The nominees for the 2014 CMA Awards were released today. The complete list is as follows:
Best Album of the Year
The Outsiders by Eric Church
Crash My Party by Luke Bryan
Fuse by Keith Urban
Platinum by Miranda Lambert
Riser by Dierks Bentley
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
Best Vocal Group of the Year
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Best Vocal Duo of the Year
Dan & Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Love & Theft
The Swon Brothers
Thompson Square
Best New Artist of the Year
Brandy Clark
Brett Eldredge
Kip Moore
Thomas Rhett
Cole Swindell
Best Single of the Year
Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Drunk on a Plane, Dierks Bentley
Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church
Meanwhile Back at Mama's, Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill
Mine Would Be You, Blake Shelton
Best Song of the Year
Automatic, recorded by Miranda Lambert
Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves
Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church
I Don't Dance, Lee Brice
I Hold On, Dierks Bentley
Best Video of the Year
Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Bartender, Lady Antebellum
Drunk on a Plane, Dierks Bentley
Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves
Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood
Musical Event of the Year
Bakersfield, Vince Gill and Paul Franklin
Meanwhile Back at Mama's, Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill
Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood
We Were Us, Keith Urban feat. Miranda Lambert
You Can't Make Old Friends, Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
Best Musician of the Year
Sam Bush, mandolin
Jerry Douglas, Dobro
Paul Franklin, steel guitar
Dann Huff, guitar
Mac McAnally, guitar
Miranda Lambert leads the list by far, at nine nominations in total including two nominations in the Video of the Year category. She’s the odds on favorite for almost everything, though she faces strong competition from George Strait who is wrapping up his farewell tour. Strait has been an active member of the country music genre for thirty years. Country singer Eric Church who is nominated alongside Lambert and Strait for Album of the Year is an established Strait admirer, singing in “Love Your Love the Most” that “any song sung by George Strait is country at its best.”
Carrie Underwood, who is nominated for three awards herself, also has a good chance at taking home at least one award despite also hosting this years’ event. The fact that she is recently pregnant may sway judges to give her an award because it would “create a moment.”
Taylor Swift, perennially winner and award magnet was shut out of this years’ Album of the Year category. This comes as a surprise to many, though may be because, as Swift herself conceded, her sound has been changing, and claiming her next album 1989, due out in October, is a pop album.
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