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Post by carrieidol1 on Aug 31, 2016 8:17:30 GMT -5
Also, no Blake Shelton, and for the first time in over half a decade, Miranda Lambert only has one nomination, for Female Vocalist. Luke Bryan was dismissed from the Album category, Cam isn't in New Artist (Ballerini and Swindell are both there for their second time), and Maren Morris deservedly racks up five noms. Interesting year. The tides are definitely changing, for the better! I'll add, I think for the first time Miranda really isn't in the running for Female Vocalist, I think Carrie Underwood has a great shot, but Maren Morris with her five nominations could challenge. And for the first time since 2006, someone other than Carrie, Taylor, or Miranda may win Female Vocalist of the Year. ALSO, considering who Carrie has been nominated against for Entertainer of the Year, I think Carrie stands a REAL SHOT at winning! I don't think they'll give it to Garth, Luke has won it twice and I don't think he'll pull a third win, Chris is just too new, and Keith has won it in the past. I truly think Carrie has a shot here, but I think it'll be a super close race. OMG though, I'm getting way too excited. Someone take my computer away, my mind is racing!
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Post by carriekins on Aug 31, 2016 8:18:28 GMT -5
Very happy for Carrie.
Kacey is my fave but Cam should have gotten that nod.
I can't with the Cole Swindell nod in New Artist. Again. C A M.
No Blake feels like Christmas.
Church should have been in over Stapleton, sorry not sorry. Also not here for Garth.
UMG basically has a stranglehold on Male Vocalist, curious to see how that plays out. Hashtag Team Dierks for the love of god.
Not here for Ripcord for Album.
Oh to see Carrie and Dierks emerge victorious just once...
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Post by sgtoddball on Aug 31, 2016 8:21:33 GMT -5
I'm a Stapelton fan and a Garth fan but no way either of them should be nominated for Entertainer over Eric This year.
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Post by phil1996 on Aug 31, 2016 8:27:13 GMT -5
I'm a Stapelton fan and a Garth fan but no way either of them should be nominated for Entertainer over Eric This year. I'll be SHOCKED if he doesn't clean house next year. Clearly the best of the best. The solo 3 hour set tour will give him an EOTY award at either the 2017 acm or cma. I've seen Dierks, Carrie, Keith, and frankly the 3 of them together don't amount to the level Eric is at from an entertaining standpoint.
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Post by sgtoddball on Aug 31, 2016 8:34:35 GMT -5
I'm a Stapelton fan and a Garth fan but no way either of them should be nominated for Entertainer over Eric This year. I'll be SHOCKED if he doesn't clean house next year. Clearly the best of the best. The solo 3 hour set tour will give him an EOTY award at either the 2017 acm or cma. I've seen Dierks, Carrie, Keith, and frankly the 3 of them together don't amount to the level Eric is at from an entertaining standpoint. I have seen them all as well including Stapleton and IMO only Eric or Carrie should win this award this year. The Stapleton love is starting to feel a little manufactured with this EOTY nom.
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Post by countryboy79 on Aug 31, 2016 8:35:00 GMT -5
my predictions:
NOMINEES
Entertainer of the Year Garth Brooks - WIN - the tour is so big. A sort of lifetime achievement award Luke Bryan Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Keith Urban
Male Vocalist Dierks Bentley Eric Church - WIN Tim McGraw (sorry Tim, i love you but Eric now is n.1) Chris Stapleton Keith Urban
Female Vocalist Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood - WIN
Album Black, Dierks Bentley Hero, Maren Morris Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church - WIN (without discussions) Ripcord, Keith Urban Storyteller, Carrie Underwood
Single "Die A Happy Man", Thomas Rhett - WIN (i prefer H&K but Thomas had a great success) "Humble and Kind", Tim McGraw "My Church", Maren Morris "Nobody To Blame", Chris Stapleton "Record Year", Eric Church
Song "Burning House", Cam "Die A Happy Man", Thomas Rhett "Humble and Kind", Tim McGraw - WIN - Lori McKenna songwriter "My Church", Maren Morris "Record Year", Eric Church
Vocal Group Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Old Dominion - WIN Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line - WIN Joey + Rory Maddie & Tae
New Artist Kelsea Ballerini Brothers Osborne Maren Morris - WIN Old Dominion Cole Swindell
Musical Event "Different For Girls", Dierks Bentley/Elle King "Home Alone Tonight", Luke Bryan/Karen Fairchild "The Fighter", Keith Urban/Carrie Underwood "Think of You", Chris Young/Cassadee Pope - WIN "You Are My Sunshine", Chris Stapleton/Morgane Stapleton
Music Video "Burning House", Cam "Fire Away", Chris Stapleton "Humble and Kind", Tim McGraw - WIN "Record Year", Eric Church "Somewhere On A Beach", Dierks Bentley
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Post by carrieidol1 on Aug 31, 2016 8:35:06 GMT -5
I'm a Stapelton fan and a Garth fan but no way either of them should be nominated for Entertainer over Eric This year. I'll be SHOCKED if he doesn't clean house next year. Clearly the best of the best. The solo 3 hour set tour will give him an EOTY award at either the 2017 acm or cma. I've seen Dierks, Carrie, Keith, and frankly the 3 of them together don't amount to the level Eric is at from an entertaining standpoint. I genuinely think Eric's time will come very soon. I disagree about that last point, but I know how you feel and I can truly empathize. Everyone ALWAYS told me Carrie would likely never get nominated for CMA Entertainer of the Year, but now she's finally nominated. So don't give up hope! I'm not a fan of Eric's at all - by any means, but I can agree that this year he was truly deserving of a nomination and I was shocked not to see his name there...
