48th ACM Awards - April 7, 2013

I don't know if anybody has mentioned this yet. But I was just watching GAC Headline Country and Luke Bryan said that he would be performing his new single on the show.

Luke said it's out to radio on April 1st, so it's only 8 days away!!! Any idea the name of the new song? Uptempo or ballad?

It seems odd that release date is only a week away yet everything's so secretive. I expected a song clip leak by now.

Blake has done things that fit for that award. Not even counting his hit songs, he is a judge on a hugely popular show. He had his on Christmas Special on Network TV in Prime Time, he hosts a country award show, he toured and has sold a decent amount of albums. Of course there are other artists who who could have received this. But I am guessing they give this award out yearly (correct me if I'm wrong) so the same people can't get it year after year.

I think award shows go through phases, where the same people will win the same awards for years, even they don't neccesarily deserve them. Check out the award show's histories and you'll see. Eventually, Blake and Miranda won't win as much, they will be replaced b someine else and the cycle will continue.

I completely understand. Miranda should not, in my opinion, have won three FVOY awards especially in a row, but unfortunately she has. Although, this year it seems undisputable that Carrie will win this year, at least I hope so.

First off -- welcome!

Secondly -- I'm not opposed to Miranda winning awards or being nomination for awards that she deserves, but the backdoor politics that have been rumored to be occurring at these shows become more and more evident to seem true. Miranda and Blake have undoubtedly become the "it" couple of the genre and, arguably, one of the biggest in the music industry as a whole in today's age, but it seems as though that's becoming an excuse for them to receive honors in pairing with their marital stature. Miranda deserved every bit of breakthrough success she worked so hard to get with "The House That Built Me" and her incredible Revolution era, but to say that she's deserved several Entertainer of the Year nominations (over the likes of Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, and other different megastars in the format) and several consecutive Female Vocalist awards over the likes of Carrie Underwood (specifically 2010 and 2012), whom which has consistently seen more success than Lambert in all rounds -- sales, touring, charting statistics, etc. -- is what pushes all of this to become nonsensical. I adore Miranda Lambert and her music, but it's getting to the stage where I'm tired of her and her cliché hubby receiving the honors over far more deserving songs, albums, and artists. Not only that, but seeing as how long this has lasted -- again, nearly four years running now -- shows that it may not just be "Miranda and Blake earning and deserving it!!!", because (and I'm not trying to make this into a comparison battle between the two ladies) if we were going off of who deserves to take home some trophies this year, Carrie Underwood and Eric Church would each be taking home multiple accolades on April 7th. Seeing as it's been virtually the same nominees in the Entertainer category for the past few years, it definitely doesn't indicate that everything is all fair & even behind the scenes, especially when we all see it working positively for Lambert, Shelton, & Co. and negatively for Underwood, Chesney, Other More Deserving Artists, & Co.

Again -- I love Miranda Lambert's music. I adore it, actually. She's put out some of the best Country albums of the last few years, in my opinion. However, that really shouldn't, but unfortunately does, translate to massive accolades over even more deserving material and/or artists on the format.

I'm on board with all that has been said. If only Carrie had married a country star rather than a hockey player then there could be a duel.

I think the real problem is Blake Shelton moreso than it is Miranda Lambert. She was getting showered with quite a bit of critical praise before she even had the radio support to show for it (though her sales were solid even for her debut record which only produced one Top 20 hit), and if anything, Blake Shelton seems to have benefitted from that association with Lambert on the critical front, because he'd already had several No. 1 hits in his career before Miranda even came into the picture. The problem is she's (mostly) deserving of her awards, whereas I think most agree that Blake is really putting out incredibly subpar material for someone of his stature, especially given his personality and some of his quality pre-superstar fare. It's a shame that stigma seems to spill over onto Miranda as well, and it's unfortunate that some people do seem to show some resentment towards Miranda for things beyond her control. (And I like what you said loomz92 about how she herself even seems to be tired of winning based on some of her acceptance speeches.)

Well then, where is Carrie Underwood's Stanley Cup?

I predict that on April 1st which is also April Fools Day he will announce that he isn't really releasing a new song on that day. We will have to wait until the ACMs on the 7th to hear it.

Published on Mar 27, 2013

Don't miss the ACM Awards with Blake Shelton & Luke Bryan - Sunday, April 7 only CBS!
Check out what promos made the cut here: bit.ly/11OSCac

Luke will be funny, probably funnier than Blake in my opinion.

On Luke's weekly webisode (LBTV) there are some more behind the scenes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uvqtSri6sw

It's schtick from Blake, one that started back when teasers about the new ACM co-host started surfacing. And I think the dynamic where the guys rag on each other like goofy, egotistical self-deluders works well in the promos. Whether it translates past the promos to the ACM Awards show remains to be seen, and I'm not denying the possibility of competitive resentment on each side. But I really don't think that the passive-aggression you're noticing in the clips is evidence of actual annoyance. It's pretty clear here that it is being played for laughs.