Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean Added to 2014 CMA Awards Performers
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean Added to 2014 CMA Awards Performers
More performers were announced for the 48th Annual Country Music Awards. Some of the biggest hitters will take the stage that night as Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, and Jason Aldean join the lineup.
A lineup which so far shows a depressing scarcity of women. But anyway…
The rest of the press release reads:
Hosted for the seventh consecutive year by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, Country Music’s Biggest Night™ will also feature performances by Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Paisley, Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Underwood, and Keith Urban.
Aldean has 13 career CMA Awards nominations including three each for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year (2011-1013). He has won CMA Awards for Musical Event of the Year with Kelly Clarkson for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” and Album of the Year for My Kinda Party, both in 2011. He received his first nomination in 2008 for New Artist of the Year.
Bentley collected five nominations in 2014 including Male Vocalist; Album for Riser; Song for “I Hold On,” which Bentley co-wrote with Brett James; and Single and Music Video of the Year for “Drunk On A Plane.” Bentley has a career total of 15 nominations. He won his first CMA Award in 2005 – the Horizon Award, now known as New Artist of the Year.
Chesney, a four-time CMA Entertainer of the Year, has 39 career CMA Awards nominations and eight wins. His other Awards include Album of the Year (2004) for When the Sun Goes Down; Musical Event (2007) for “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” with Tracy Lawrence and McGraw; Music Video (2011) for “You and Tequila” featuring Grace Potter; Musical Event (2012) for “Feel Like a Rock Star,” with McGraw. His Entertainer of the Year Awards were received in 2004 and 2006-2008.
In 2014, McGraw and Faith Hill collected two nominations each for “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s,” which was nominated for Musical Event and Single of the Year. McGraw has 35 career CMA Awards nominations and is the reigning CMA Award winner for Music Video and Musical Event of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care” with Taylor Swift and Urban.
Winners of “The 48th Annual CMA Awards” will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of the Country Music Association. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. The third and final ballot will be emailed to CMA members emailed to CMA members Thursday, Oct. 9. Voting for the CMA Awards final ballot ends Monday, Oct. 27 (5:00 PM/CT).
For more information, visit CMAawards.com.
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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