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Post by 14887fan on Aug 31, 2016 8:37:27 GMT -5
So the nominee leaderboard looks like this: Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, & Maren Morris: 5 each Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, & Tim McGraw: 4 each
Not much of a leaderboard, as the rest of the nominees have only 1 or 2 nominations. I praaaaaay pray pray pray that the CMAs don't just hand Garth Brooks EOTY because it's the 50th year and he's been touring. Homeboy hasn't released a thing this past year, while three of the other nominees have toured, released new music, and fared well both commercially and on radio.
ETA: Wait holy crap lol I'm just now noticing that Jason Aldean got nothing.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Aug 31, 2016 8:48:32 GMT -5
So the nominee leaderboard looks like this: Eric Church & Maren Morris: 5 each Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Chris Stapleton, & Tim McGraw: 4 each Not much of a leaderboard, as the rest of the nominees have only 1 or 2 nominations. I praaaaaay pray pray pray that the CMAs don't just hand Garth Brooks EOTY because it's the 50th year and he's been touring. Homeboy hasn't released a thing this past year, while three of the other nominees have toured, released new music, and fared well both commercially and on radio. ETA: Wait holy crap lol I'm just now noticing that Jason Aldean got nothing. In Entertainer of the Year, three of the nominees are WME clients. I don't know if this means much anymore considering how the nominations panned out, but that should, in theory, create some serious split voting. Also, by Carrie merely being nominated, it suggests to me they're ready to give this award to someone new. I can see it now, Dolly Parton announcing Carrie's name! How fitting would that be considering Carrie has literally sang Dolly's praises all year!? I genuinely don't think they'll give it to Garth. Whenever he announces his tour is done, maybe. But I can't see them giving it to him without new music to consider... He's my all time favorite male artist, though, so any other year I would want him to win - not this year, though.
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Post by M&TSwiftie on Aug 31, 2016 8:51:17 GMT -5
Wow at these nominations. -Finally Carrie gets a Entertainer Nomination ππΌππΌππΌππΌ -Cole Swindell over CAM for new artist? WTH? -No Blake Shelton Or Jason Aldean, woah -Lady A was off this year and how did get nominated for vocal group. Maren Morris's CMA Nominations are perfectππ» Overall good nominations, though a few tweaks in a couple categories and switches could help either way best noms in a long time. I haven't seen An Entertainer Of The Year category this tight since 2010. Can't wait to see who gets to perform, hopefully lots of women in country and traditional acts too for the 50th anniversary. Likely to perform Carrie Eric Miranda Kenny/Pink Tim Dierks Eric Jason Luke Chris S. Cam(I hope) FGL Maren Kelsea Who I want to perform too Lauren Alaina(please) And if they go down the duet route they'll probably invite Meghan trainor back to perform with either Lauren or rascal Flatts since Meghan co wrote both of their songs. Jana(with dwts and circles slowly climbing she could sure use it) Sara Evans(if new material is ready) Garth( come on Garth we're ready for new music)
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Post by stanches2318 on Aug 31, 2016 8:52:52 GMT -5
My predictions
Entertainer: Carrie Underwood Male: Dierks Bentley Female: Carrie Underwood Group: Old Dominion Duo: Florida Georgia Line New: Maren Morris Song: "My Church" Maren Morris Single: "My Church" Maren Morris Album: "Hero" Maren Morris Video: "Somewhere On The Beach" Dierks Bentley Vocal Event: "Different For Girls" Dierks Bentley, Elle King
And as far as the celebration goes, I hope they do something cool to honor the Artists from the past CMA's
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Post by travelrocks24 on Aug 31, 2016 9:01:47 GMT -5
Also, no Blake Shelton, and for the first time in over half a decade, Miranda Lambert only has one nomination, for Female Vocalist. Luke Bryan was dismissed from the Album category, Cam isn't in New Artist (Ballerini and Swindell are both there for their second time), and Maren Morris deservedly racks up five noms. Interesting year. The tides are definitely changing, for the better! I'll add, I think for the first time Miranda really isn't in the running for Female Vocalist, I think Carrie Underwood has a great shot, but Maren Morris with her five nominations could challenge. And for the first time since 2006, someone other than Carrie, Taylor, or Miranda may win Female Vocalist of the Year. ALSO, considering who Carrie has been nominated against for Entertainer of the Year, I think Carrie stands a REAL SHOT at winning! I don't think they'll give it to Garth, Luke has won it twice and I don't think he'll pull a third win, Chris is just too new, and Keith has won it in the past. I truly think Carrie has a shot here, but I think it'll be a super close race. OMG though, I'm getting way too excited. Someone take my computer away, my mind is racing! How can you be nominated for new artist twice?
