CMA Nominees announced
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Album of the Year
Chief - Eric Church
Four the Record - Miranda Lambert
Home - Dierks Bentley
Own the Night - Lady Antebellum
Tailgates and Tanlines - Luke Bryan
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason
Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake
Shelton
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelly
Clarkson
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor
Swift
Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year
Eli Young
Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
The Band
Perry
Zac Brown Band
Music Video of the Year
"Come Over" - Kenny
Chesney
"Over You" - Miranda Lambert
"Pontoon" - Little Big
Town
"Red Solo Cup" - Toby Keith
"Springsteen" - Eric
Church
Single of the Year
"Dirt Road Anthem" - Jason
Aldean
"God Gave Me You" - Blake Shelton
"Home" - Dierks
Bentley
"Pontoon" - Little Big Town
"Springsteen" - Eric
Church
Song of the Year (songwriters award, artist in
parentheses)
"Even If It Breaks Your Heart" - Will
Hoge, Eric Paslay (Eli Young Band)
"God Gave Me You" - Dave Barnes (Blake Shelton)
"Home" - Dan
Wilson, Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley (Dierks
Bentley)
"Over You" - Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton
(Miranda Lambert)
"Springsteen" - Eric Church, Ryan Tindell, Jeff Hyde (Eric Church)
Musical Event of the Year
"Dixie Highway" -
Alan Jackson featuring Zac Brown
"Feel Like a Rock Star" - Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw
"Roll Me Up and Smoke
Me When I Die" - Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Johnson
"Safe and Sound" - Taylor Swift featuring The Civil
Wars
"Stuck on You" - Lionel Richie with Darius Rucker
Vocal Duo of the Year
Big and Rich
Love and
Theft
Sugarland
The Civil Wars
Thompson
Square
New Artist of the Year
Lee Brice
Brantley
Gilbert
Hunter Hayes
Love and
Theft
Thompson Square
Musician of the Year
Sam Bush
Paul Franklin
Dan Huff
Brent
Mason
Mac McAnally
The Country Music Association Awards, hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, air live on ABC on November 1st




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