songs are from the heart we’ll love them! #cmaawards
* Geez… for Musician of the Year you would think Mac MacAnally would get more hoopla! #cmaawards
* RT @jakeofficial My view at the CMA’s… Thanks a lot Jason Aldean!! http://yfrog.com/0ia01tyj #cmaawards
* Carrie Underwood, what’s with the collection of pickle dresses? #cmaawards
* Brooks & Dunn choose “Honky Tonk Stomp” as their FINAL #cmaawards performance tune??? Really???
* OH: “I don’t care HOW hard you play, you can’t make a mandolin look hardcore” -@umpump
* Jamey Johnson takes the stage with Kid Rock to get lost somewhere between Jennings and Jones #cmaawards
* @Farcethemusic I love you!
* Want more from tonight’s winning artists? Visit http://bit.ly/3qvoN8 #cmaawards
* Julianne is lookin mighty hot for a rumored-to-be single gal! #cmaawards
* Vocal Duo of the Year is: Sugarland!!!! #cmaawards
* Great honor by Jennifer Nettles calling out B&D but shouldn’t Kristian Bush get a chance to talk? #cmaawards
* RT @GotCountry: Taylor’s performance will have students from her own Hendersonville High School
* @artisanalmich HAHAHAA! That was fanTASTIC!
* Taylor Swift is back onstage and she’s performing Fifteen surrounded by schoolmates! #cmaawards
* Male Vocalist of the Year is: Brad Paisley!!!! My heart is singing Welcome to the future! #cmaawards
* @TawnyTucker My thoughts exactly!
* Jason Aldean wants you to ride his Big Green Tractor! #cmaawards
* Celebrate with me! Barbara Mandrell is entered into the country music hall of fame and Martina McBride sings her in! #cmaawards
* @jesseleemusic Lookin great lil lady! #cmaawards
* Surprise attack of the King George! George and Martina finish up “When Country Wasn’t Cool” #cmaawards
* And now Barbara Mandrell comes to the stage to receive recognition! DAMN she looks GOOD!!!!! #cmaawards
* Carrie introduces Reba! GO OKLAHOMA MUSICIANS!!!! #cmaawards
* Reba jumps right into “Consider Me Gone” when we all know just just came back with a vengeance! #cmaawards
* How on earth does Billy Currington get stuck following a groundshaker like REba? Poor kid. #cmaawards
* RT @CountryCa Lonely CMA Awards viewers on the west coast, join us for the CMA Live Blog: Pacific Edition. http://scrbliv.me/8949
* Female vocalist of the year is: Taylor Swift! #cmaawards
* Now on stage: Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews singing I’m Alive #cmaawards
* This song just melts me, and Chesney normally doesn’t do that for me. #cmaawards
* My money’s on “Tater Wift” for Entertainer of the Year not cause I want it, but because the stars are in the right order #cmaawards
* And here it is at last! ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR IS: *** TAYLOR SWIFT *** #CMAAWARDS
* First female EotY since Shaniah 10 years ago!!!
* “Every single person in that category let me open up for them this year”-Taylor’s speech… slightly bittersweet @cmaawards
* Thank you so much to everyone who tolerated my flood of tweets about the #cmaawards tonight!
* Support independent country music news reporting by using http://bit.ly/3qvoN8 for YOUR country concert ticket source! #cmaawards
* Well folks., the #cmaawards are over. It’s time for me to catch up on tonight’s #glee and #Ghosthunters!
* #CountryMusic news: Country Music Award Winners 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ycgegdc
* WOW – the #cmaawards are like the iceberg to our titanic! Stay strong my little indy site stay strong!

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The winners for the 2009 Country Music Awards are:

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Single of the Year – “I Run To You” Lady Antebellum w/ producers Victoria Shaw & Paul Worley

Song of the Year – “In Color” Jamey Johnson, James Otto and Lee Thomas Miller

Vocal Group of the Year – Lady Antebellum

New Artist of the Year – Darius Rucker

Album of the Year – “Fearless” Taylor Swift

Vocal Duo of the Year – Sugarland

Male Vocalist of the Year – Brad Paisley

Female Vocalist of the Year – Taylor Swift

Entertainer of the Year- Taylor Swift

Musician of the Year – Mac McAnally

Musical Event of the Year – “Start A Band” Brad Paisley & Keith Urban

Video of the Year – “Love Story” Taylor Swift

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Join us as we predict the 2009 CMA Award Winners live!

We’ve just finished giving our predictions for the 2009 CMA Award winners, and here’s the list:
Vocal Group: Rascal Flatts
Vocal Duo: Sugarland
Song: “Chicken Fried”
Single: “Chicken Fried”
New Artist: Zac Brown Band
Music Event: “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”
Music Video: “Love Story”
Male Vocalist: George Strait
Female Vocalist: Reba
Top Album: Fearless
Top Entertainer: Taylor Swift

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The CMA announced more performers for the 2009 CMA awards show which airs November 11th, live on ABC.