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Post by kim8 on Aug 31, 2016 9:06:27 GMT -5
Wow I could not be any happier with these noms! Love that Tim finally got some love and yay for all the Eric Church and Chris Stapleton noms! I agree I would have loved to have seen Eric in the entertainer category but all those other nominees are deserving and Eric didn't have a tour this year. He should definitely be there next year. I'm happy Keith got in there. I love a lot of artists, Eric probably being my current favorite, but Keith always gives an amazing concert. I just saw him again this past weekend and every time I see him I am amazed at how awesome an entertainer he is. He always gives 150% in his shows. I have a hard time understanding anyone who has been to his show not thinking the same, but that is just my humble opinion :)
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Post by carrieidol1 on Aug 31, 2016 9:06:47 GMT -5
Artists get two shots at the New Artist Award...
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Post by phil1996 on Aug 31, 2016 9:11:59 GMT -5
I'll be SHOCKED if he doesn't clean house next year. Clearly the best of the best. The solo 3 hour set tour will give him an EOTY award at either the 2017 acm or cma. I've seen Dierks, Carrie, Keith, and frankly the 3 of them together don't amount to the level Eric is at from an entertaining standpoint. I genuinely think Eric's time will come very soon. I disagree about that last point, but I know how you feel and I can truly empathize. Everyone ALWAYS told me Carrie would likely never get nominated for CMA Entertainer of the Year, but now she's finally nominated. So don't give up hope! I'm not a fan of Eric's at all - by any means, but I can agree that this year he was truly deserving of a nomination and I was shocked not to see his name there... Understood! Carrie is a hell of a talent. Much prefer to see her than Aldean....also just realizing he didn't get nominated. That's nice to see.
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Post by stanches2318 on Aug 31, 2016 9:17:11 GMT -5
Wow I could not be any happier with these noms! Love that Tim finally got some love and yay for all the Eric Church and Chris Stapleton noms! I agree I would have loved to have seen Eric in the entertainer category but all those other nominees are deserving and Eric didn't have a tour this year. He should definitely be there next year. I'm happy Keith got in there. I love a lot of artists, Eric probably being my current favorite, but Keith always gives an amazing concert. I just saw him again this past weekend and every time I see him I am amazed at how awesome an entertainer he is. He always gives 150% in his shows. I have a hard time understanding anyone who has been to his show not thinking the same, but that is just my humble opinion :) I agree. I think for the first time in a while i'm actually excited and interested to see who wins this year. NO LBT OR Miranda overload.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 9:26:30 GMT -5
Just some thoughts on Entertainer of the Year...
First, this may be unpopular not sure, I feel that Garth Brooks is THE most overrated artist in country music history. I've never been blown away by his songs, I'm sure he puts on a show live, but so many other artists can do that too, and he doesn't have an appealing voice. I've never understood the hype for him. Plus without any music this year they need to bypass him. He did his tour and music in the last few years, with far more buzz in those years. If he didn't win then I don't think he will now. I hope not anyway.
Second, Luke of course is a draw for this category, but I don't know if they'll award him a third year in a row, plus his total lack of other nominations may indicate that he won't be awarded this year.
Third, Stapleton? I like him, I really do, but why is he nominated in Entertainer of the Year. I don't know if he's toured, and he hasn't released new music, so I'm a little confused. I think he's too new to win.
Fourth, finally Ms. Underwood takes her rightful place among the Entertainer nominees. For me, between these nominees there's no competition, she's the winner. The fact that she broke through the WME Block seems to be a great sign. I don't want to get my hopes up, but it's hard not to. Saw her live in February and it was very obvious to me that she is the Entertainer of the Year! Go Carrie, go!!!
Lastly, Keith Urban is here. His days seem like they are behind him. He's won so, I don't think he'll get another win so many years apart from his other win. It's only happened once with George Strait, and Keith is not in that position. It is nice to see him in there though as he seems like a nice guy.
Overall, I hope I'm right, and it looks like a much more palatable lineup this year in this category and across the board. I'm really excited for this year. Hopefully a lot of legends return too.
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Post by vann on Aug 31, 2016 10:07:23 GMT -5
I donΒ΄t get nominate Cole for New Artist and not Cam, he should get Single or Song of the Year for "You Should Be Here".I am a big fan of Lady A but theyΒ΄re in hiatus and it doesnt make sense to being nominated for it this year sometimes it seems to me a lack of options in some categories.I am glad that Chris Young got one nomination although I was hoping a Male Vocalist (but this never happens).I liked to see Carrie and Keith nominated although I hated "Ripcord".The nominations are kinda interesting tough.
