CMA Awards Continue Ratings Rally
Last night’s (11/12) CMA Awards on ABC swept the ratings for all three primetime hours. Preliminary ratings from Nielsen and Zap2It.com show that ABC averaged a 9.7 rating/15 share for the night, with the...
Sony Nashville Post-CMA Celebration
11/13/2008
Sony Nashville enjoyed a wonderful night at The 42nd Annual CMA Awards, co-hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, each of whom were big winners – Brad, as Male Vocalist and Video of the Year winner (for “Waitin’ on a Woman”), and Carrie as Female Vocalist of the Year. It’s Brad’s second consecutive Male Vocalist title and Carrie’s third Female Vocalist CMA, while Kenny Chesney took home the night’s top honor, claiming his third straight win (and fourth overall) as Entertainer of the Year.
Pictured at the Sony Nashville post-awards party back (L-R): Brooks & Dunn’s Kix Brooks, Sony Nashville Sr. VP Finance & Operations Paul Barnabee, Jake Owen, and Sony Nashville Exec. VP Butch Waugh and Mktg. VP Tom Baldrica. Front: Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Sony Nashville Chairman Joe Galante, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, and Sony Nashville A&R Exec. VP Renee Bell. Photo: Tony Phipps
Warner Bros. Records Dinner
11/13/2008
Warner Bros. Records held an intimate dinner after the CMA Awards last night (11/12) at City House in Nashville’s historic Germantown neighborhood. Artists James Otto, Michelle Branch, John Rich, Randy Travis, Big Kenny, Blake Shelton, Whitney Duncan, Cowboy Troy and Melissa Lawson attended the post-Awards affair.
(L-R): Tom Whalley, CEO Warner Bros. Records; John Rich; Mark Bright, Pres./CEO Word Entertainment; Bill Bennett, Exec. VP Warner Bros. Records; and Marc Oswald, Dale Morris & Associates.
Bobby Karl Works The CMA Awards
Chapter 301
During a musical cornucopia of a show with 20 performances, Kenny Chesney was again crowned country music’s monarch at the 42nd annual CMA Awards.
With his fourth Entertainer of the Year win, Kenny now ties Garth Brooks. His performance of...
CMA Awards Go To Repeat Winners; Strait Becomes Most Awarded Ever
11/13/2008
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley
Kenny Chesney
It was an evening of continued reigns as many of last year’s winners held on to their titles, including Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney, Vocal Duo Sugarland, Male Vocalist Brad Paisley, Female Vocalist Carrie Underwood and Vocal Group Rascal Flatts.
The winners of The 42nd Annual CMA Awards are:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: Kenny Chesney
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Brad Paisley
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Carrie Underwood
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: Rascal Flatts
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR: Sugarland
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Lady Antebellum
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Troubadour, George Strait; produced by Tony Brown and George Strait; MCA Nashville
SINGLE OF THE YEAR: “I Saw God Today,” George Strait; produced by Tony Brown and George Strait; MCA Nashville
SONG OF THE YEAR: “Stay,” Jennifer Nettles; Jennifer Nettles Publishing
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” Rounder Records
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: “Waitin’ On A Woman,” Brad Paisley featuring Andy Griffith; directed by Jim Shea and Peter Tilden
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Mac McAnally, Guitar
Photos by: Alan Mayor
Rascal Flatts, Tony Brown and Lady Antebellum
UMG Celebrates Multiple CMA Wins
11/13/2008
UMG Nashville celebrated multiple CMA wins in a Moroccan themed exclusive after-party in downtown Nashville Wednesday night (11/12). Country music superstars and Nashville elite partied until the wee hours of the morning right next door to the historic Ryman Auditorium.
(L-R): MCA recording artist Lee Ann Womack, Mercury recording artist Kristian Bush of Sugarland, UMG Nashville Chairman Luke Lewis, Mercury recording artist Shania Twain, MCA recording artist George Strait and wife Norma Strait.
Darius Rucker Celebrates No. 1
11/13/2008
Darius Rucker and Clay Mills celebrated their recent No. 1 hit song, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” at ASCAP on Tuesday (11/11).
(L-R): producer Frank Rogers, Still Working Music’s Barbara Orbison, Mills, Rucker, ASCAP’s Mike Sistad and Still Working Music’s Clay Myers. Photo: Ed Rode
Thursday News (11/13/08)
NEW AMA BOARD—The Americana Music Association has elected its new Board of Directors, including ten incoming directors for 2009-2010. New board members include Ellis Creative freelance writer Tamara Saviano in the Publications category; Amanda...
Show Still On At Sommet Following Power Outage
11/12/2008
A power outage and gas leak in downtown Nashville will not affect tonight’s (11/12) CMA Awards at the Sommet Center, a CMA spokesperson has confirmed. Electricity has been restored following morning transformer problems near the Sommet, and an unrelated gas leak was reported a few blocks away, but neither should interfere with Country Music’s Biggest Night.
For those attending the show: doors open at 6 PM and close at 6:45, for the 7 PM broadcast airing on ABC.
Paisley’s Play Hits No. 1
David M Ross – 11/12/2008
All eyes are on Taylor Swift’s sophomore album, released 11/11. Early reports are pegging sales in the 500,000 range which will add welcome tonnage to the country sales effort. Amazon.com is offering Swift’s album in digital form for $3.99.
To put it all in perspective, sales for the week ended 11/9/08 on the Country Top 75 totaled .45 million units. Sales during the same week last year totaled 1.54 million. YTD country sales are down about 22.7% while overall music sales are off a more moderate 13%.
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JASON MATTHEWS
“Travelin’ Light”
RAWSTIN
“The Rodeo Is Over”
MARK WILLS
“Days of Thunder”
BRANDI VALENTINE
“Burnin’ Bridges”
MOORE & MOORE WITH GEORGE “GOOBER” LINDSEY
“Fine Me a Man Like Goober”
INDIAN RODEO
“My Block”
BILLY McKNIGHT
“You’re the Ticket”
CERRITO
“Dona Carmela”
TIM WILSON
“But I Could Be Wrong”
COWBOY TROY & ANGELA HACKER
“Hick Chick”
