48th Annual CMA Awards Announced

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Little Big Town joined Darius Rucker in New York City to reveal the final nominees for The 48th Annual CMA Awards.

The announcement of five categories took place on Good Morning America. After the show, Little Big Town and Darius Rucker went to the Best Buy Theater to announce the finalists in the remaining seven categories, along with the announcement of the CMA Broadcast Awards for Personality and Radio Station of the Year. Miranda Lambert topped the list of nominees with nine, tying her personal record. Dierks Bentley received five nominations and Eric Church and Keith Urban collected four each. See the full list of nominees below.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR 
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban

ALBUM OF THE YEAR 
(Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))
Crash My Party, Luke Bryan
Fuse, Keith Urban
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
Riser, Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders, Erich Church

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))
“Automatic”
Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf

“Drunk On A Plane”
Dierks Bentley
Produced by Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston, Arturo Buenahora, Jr.

“Give Me Back My Hometown”
Eric Church
Produced by Jay Joyce and Arturo Buenahora, Jr.

“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s”
Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
Produced by Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw

“Mine Would Be You”
Blake Shelton
Produced by Scott Hendricks


SONG OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to Songwriter(s))

“Automatic”
Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, and Miranda Lambert

“Follow Your Arrow”
Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, and Shane McAnally

“Give Me Back My Hometown”
Eric Church and Luke Laird

“I Don’t Dance”
Lee Brice, Rob Hatch, and Dallas Davidson

“I Hold On”
Brett James and Dierks Bentley


VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
The Swon Brothers
Thompson Square 

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Bakersfield
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin
Mercury Nashville 

“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s”
Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
Big Machine 

“Somethin’ Bad”
Miranda Lambert duet with Carrie Underwood
RCA Nashville 

“We Were Us”
Keith Urban featuring Miranda Lambert
Capitol Records Nashville

“You Can’t Make Old Friends”
Kenny Rogers duet with Dolly Parton
Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Sam Bush (Mandolin)
Jerry Douglas (Dobro)
Paul Franklin (Steel Guitar)
Dann Huff (Guitar)
Mac McAnally (Guitar)

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Automatic”
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Trey Fanjoy 

“Bartender”
Lady Antebellum
Directed by Shane Drake 

“Drunk On A Plane”
Dierks Bentley
Directed by Wes Edwards 

“Follow Your Arrow”
Kacey Musgraves
Directed by Kacey Musgraves and Honey

“Somethin’ Bad”
Miranda Lambert duet with Carrie Underwood
Directed by Trey Fanjoy 

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brandy Clark
Brett Eldredge
Kip Moore
Thomas Rhett
Cole Swindell

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