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Post by myeverything on Aug 31, 2016 10:12:49 GMT -5
Man, lot of things to comment on. This is NOT a fan friendly Keith Urban board, I will say that. And when I say this I mean absolutely no disrespect... I'm just trying to understand. I just don't get how none of y'all seem to notice and/or acknowledge his rare, pure, and EXTREME talent. He's literally in a category of his own on a lot of levels. Y'all are talking about Eric's time, Carrie's time, Dierk's time, everyones time... what about his time? He's been around longer than ANY of those guys and still hasn't had HIS time. Yes he won ONCE... in 2005. Let's be honest, I do not care what anyone has to say, the man is so incredibly overdue. I knew he'd get a lot of nominations this year and I was FINALLY feeling like this is his chance... until I came here. The man has the hottest tour of the summer, he's been pushing out hit after hit since "his last win"" in 2005... what more does he have to do?? Either way, I am so incredibly happy for him and he seriously deserves nothing but the best. I still say this is his year and one of these times, he's going to absolutely clean up and I cannot wait until the day he does.
Side notes - I called Maren's vocalist nomination back in June. I called her cleaning up shop and I definitely stick with that statement as well. She is a force to be reckoned with, y'all. Cole Swindell for "New Artist?" Please. Gag me. Disappointed to not see Aldean's name at all (that ain't right) and I'm so very thankful that this year won't be a total overload on BS - I'm sorry, Blake Shelton...(even Luke doesn't have that many, for once) and FGL, and LBT and so many of the others that end up sweeping award show after award show. It's nice to see some different, new and versatile names in some of these categories... it's like a whole new breath of fresh air!! Should be interesting to see what happens this year. Urban for the win.
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Post by bjer127 on Aug 31, 2016 10:37:01 GMT -5
Overall I am pretty pleased with the nominations, even though some of the categories were kind of predictable. Really shocked Kill The Lights didn't get an album nom (but very OK with it). I did think this would be Chris Young's year as well, but maybe next time
Eric should and will win Album Don't kill me, but I would swap out Dierk's album for Tim's. I think Tim's was miles better, Dierks was not as immediate. But I do love the Dierks attention Kind of shocked H.O.L.Y. didn't get a Single nom, given the #1 position and the crazy sales. Again, OK with that I never have and never will understand the new Artist category. Maybe next year will be WMM and Jon Pardi chances Maren Morris this year's Stapleton?? EOTY category , I agree Eric should be nominated
Overall, I like not seeing Aldean (album not out yet, Lights Go Out was more of the same, and last bit of singles from last era were BLAND), but think he will be back big next year. Same goes for Blake (maybe). If FGL has the era they are expecting with new album, they could be huge next year too
Should be a good awards show to watch, I know we all have our opinions, but at least this is shaken up a little bit than years past. I am hoping for some new winners (maybe Carrie for EOTY, Bros for Duo etc)
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Post by sgtoddball on Aug 31, 2016 10:38:54 GMT -5
Man, lot of things to comment on. This is NOT a fan friendly Keith Urban board, I will say that. And when I say this I mean absolutely no disrespect... I'm just trying to understand. I just don't get how none of y'all seem to notice and/or acknowledge his rare, pure, and EXTREME talent. He's literally in a category of his own on a lot of levels. Y'all are talking about Eric's time, Carrie's time, Dierk's time, everyones time... what about his time? He's been around longer than ANY of those guys and still hasn't had HIS time. Yes he won ONCE... in 2005. Let's be honest, I do not care what anyone has to say, the man is so incredibly overdue. I knew he'd get a lot of nominations this year and I was FINALLY feeling like this is his chance... until I came here. The man has the hottest tour of the summer, he's been pushing out hit after hit since "his last win"" in 2005... what more does he have to do?? Either way, I am so incredibly happy for him and he seriously deserves nothing but the best. I still say this is his year and one of these times, he's going to absolutely clean up and I cannot wait until the day he does. Side notes - I called Maren's vocalist nomination back in June. I called her cleaning up shop and I definitely stick with that statement as well. She is a force to be reckoned with, y'all. Cole Swindell for "New Artist?" Please. Gag me. Disappointed to not see Aldean's name at all (that ain't right) and I'm so very thankful that this year won't be a total overload on BS - I'm sorry, Blake Shelton...(even Luke doesn't have that many, for once) and FGL, and LBT and so many of the others that end up sweeping award show after award show. It's nice to see some different, new and versatile names in some of these categories... it's like a whole new breath of fresh air!! Should be interesting to see what happens this year. Urban for the win. I'm with you on Keith. I love him and would be thrilled to see he or Carrie win Entertainer. I am bummed that Eric was not nominated. I feel like he deserved to be there over Garth and Chris this year.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 10:47:28 GMT -5
Question.
