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Post by sabre14 on Jan 30, 2015 21:30:02 GMT -5
FYI: I made the first post in this thread all fancy. :) For a split second I thought onebuffalo went all out of us. Thanks for the professional look. Fantastic. :)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2015 21:34:36 GMT -5
FYI: I made the first post in this thread all fancy. :) For a split second I thought onebuffalo went all out of us. Thanks for the professional look. Fantastic. :) Well, the first handful of posts in this thread were originally posted in the News/Non-Singles thread, but then I was thinking to myself, "wait a second, we don't have an ACM's thread yet!" And so I spun off the posts into their own thread in an effort to keep the ACM discussion more 'centralized'. Buffalocountry had the first post pertaining to the nominees for New Artist of the Year, so he technically has the first post in the thread even though I was the one who created the thread. ;) Kinda like how it says the Random Video thread was created by me, when it was really created by you ( sabre14). :)
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 31, 2015 8:39:21 GMT -5
FYI: I made the first post in this thread all fancy. :) Thank you, jhomes87. It certainly looks great. Thank you for the list of the nominees. You do everything with class and pizazz. FYI: I made the first post in this thread all fancy. :) For a split second I thought onebuffalo went all out of us. Thanks for the professional look. Fantastic. :) I love it. Jhomes87 and sabre14 talking about me during my two day absence from Pulse. However, in my nearly six years here, I have yet to start an awards thread so, sabre14, do not be disappointed that I did not 'went all out of us', whatever that means. I will NOT be starting a C.M.A. thread six months from now either. Billboard's take on the nominees: www.billboard.com/articles/news/6458085/academy-of-country-music-awards-nominees-analysisOther A.C.M. nominees (for Radio Station, etc.): www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/137803/2015-acm-broadcast-awards-finalists-announcedWYRK is nominated as Station of the Year!
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Post by someguy on Jan 31, 2015 13:49:28 GMT -5
The nominees are pretty much what I expected. The biggest surprise to me is probably Brandy Clark for Female Vocalist. Not that she isn't super talented, but I would have expected Jennifer Nettles, Kacey Musgraves or even Sara Evans, Lee Ann Womack or Trisha Yearwood to get in over her.
Garth's nomination doesn't really surprise me - his tour has been really successful, and this was the award that he was really campaigning for. I'm actually expecting him to win, though a Luke/Miranda win wouldn't shock me either (I doubt Aldean or FGL will factor much into this race).
I would've liked to see Tim McGraw get more nominations - I was hoping he would slip back into Male Vocalist, and I have to say that I'm surprised that Brad Paisley got in over Tim, Keith Urban and even Kenny Chesney. He's having a great resurgence, and it would have been nice to see him recognized for it, but I guess in the eyes of many voter's he's 'had his time'. Oh well, maybe at the CMAs.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 31, 2015 15:06:47 GMT -5
Is this right? SIX nominees for Male Vocalist?
Male Vocalist of the Year • Jason Aldean • Dierks Bentley • Luke Bryan • Eric Church • Brad Paisley • Blake Shelton
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 17:29:39 GMT -5
Is this right? SIX nominees for Male Vocalist? Male Vocalist of the Year • Jason Aldean • Dierks Bentley • Luke Bryan • Eric Church • Brad Paisley • Blake Shelton Yes, that is correct. And still no Keith, Kenny, or Tim in this category. The ACM website says that the reason there are 6 nominees in this category (and also in the Song of the Year category) is because there were ties.
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Post by someguy on Jan 31, 2015 18:30:06 GMT -5
Is this right? SIX nominees for Male Vocalist? Male Vocalist of the Year • Jason Aldean • Dierks Bentley • Luke Bryan • Eric Church • Brad Paisley • Blake Shelton Yes, that is correct. And still no Keith, Kenny, or Tim in this category. The ACM website says that the reason there are 6 nominees in this category (and also in the Song of the Year category) is because there were ties. That just goes to show how male dominated the field is right now (as if we didn't know that already). There are literally 9 major forces that all could easily make a strong case for winning this award.
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Post by countryboy79 on Feb 3, 2015 3:21:01 GMT -5
I would've liked to see Tim McGraw get more nominations - I was hoping he would slip back into Male Vocalist, and I have to say that I'm surprised that Brad Paisley got in over Tim, Keith Urban and even Kenny Chesney. He's having a great resurgence, and it would have been nice to see him recognized for it, but I guess in the eyes of many voter's he's 'had his time'. Oh well, maybe at the CMAs. I agree. The year 2014 for Tim and Keith was higher, as in albums, singles and live shows than Brad Paisley. Especially Keith Urban has had an album of great success (Fuse) and several individual # 1 in airplay chart (Cop Car, a top 10 single, has sold very well anyway). Tim had a great new album, a new duet with Faith Hill for sure success even nominated for a Grammy Award, and Shotgun Rider - 4 weeks to 1 on Mediabase and 3 weeks on top Billboard's airplay chart ...