The performers for the 2009 CMA awards show are:

Brad Paisley (Performing & Hosting)
Carrie Underwood (Performing & Hosting)
Tim McGraw
Vince Gill (in a duet with Daughtry)
Jason Aldean
Lady Antebellum
Billy Currington
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Kenny Chesney (in a duet with Dave Matthews)
Keith Urban
Brooks & Dunn
Reba
George Strait
Sugarland

It doesn’t get any hotter than that! For more, visit www.cmaawards.com.

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The COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION has announced the final nominees in five categories for the 43rd ANNUAL CMA AWARDS. Country star DARIUS RUCKER and LEE ANN WOMACK revealed the nominees in several categories during a live broadcast from NEW YORK CITY’S TIMES SQUARE on GOOD MORNING AMERICA this morning (9/9). The remaining nominees were announced by RANDY HOUSER and CMT personalities CODY ALAN and ALECIA DAVIS during a special edition of CMT INSIDER.

BRAD PAISLEY leads the way with six nominations including the coveted ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR. GEORGE STRAIT, TAYLOR SWIFT, ZAC BROWN, JAMEY JOHNSON and KEITH URBAN each walk away with four nominations. New names can be found among the nominees for ENTERTAINER, MALE VOCALIST, GROUP, DUO and ALBUM OF THE YEAR.

The 43rd ANNUAL CMA AWARDS will broadcast live on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th at 8p (ET) from MUSIC CITY on ABC-TV.

And the nominees are:

Entertainer Of The Year

KENNY CHESNEY
BRAD PAISLEY
TAYLOR SWIFT
GEORGE STRAIT
KEITH URBAN

Male Vocalist Of The Year

KENNY CHESNEY
BRAD PAISLEY
GEORGE STRAIT
DARIUS RUCKER
KEITH URBAN

Female Vocalist Of The Year

TAYLOR SWIFT
MIRANDA LAMBERT
MARTINA McBRIDE
REBA McENTIRE
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

New Artist Award

DARIUS RUCKER
JAMEY JOHNSON
RANDY HOUSER
JAKE OWEN
ZAC BROWN BAND

Vocal Duo Of The Year

BIG & RICH
BROOKS & DUNN
MONTGOMERY GENTRY
SUGARLAND
JOEY + RORY

Vocal Group Of The Year

EAGLES
LADY ANTEBELLUM
ZAC BROWN BAND
LITTLE BIG TOWN
RASCAL FLATTS

Album Of The Year (awarded to artist/producers)

BRAD PAISLEY – American Saturday Night – producers CHRIS DUBOIS and FRANK ROGERS – ARISTA RECORDS
KEITH URBAN – Defying Gravity – producers DANN HUFF and KEITH URBAN – CAPITOL RECORDS
TAYLOR SWIFT – Fearless – producers NATHAN CHAPMAN and TAYLOR SWIFT – BIG MACHINE RECORDS
SUGARLAND – Love On The Inside – producers BYRON GALLIMORE, KRISTIAN BUSH and JENNIFER NETTLES – MERCURY RECORDS
JAMEY JOHNSON – That Lonesome Song – producers THE KENT HARDLY PLAYBOYS – MERCURY RECORDS

Single Of The Year (awarded to the artist/producer)

“Chicken Fried” – ZAC BROWN BAND – produced by KEITH STEGALL
“I Run To You” – LADY ANTEBELLUM – produced by VICTORIA SHAW and PAUL WORLEY
“In Color” – JAMEY JOHNSON – produced by THE KENT HARDLY PLAYBOYS
“Then” – BRAD PAISLEY – produced by CHRIS DUBOIS and FRANK ROGERS
“People Are Crazy” -BILLY CURRINGTON – produced by CARSON CHAMBERLAIN and BILLY CURRINGTON

Song Of The Year (awarded to songwriter)

“Chicken Fried” – ZAC BROWN and WYATT DURRETTE
“I Told You So” – RANDY TRAVIS
“In Color” – JAMEY JOHNSON, JAMES OTTO and LEE THOMAS MILLER
“People Are Crazy” – BOBBY BRADDOCK and TROY JONES
“Then” – BRAD PAISLEY, CHRIS DuBOIS and ASHLEY GORLEY

Musical Event Of The Year

“Cowgirls Don’t Cry” – BROOKS & DUNN with REBA McENTIRE
“Down The Road” – KENNY CHESNEY with MAC McANALLY
“Everything But Quits” -LEE ANN WOMACK with GEORGE STRAIT
“I Told You So” – CARRIE UNDERWOOD with RANDY TRAVIS
“Old Enough” – THE RACONTEURS with RICKY SKAGGS and ASHLEY MONROE

Video Of The Year (awarded to artist and director)

“Boots On” – RANDY HOUSER – directed by ERIC WELCH
“Love Story” – TAYLOR SWIFT – directed by TREY FANJOY
“People Are Crazy” – BILLY CURRINGTON — directed by THE BRADS
“Start A Band” – BRAD PAISLEY (duet with KEITH URBAN) – directed by JIM SHEA
“Troubadour” – GEORGE STRAIT – directed by TREY FANJOY