Both Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban had their huge summer tours right? Which one brought in more money cause it seems like they are practically even in sales and radio airplay (Carrie Underwood does have more critical acclaim I think).
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Post by carrieidol1 on Aug 31, 2016 11:03:57 GMT -5
Question. Both Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban had their huge summer tours right? Which one brought in more money cause it seems like they are practically even in sales and radio airplay (Carrie Underwood does have more critical acclaim I think). Carrie didn't tour this summer, but was #2 for country right before the summer. I think only Garth was ahead, but Carrie was #1 on Billboard, I think - not sure how that works.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 11:22:30 GMT -5
Wow, these nominations are pretty much flawless. A couple of thoughts: I agree that Eric Church should win EOTY soon, but did he even really tour during the eligibility period? I was under the impression that he didn't (I don't keep track of tours that well though, mostly because I can't really afford to go to any shows ughhh). As far as I can tell, Eric's Outsiders tour ended in May 2015 (before the start date of the eligibility period), and then he only played occasional shows during the latter half of 2015 and the early half of 2016. If that's the case, then I'm ok with him not being nominated this year. The other EOTY nominations make a lot of sense, but boy was I ever wrong on my predictions for this category lol. My predictions, with winners in bold: Entertainer- Jason Aldean
- Luke Bryan
- Kenny Chesney
- Blake Shelton
I think the last spot will be a toss-up between Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Eric Church. Garth no longer has the support of a major label (which will no doubt hurt him), BUT he did recently sign with WME, so that's a huge plus. Carrie can't ever seem to get nominated here but she's certainly deserving after the huge year she's had. Keith and Eric have had great years as well.
Luke was of course nominated, but no Jason, Kenny, or Blake -- in fact, those 3 guys saw 0 nominations. Now that I think more about it, it makes sense that Jason wasn't nominated, since he spent a large part of the eligibility period moving from Old Boots, New Dirt to "Lights Come On". He was still touring, but he just didn't seem quite as "big" as he was in years past. Blake released an album and continued his hit streak, but I guess the case for him just wasn't quite strong enough to land him in the final 5. And I had Kenny in there mainly because he had another big tour with a string of stadium shows, but he didn't really have much in the way of music. "Save It For A Rainy Day" was a big airplay hit last fall but it wasn't exactly a huge smash in other aspects, and "Noise" was a total non-event. Carrie was certainly someone I felt strongly deserved a nomination, but I didn't predict her simply because I figured the politics would keep her out of this category (as has always been the case). I'm not exactly shocked that she got nominated though (the numbers speak for themselves), but I'm super happy!! I'm also really glad to see Stapleton get nominated; I was thinking that he hadn't had a big enough headlining tour to get in, but his name has been on everyone's lips and he certainly has played a lot of shows (including some big all-genre festivals/events), so I have no problem with him being there...I just wasn't expecting it at the time I made my predictions, lol. And while I love Keith Urban, I didn't predict a nomination for him since he took 2015 off from touring as well as the first 4 months of 2016, as his Ripcord tour didn't start until May. So he was on tour for 2 months of the eligibility period and he released a new album, so his nomination makes sense to me. Garth's nomination makes sense, too; his touring numbers are incredible. Do I think he should win? Definitely not (since he didn't release any music), but his tour alone was big enough to get him a nomination and I don't have a problem with that. Male Vocalist: Yassss at Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, and Chris Stapleton being in there. Keith Urban's inclusion is great, too. And, wait, is that TIM MCGRAW I see in there?!?! :o I don't think Tim has scored hardly any nominations at either award show since the 2005 ACM's, when "Live Like You Were Dying" won Single and Song of the Year. Tim's only CMA or ACM win in the last 11 years was for Musical Event ("Feel Like A Rock Star" with Kenny Chesney) at the 2012 CMA's. Not even "Highway Don't Care" or any of his other songs in the last 10 years could score him any wins, and I don't think he had any songs or albums get nominated in the last 10+ years, either. I fully expected "Humble and Kind" to break the drought and be nominated for both Single and Song of the Year, but I was NOT expecting Tim in the Male Vocalist category. I didn't think he stood a chance there. But I'm really glad to see his name in this category again! Female Vocalist: Yay, I went 5 for 5 in my predictions! I would have liked to see Cam in there (replacing Miranda since she didn't release any music) but I didn't see any way that they'd leave Miranda out. That said, for once I don't think Miranda is the favorite here. Hopefully Carrie will win, but I could see Maren Morris taking it as well. My ideal scenario would be Carrie winning it this year with Maren maybe winning in a couple years. I love Maren but she's only on her 2nd single, after all. Album: I got 3 out of the 5 right, with those being Mr. Misunderstood, Storyteller, and Black. I had predicted Brandy Clark