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The nominees have been announced for this year’s CMA Awards, which will be broadcast live on ABC from Nashville on November 11th.
Teen queen Taylor Swift, ex-Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker, and Jack White and the Raconteurs are among the artists who recieved nominations. Brad Paisley leads the pack with six CMA nods.
Swift is the first female solo artist to be nominated for the top award since 2000.
“To country music radio and the fans and anybody who voted for the CMAs this year, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,” she gushed in a video on her website.
Said Rucker, “It feels great. It feels like I’m part of the family.”
Here’s a complete list of the nominees for the 2009 CMA Awards:
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban
New Artist
Randy Houser
Jamey Johnson
Jake Owen
Darius Rucker
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Group
Eagles
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Joey & Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland
Single of the Year
(Award goes to artist and producer.)
“Chicken Fried”
Zac Brown Band
Producer: Keith Stegall
Atlantic Records
“I Run to You”
Lady Antebellum
Producers: Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley
Capitol Records Nashville
“In Color”
Jamey Johnson
Producers: The Kent Hardly Playboys
Mercury Nashville
“People Are Crazy”
Billy Currington
Producers: Carson Chamberlain and Billy Currington
Mercury Nashville
“Then”
Brad Paisley
Producers: Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois
Arista Nashville
Album of the Year
(Award goes to artist and producer.)
American Saturday Night
Brad Paisley
Producers: Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois
Arista Nashville
Defying Gravity
Keith Urban
Producers: Dann Huff and Keith Urban
Capitol Records Nashville
Fearless
Taylor Swift
Producers: Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift
Big Machine Records
Love on the Inside
Sugarland
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles
Mercury Nashville
That Lonesome Song
Jamey Johnson
Producers: The Kent Hardly Playboys
Mercury Nashville
Song of the Year
(Award goes to songwriters.)
“Chicken Fried”
Songwriters: Zac Brown and Wyatt Durette
“I Told You So”
Songwriter: Randy Travis
“In Color”
Songwriters: Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto
“People Are Crazy”
Songwriters: Bobby Braddock and Troy Jones
“Then”
Songwriters: Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley
Musical Event
(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, BNA Records
“Everything But Quits”
Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait)
MCA Records
“I Told You So”
Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis
19 Recordings/Arista
“Old Enough”
The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
Third Man Records, Warner Bros. Records
Music Video
(Award goes to artist and director.)
“Boots On”
Randy Houser
Director: Eric Welch
“Love Story”
Taylor Swift
Director: Trey Fanjoy
“People Are Crazy”
Billy Currington
Directors: The Brads
“Start a Band”
Brad Paisley (duet with Keith Urban)
Directors: Jim Shea
“Troubadour”
George Strait
Director: Trey Fanjoy
Musician of the Year
Eddie Bayers — drums
Paul Franklin — steel guitar
Dann Huff — guitar
Brent Mason — guitar
Mac McAnally — guitar
