The nominees for "Country Music's Biggest Night" were announced on August 31st in Nashville and September 1st in New York, with ASCAP members nominated in every awards category. The two-day, two-city announcement was intended to "focus even more attention on all the deserving nominees and their accomplishments," said Steve Moore, CMA Chairman of the Board.
Brad Paisley kicked things off with a nomination in both the prestigious Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year categories. The music video for Paisley's hit single, "Water," was also nominated for Music Video of the Year.
ASCAP members picked up every single nomination in the Album of the Year category, including Dierks Bentley's critically acclaimed bluegrass album Up On The Ridge. Bentley also scored a nomination alongside fellow ASCAP members George Strait and Brad Paisley in the Male Vocalist of the Year category, while Strait joins Bentley in Album of the Year recognition for Twang, which he also produced.
ASCAP's Paul Worley is poised to win big at this year's CMAs for his work on Lady Antebellum's Need You Now, produced by Worley and nominated for Album of the Year. The chart-topping, unforgettable single of the same name, also produced by Worley, was nominated for Single of the Year and Song of the Year, with ASCAP songwriter and "Need You Now" co-writer Josh Kear picking up that nomination. Kear will vie for the Song of the Year title alongside fellow ASCAP songwriters Rory Lee Feek (Joey+Rory) and Don Poythress for Easton Corbin's "A Little More Country Than That," as well as Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me," written by Allen Shamblin.
The 44th annual CMA Awards, co-hosted by Brad Paisley and dubbed "Country Music's Biggest Night," will be broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, November 10th at 8:00 PM ET on ABC.
Congratulations to all of ASCAP's 2010 CMA Awards nominees:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Brad Paisley
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Reba McEntire
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Dierks Bentley
Brad Paisley
George Strait
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Young
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Rascal Flatts
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Joey + Rory
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
"Need You Now" - Producer: Paul Worley
"The House That Built Me" - Producer: Frank Liddell
"White Liar" - Producer: Frank Liddell
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Need You Now - Producer: Paul Worley
Play On - Producer: Mark Bright
Revolution - Producer: Frank Liddell
Twang - Artist and Producer: George Strait
Up On The Ridge - Artist: Dierks Bentley
SONG OF THE YEAR
"A Little More Country Than That" - Writers: Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress
"Need You Now" - Writer: Josh Kear
"The House That Built Me" - Writer: Allen Shamblin
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
"Bad Angel" - Artist: Dierks Bentley
"Hillbilly Bone" - Artist: Trace Adkins
"I'm Alive" - Artists: Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews
"Till The End" - Artists: Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
"Hillbilly Bone" - Artist: Trace Adkins
"Water" - Artist: Brad Paisley
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Paul Franklin
Dann Huff
Mac McAnally