and Luke Bryan to be in there as well, but instead it was Keith Urban and Maren Morris, who I had listed in the "just missing out" part of my comment when I made my predictions. Brandy certainly made an album worthy of a nomination, but Luke...not so much. I predicted a nomination for him solely based on airplay and sales, but I'm glad he wasn't nominated. His music is pretty awful, IMO. Anyway, I'm super glad that Eric and Carrie are there, and Keith and Maren are very deserving as well. I fully expect Eric Church to win Album of the Year, though, which would be awesome, as Mr. Misunderstood is my favorite of the nominated albums, followed by Storyteller. Single: I got 3 out of the 5 right, with those being "Die A Happy Man", "Humble and Kind", and "Nobody To Blame". My other 2 predictions were for "Burning House" and "H.O.L.Y."; the former got nominated for Song of the Year so I'm ok with it not being nominated for Single as well, and while I'm ok with "H.O.L.Y." not being nominated as I thought it was a decent song at best, I'm quite surprised that it wasn't nominated for either Single or Song of the Year, given that it was such a huge hit (it was at least on par with "Die A Happy Man" and "Humble and Kind"). Song: Ooh, I got 4 out of the 5 right! I correctly predicted nominations for Cam's "Burning House", Tim's "Humble and Kind", Maren's "My Church", and Eric's "Record Year". I narrowly predicted Stapleton ("Nobody To Blame") to edge out "Die A Happy Man", but I can certainly understand why DAHM got the nomination here, and it's not like Chris didn't get a lot of nominations in other categories. I definitely would rather see Stapleton in there over Rhett, though Group: 5 out of 5 here, but this is still such a soft category that it's hard to guess who will win. Do they give it to Little Big Town again by default, even though they didn't really release any new music (I guess "Pain Killer" was an August 2015 release that scraped the top 40) other than the Pharrell Williams-produced project? Or do they give it to Old Dominion? I'm leaning slightly towards Old Dominion, simply because they've had a lot of radio success in the last year and also because some of the OD members have written a lot of recent big hits for other artists. If Zac Brown Band is ever going to win this award, now would be the year...Lady A was on hiatus, LBT hardly released anything, and Rascal Flatts is past their peak. But I just don't see ZBB winning it (mostly due to politics), even though they had a decent year and it was such a soft/quiet year for most of the other nominees. Duo: Basically went 5 out of 5 here. Duo- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- Florida Georgia Line
- Maddie & Tae
And I think the last spot will be a toss-up between Joey + Rory, Big & Rich, and Thompson Square, with LoCash as a "dark horse" candidate. It will really depend on if the voters want to recognize Joey + Rory. I think my 4 predictions above are pretty much locks as all 4 of them had at least one huge hit in the last calendar year. Thompson Square had a very quiet year but they were nominated in each of the last 3 years so we can't completely rule them out.
I wasn't totally confident that they'd nominate Joey + Rory as I wasn't sure if voters would decide to recognize them here or choose to honor them in some other way. I figured that if they DID want to recognize Joey + Rory here, then J + R would be a lock for a nomination, so yeah, pretty much 5 out of 5. New Artist: Uh, where's Sam Hunt? Whether you like the guy or not, he's the most popular new artist out there (unless you count Stapleton as "new", in which case Sam is probably 2nd). Whatever the deal is, it seems that Sam has had a tough time getting any recognition at either the CMA's or ACM's despite his huge successes with Montevallo, with the 5 hits it produced, and with touring. I figured he was a lock for a nomination here, but I guess not. I correctly predicted Kelsea, Maren, and Old Dominion, and my last pick was for Brandy Clark. I'm completely fine with Brothers Osborne being there (I predicted they'd just miss out) and I also understand Cole's nomination (from a numbers standpoint), but I was hoping Brandy would be there instead of Cole. Cam, Maddie & Tae, Dan + Shay, and Jon Pardi would have all been great nominees as well. Vocal Event: I got 3 out the 5. The ones I missed were Keith and Carrie's "The Fighter" and Morgane and Chris' "You Are My Sunshine". I admit that leaving out "You Are My Sunshine" was a total oversight on my part (I somehow didn't think of that song when I made my predictions), and I'm not surprised in the slightest that it was nominated. I didn't predict "The Fighter" simply because I figured they'd wait until its inevitable release as a single. My two incorrect predictions were "A Little More Love" and "Without A Fight". I'm not surprised that Jerrod and Lee were left out as their song hasn't done much, although Lee has a history of scoring nominations so that's why I made that guess. And I guess "Without A Fight" stalled inside the top 20, but still...Brad has really fallen out of favor with the voters. I know his overall popularity is way down, but I didn't think it would be tough for a big name like him to score a nomination in the Vocal Event category (especially when album tracks often get nominated here).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 11:44:53 GMT -5
