Today is one of those days that come only twice a year – one of the two annual country music awards shows. I’ve been super excited all week, well, for months actually; even if a few of the nominees are anonymous to me. Country music is changing, and I just don’t have the time to keep up with who the new artists are and what their sound is like. Consider that my disclaimer for doing badly on my picks, haha. Here is the list for the major nominees with my picks in green. I will change them to red as the show airs if I get them wrong, but I’m being optimistic by putting them in green – as winners are announced, I will change the category color to red for wrong and green for correct. Good luck to everyone, guessers and nominees alike! Whatever happens, I know I will have a great time watching as always!!
Entertainer of the Year:
• Kenny Chesney • Toby Keith • Brad Paisley • George Strait • Taylor Swift • Carrie Underwood • Keith Urban • Zac Brown Band
(Now that hurt. I’m not a big fan of Taylor Swift, but she won Entertainer of the Year at last fall’s CMA awards, plus she is favored to win by industry experts Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton. Unfortunately, this is not about who I want to win, but who I think will win.)
Top Male Vocalist:
• Kenny Chesney • Brad Paisley • Darius Rucker • George Strait • Keith Urban
Top Female Vocalist:
• Miranda Lambert • Reba McEntire • Taylor Swift • Carrie Underwood • Lee Ann Womack
Top Vocal Group:
• Lady Antebellum • Little Big Town • Randy Rogers Band • Rascal Flatts • Zac Brown Band
(Another ouch factor pick – I love Rascal Flatts and want to see them win – they deserve to win; they’re awesome! But Lady Antebellum has so much buzz, so again, logic prevails for this pick. I actually hope I’m wrong here, but only if Rascal Flatts takes the prize.)
Top Vocal Duo:
• Brooks & Dunn • Joey + Rory • Montgomery Gentry • Steel Magnolia • Sugarland
Top New Solo Vocalist:
• Luke Bryan • Jamey Johnson • Chris Young
Top New Vocal Duo:
• Bomshel • Joey + Rory • Steel Magnolia
Top new Vocal Group:
• Eli Young Band • Gloriana • The Lost Trailers
Album of the Year:
• “American Saturday Night” – Brad Paisley • “Lady Antebellum” – Lady Antebellum • “Play On” – Carrie Underwood • “Revolution” – Miranda Lambert • “The Foundation” – Zac Brown Band
Single Record:
• “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum • “People Are Crazy” – Billy Currington • “Red Light” – David Nail • “Toes” – Zac Brown Band • “White Liar” – Miranda Lambert
Song:
• “Cowboy Casanova” – Carrie Underwood • “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum • “People Are Crazy” – Billy Currington • “White Liar” – Miranda Lambert • “You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift
Video:
• “Boots On” — Randy Houser • “Need You Now” — Lady Antebellum • “Welcome To The Future” — Brad Paisley • “White Liar” — Miranda Lambert • “You Belong With Me” — Taylor Swift
Vocal Event:
• “Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins • “Honky Tonk Stomp” – Brooks & Dunn featuring Billy Gibbons • “I Told You So” – Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis • “I’m Alive” – Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews • “Seeing Stars” – Jack Ingram featuring Patty Griffin
TOTAL SCORE: 5/13 – Not my best, but slightly better than I thought I would do, I guess… FUN SHOW, and that’s all that matters! Don’t think I’ll be winning the $1,000 from CBS.com though!
My guess is someone I’ve never heard of and/or a song I’ve never heard will win in each category. 😉
Enjoy!
Some of the people sitting at our table of 17 at Texas Roadhouse were actually debating whether the show was on tonight… or last night. I was tempted to call and ask you 😉
In order from the top… Taylor Swift (think that is the obvious choice); Darius Rucker; Carrie (WHHOO HOO); Rascal Flatts; Brooks + Dunn; Jamey Johnson; already announced; Eli Young Band (I bow to the expert); already announced; Need You Now; done; done; I Told You So
YEAH CARRIE! Her phone is buzzing!
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Taylor totally should have won some awards from CMA (Country Music Awards). How rediculous.
I can’t believe the CMA snubbed Taylor Swift. She’s so cool!
@Shirl Seel – Actually, Taylor Swift won the CMA Entertainer of the Year in 2009. She did not win any ACM awards, however, and those were the ones I was writing about in this post – they aired last night. I see what you’re saying though… Did you notice that Taylor Swift was the first to jump to her feet when she DIDN’T win the Top Female Vocalist prize? That was classy. Thanks for your comment.
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