Musician Of The Year

EDDIE BAYERS, JR. – drums
PAUL FRANKLIN – steel guitar
DANN HUFF – guitar
BRENT MASON – guitar
MAC MACANALLY – guitar

CMA Broadcast Award Nominees Announced

In addition to the music awards, the nominees were also announced today for the CMA BROADCAST AWARDS. RCA artist CHUCK WICKS delivered the news live from PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS’ NEW YORK CITY studios. The nominees are:

CMA Broadcast Personality Of The Year:

National

– “American Country Countdown” (KIX BROOKS) – CITADEL MEDIA
– “Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40″ (BOB KINGSLEY) – KCCS PRODUCTIONS, INC.
– “The Lia Show” (LIA KNIGHT) – DIAL GLOBAL

Major Market

– “The All New Dr. Don Morning Show with Doc, Grunwald, Rachael, and
Jason” (DON CARPENTER, STEVE GRUNWALD, RACHAEL HUNTER, JASON “THE 300 POUND COWBOY” RAITHEL) – WYCD/DETROIT
– “Cliff and Company: CLIFF, MORGAN, TANNER, AND TORI” (CLIFF DUMAS, MORGAN THOMAS, BILL TANNER, TORI PECK) – KSON/SAN DIEGO
– “The Cornbread Morning Show featuring CORNBREAD, PAT JAMES, PRODUCER ANNIE, FATHER HARRY, AND CAPTAIN MAC” (CORNBREAD, PAT JAMES, ANNIE HENSON, HARRY SCHROEDER, MAC “CAPTAIN MAC” DOUGLAS) – WIL, ST. LOUIS
– “The Laurie De Young Morning Show” (LAURIE DE YOUNG) – WPOC/BALTIMORE
– “Paul Schadt and Sarah in the Morning” (PAUL SCHADT, SARAH WATERS) -
WKKT/CHARLOTTE

Large Market

– “Bucky & Bob: The Talk of Austin” (BUCKY GODBOLT, BOB COLE) – KVET/AUSTIN
– “Chris Carr & Company” – (CHRIS CARR, JEFFREY “MAVERICK” BOLEN, JASON STATT) – WUBE/CINCINNATI
– “Jeff Roper in the Morning” (JEFF ROPER, ANGIE WARD, ADAM “FLASH”
DELLINGER) – WTQR/GREENSBORO/WINSTON-SALEM/HIGH POINT, NC
– “Jim Denny and Friends” (JIM DENNY, DEBORAH HONEYCUTT, KEVIN FREEMAN) – WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS
– “Karen, Scott and Radar. . .The Moo Crew” (KAREN DALESSANDRO, SCOTT DOLPHIN, TONY “RADAR” HESS) – WMIL/MILWAUKEE

Medium Market

– “The 97 Country Breakfast Club with ROGER, TOM, AND MELISSA” (ROGER TODD, TOM O’BRIEN, MELISSA MORAN) – WPCV/LAKELAND, FL
– “Brian and Kellie Morning Show” (BRIAN PIERCE, KELLIE MICHAELS) – KFDI/WICHITA
– “The Kat 103 Morning Show with STEVE LUNDY, GINA, AND CRAIG (STEVE LUNDY, GINA MELTON, CRAIG ALLEN) – KXKT/OMAHA
– “Tom & Becky in the Morning” (TOM OWENS, BECKY PALMER) – WBBS/SYRACUSE
– “WIVK at Night with Jack Ryan” (JACK RYAN) – WIVK/KNOXVILLE

Small Market

– “Barrett, Fox & Berry” (BILL BARRETT, TIM FOX, TRACY BERRY) – KKNU/EUGENE, OR
– “Bearman and Ken in the Morning” (BENNY “BEARMAN” MARTIN, KEN HICKS) – WUSY/CHATTANOOGA
– “Gator & The StyckMan” (GATOR HARRISON, GREG “STYCKMAN” OWENS) – WGSQ/COOKEVILLE, TN
– “Mee in the Morning” (KEVIN MEE, BRENDA MEE) – KIZN/BOISE
– “Middays with Philip Gibbons” (PHILIP GIBBONS) – WGSQ, COOKEVILLE, TN

CMA Radio Station Of The Year

Major Market

– KMPS/SEATTLE
– KYGO/DENVER
– WPOC/BALTIMORE
– WUSN/CHICAGO
– WYCD/DETROIT

Large Market

– KAJA/SAN ANTONIO
– KASE/AUSTIN
– WQDR/RALEIGH
– WTQR/GREENSBORO, NC
– WUBE/CINCINNATI

Medium Market

– KSSN/LITTLE ROCK
– KUZZ/BAKERSFIELD
– KXKT/OMAHA
– WBBS/SYRACUSE
– WGNA/ALBANY

Small Market

– WAXX/EAU CLAIRE, WI
– WBKR/OWENSBORO, KY
– WKSF/ASHEVILLE
– WUSY/CHATTANOOGA
– WYCT/PENSACOLA

The winners will be notified in mid-OCTOBER and will be acknowledged at CMA AWARDS on NOVEMBER 11th. For a complete list of all of the nominees, visit www.cmaworld.com.

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