Man, lot of things to comment on. This is NOT a fan friendly Keith Urban board, I will say that. And when I say this I mean absolutely no disrespect... I'm just trying to understand. I just don't get how none of y'all seem to notice and/or acknowledge his rare, pure, and EXTREME talent. He's literally in a category of his own on a lot of levels. Y'all are talking about Eric's time, Carrie's time, Dierk's time, everyones time... what about his time? He's been around longer than ANY of those guys and still hasn't had HIS time. Yes he won ONCE... in 2005. Let's be honest, I do not care what anyone has to say, the man is so incredibly overdue. I knew he'd get a lot of nominations this year and I was FINALLY feeling like this is his chance... until I came here. The man has the hottest tour of the summer, he's been pushing out hit after hit since "his last win"" in 2005... what more does he have to do?? Either way, I am so incredibly happy for him and he seriously deserves nothing but the best. I still say this is his year and one of these times, he's going to absolutely clean up and I cannot wait until the day he does. Side notes - I called Maren's vocalist nomination back in June. I called her cleaning up shop and I definitely stick with that statement as well. She is a force to be reckoned with, y'all. Cole Swindell for "New Artist?" Please. Gag me. Disappointed to not see Aldean's name at all (that ain't right) and I'm so very thankful that this year won't be a total overload on BS - I'm sorry, Blake Shelton...(even Luke doesn't have that many, for once) and FGL, and LBT and so many of the others that end up sweeping award show after award show. It's nice to see some different, new and versatile names in some of these categories... it's like a whole new breath of fresh air!! Should be interesting to see what happens this year. Urban for the win. I've been posting here for years and I think Keith is one of the most popular and well-regarded male artists on Pulse...he certainly receives a lot more praise than Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, and Florida Georgia Line do. It just so happens that quite a few people aren't super enthused about the super pop/EDM direction he's gone in with Fuse and especially Ripcord, which makes sense given that this is a country sub-forum and Keith's music has gotten less and less country-sounding. I assure you, most of the members here have been following the big awards shows for years, so we know that Keith hasn't always won big. But I think most people here tend to look at things from a numbers standpoint, and while Keith is still hugely popular, his album and single sales and touring numbers probably aren't top 5 levels when it comes to male artists. He's consistently been in the top 5 to top 10 for the last 10-12 years now which is incredible, but for THIS past year (the eligibility period, that is, which ran from July 2015 through June 2016), I don't know that I'd say Keith was among the top 5 most popular male artists within the country genre, and yet the voters nominated him for Male Vocalist. As for the EOTY category, it's simply a fact that Carrie, Garth, and Luke have had the biggest tours from a number standpoint (# of tickets sold, and also total revenue). Keith also scored a coveted album nomination. Ripcord has sold decently well (but not spectacularly well, and it probably won't go down as one of the top 5-selling albums from 2016) but it hasn't received the critical acclaim that some other albums have, so I'd say it was quite the accomplishment and honor that it was nominated. Usually the album nominees are albums that either a) sold very well, b) received critical praise, or c) sold well and received critical acclaim. Ripcord was kind of in the middle for sales and critical acclaim. All in all, I think Keith has done extremely well, but he actually got 1 or 2 more nominations than I expected. There are a LOT of people here that really like Keith, I assure you that. I just think that most people felt that his year wasn't quite the biggest, or quite big enough to put him in the top 5 in some of these categories.
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 31, 2016 12:15:01 GMT -5
Great news for Carrie in regards to Entertainer, but also Album. I can see Maren Morris winning Female Vocalist, though, as they clearly loved her this past year.
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Post by justme60 on Aug 31, 2016 12:22:37 GMT -5
Man, lot of things to comment on. This is NOT a fan friendly Keith Urban board, I will say that. And when I say this I mean absolutely no disrespect... I'm just trying to understand. I just don't get how none of y'all seem to notice and/or acknowledge his rare, pure, and EXTREME talent. He's literally in a category of his own on a lot of levels. Y'all are talking about Eric's time, Carrie's time, Dierk's time, everyones time... what about his time? He's been around longer than ANY of those guys and still hasn't had HIS time. Yes he won ONCE... in 2005. Let's be honest, I do not care what anyone has to say, the man is so incredibly overdue. I knew he'd get a lot of nominations this year and I was FINALLY feeling like this is his chance... until I came here. The man has the hottest tour of the summer, he's been pushing out hit after hit since "his last win"" in 2005... what more does he have to do?? Either way, I am so incredibly happy for him and he seriously deserves nothing but the best. I still say this is his year and one of these times, he's going to absolutely clean up and I cannot wait until the day he does. I totally agree with this post about Keith! I've been a fan of his since early 2000 and he has worked so hard. His concerts are out of this world great. TOC named his tour #1 this summer and getting rave reviews. He is a born entertainer. And IMO, RIPCORD is a fantastic album and deserves to be nominated as well as the others. This may be Carrie's year and if she wins, that will be great, but my wish is for Keith to win! Gook luck, Keith!
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Post by myeverything on Aug 31, 2016 12:33:51 GMT -5
I guess it's just that I feel the need to constantly defend him, stick up for him, promote him, and talk about him because I feel not many here do. (Maybe i'm looking in the wrong places and we also all know that I go a little overboard on the Urban but hey, that's fine.. someone has to!!) I just feel that no one ever roots for him, predicts him to win, etc. Sure, he's been around for years and the nominations are great - of course they are great and I know he doesn't take that for granted what so ever, In fact, me and other fans of his probably care even more than he does, lol. But like I said, while the nominations are great, I just want HIM to be the winner... just once! Cause it never happens. Also, maybe they need to reconsider the eligibility period for some of this stuff then. Just a thought. But Keith's album and tour have been the talk of fans, social media, and Nashville all year. Can't tell you how many times I've heard the word "Ripcord" - Idk, it's just been everywhere. And obviously not in a bad way It just confuses me how they come up with some of this stuff.
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Post by The Brazilian Guy π§π· on Aug 31, 2016 12:37:29 GMT -5
Maren Morris this year's Stapleton?? I feel like she's more of like this year's Kacey Musgraves. I have a feeling she'll end up with only Best New Artist despite so many noms (pretty much like Kacey in 2013). - would love to be wrong though!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 12:56:16 GMT -5
Anyway, here's who I predict to win:
NOMINEES
Entertainer of the Year Garth Brooks Luke Bryan Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Keith Urban
Chris Stapleton or Keith Urban would be great as well. I like Garth but I don't think he should win since he didn't release any new music. Luke's got the numbers but I really hope it's not him.
Male Vocalist Dierks Bentley Eric Church Tim McGraw Chris Stapleton Keith Urban
I love all of these guys and they've all had great years but I'd be pretty surprised if Stapleton didn't win this one.
Female Vocalist Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood
We can never count out Miranda, right? That said, I think this is between Carrie and Maren, and I'm giving a slight edge to Carrie (meaning, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if Maren won, especially if Carrie gets EOTY).
Album Black, Dierks Bentley Hero, Maren Morris Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church Ripcord, Keith Urban Storyteller, Carrie Underwood
I think Black, Hero, and Storyteller will all get some consideration and some votes, and I think Ripcord is the least likely to win. Mr. Misunderstood has produced the strongest singles of any album here and has a ton of critical acclaim, so I think Eric is the favorite.
Single "Die A Happy Man", Thomas Rhett "Humble and Kind", Tim McGraw "My Church", Maren Morris "Nobody To Blame", Chris Stapleton "Record Year", Eric Church
All of these songs were big hits and I'd love to see Tim, Maren, Chris, or Eric score a win here. That said, "Die A Happy Man" was the biggest hit and I think it's the front-runner (even though I can't stand it).
Song "Burning House", Cam "Die A Happy Man", Thomas Rhett "Humble and Kind", Tim McGraw "My Church", Maren Morris "Record Year", Eric Church
Some really strong choices here, but I think Tim wins this one...which is crazy, because in any other year, "Burning House", "My Church", and/or "Record Year" could have easily won such a prestigious category.
Vocal Group Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Old Dominion Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band
Giving a slight edge to Old Dominion edging out Little Big Town, mostly because it seems like voters are trying to acknowledge some of the newly popular artists.
Vocal Duo Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Joey + Rory Maddie & Tae
I think Joey + Rory will get a decent amount of votes here and I wouldn't be totally surprised if they won, but I'm going with FGL. I think the Joey + Rory nomination is nice, but I think the industry will find other ways to really acknowledge them (whether that's at the award show or at other industry events). Basically I think a nomination here is sufficient recognition (given the type of award/category that it is) and therefore I think FGL is the front-runner. Brothers Osborne and Dan + Shay have a decent amount of momentum but I don't see either overtaking FGL, and if it's not FGL, then it'll be Joey + Rory. I love Maddie & Tae but they've really cooled off over the past few months.
New Artist Kelsea Ballerini Brothers Osborne Maren Morris Old Dominion Cole Swindell
I'd be pretty surprised if Maren didn't take this one. She scored a lot of nominations and when a new artist is able to do so, that often foreshadows a win in the New Artist category.
Musical Event "Different For Girls", Dierks Bentley/Elle King "Home Alone Tonight", Luke Bryan/Karen Fairchild "The Fighter", Keith Urban/Carrie Underwood "Think of You", Chris Young/Cassadee Pope "You Are My Sunshine", Morgane Stapleton/Chris Stapleton
This category never seems very predictable but I'll go with Chris and Cassadee. The Stapletons could easily win it, though. I think "The Fighter" will definitely be in the running at the 2017 ACM Awards, but this year's CMA's seem a bit too early for that one.
Music Video "Burning House", Cam "Fire Away", Chris Stapleton "Humble and Kind", Tim McGraw "Record Year", Eric Church "Somewhere On A Beach", Dierks Bentley
I could certainly see Tim winning this one, but I actually think the "Humble and Kind" video is a bit overrated. I liked the concept, though. Cam and Eric made great videos as well. But I have to give the edge to Stapleton here...the "Fire Away" video is so powerful and chill-inducing.
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