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Post by :) KUFan on Feb 4, 2015 1:08:18 GMT -5
I really wasn't thinking of Tim McGraw but I agree that he deserved to be nominated for Single or Song of the Year. I'd put Keith Urban and/or Blake Shelton in for EOTY in place of FGL. Personally I think Keith Urban is the better vocalist of Tim and Brad so I would have him in MVOTY. I'm glad there are some new nominees though. I
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Post by CoJoFan on Feb 13, 2015 17:34:08 GMT -5
When are they supposed to announce the finalists for the top new artist award? I thought voting ended Feb. 10th and they would announce the next day.
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Post by avalyn on Feb 13, 2015 20:12:14 GMT -5
When are they supposed to announce the finalists for the top new artist award? I thought voting ended Feb. 10th and they would announce the next day. I assume it'll be announced before voting opens for Entertainer and New Artist in April Fan voting for Entertainer of the Year begins on Wednesday, April 8 at 3:00 PM ET/12noon PT at VoteACM.com and will close during the third hour of the LIVE broadcast. First round fan voting for New Artist of the Year is now open at VoteACM.com and voteacm.CMT.com, and will close on Tuesday, February 10 at 6:00 PM ET. The final three nominees will be announced in the coming weeks and will move on to compete in the final round of voting for the New Artist category at VoteACM.com. Final round fan voting for the New Artist of the Year category begins on Wednesday, April 8 at 3:00 PM ET/12noon PT and will close at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT on Sunday, April 19 (before the LIVE telecast begins).Source: www.acmcountry.com/news?n_id=798
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Post by avalyn on Feb 18, 2015 12:15:13 GMT -5
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Feb 18, 2015 13:19:01 GMT -5
Looks like my theory about one from each label and Sony losing out is 100% accurate. Glad to see Sam in there instead of Kip, but surprised to see Cole in it over Brett. But same thing happened with Kacey last year, won CMA Best New Artist, then didn't even make the final 3 for the ACMs. Also, no surprise about Thomas. I'd bet he'll win, but I'm pulling for Sam Hunt.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 14:17:53 GMT -5
Looks like my theory about one from each label and Sony losing out is 100% accurate. Glad I'm mad to see Sam in there instead of Kip, but surprised to see Cole in it over Brett. But same thing happened with Kacey last year, won CMA Best New Artist, then didn't even make the final 3 for the ACMs. Also, no surprise about Thomas. I'd bet he'll win, but I'm pulling for Sam Hunt none of them. I altered your quote a bit ;) I'm not really surprised that Brett didn't make it in. As you noted, he won the New Artist award at the CMA's in November, so it would make sense for Warner Bros. to focus on one of their other promising newcomers at the ACM's. Although, wasn't it all fan-voting (as opposed to label support) that narrowed it down from 8 to the final 3? Admittedly I'm not too familiar with the process. But if that's the case then I'm still not surprised at the final 3--Cole and Thomas both have a lot of fans, and Sam is red hot right now with thousands and thousands of people buying his album each week. Kip Moore would have stood a better chance of getting in if he had a single higher up on the charts throughout the winter as Cole, Sam, and Thomas all did.
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Post by 14887fan on Feb 18, 2015 21:31:58 GMT -5
I'd rather one of two scenarios happen: 1) Sam Hunt wins. 2) Nobody wins. Anything to keep Swindell and/or Rhett from the winner's circle.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 18, 2015 22:05:56 GMT -5
I like Sam Hunt, and actually quite enjoy his album. But I by no means want to see him win any type of COUNTRY award. I understand that Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell aren't pure traditionalists themselves, but they're production is way more country than any of Sam's songs. For me personally it's a coin flip between Cole and Thomas. I think Thomas will be bigger in the long run, but Cole might be slightly more popular right now, so I'll give him the slight edge. I think Rhett will win though, unless it's fan voted. If it is fan voted, then we all know who will win.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 22:10:27 GMT -5
I like Sam Hunt, and actually quite enjoy his album. But I by no means want to see him win any type of COUNTRY award. I understand that Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell aren't pure traditionalists themselves, but they're production is way more country than any of Sam's songs. For me personally it's a coin flip between Cole and Thomas. I think Thomas will be bigger in the long run, but Cole might be slightly more popular right now, so I'll give him the slight edge. I think Rhett will win though, unless it's fan voted. If it is fan voted, then we all know who will win. It's completely fan-voted. I'm not convinced that Sam will win, though. While his fan-base is growing exponentially, both Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell have pretty big fan-bases and have been on some major tours. I will give Sam the edge but I think it's far from a lock.
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Post by avalyn on Feb 19, 2015 0:24:58 GMT -5
I like Sam Hunt, and actually quite enjoy his album. But I by no means want to see him win any type of COUNTRY award. I understand that Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell aren't pure traditionalists themselves, but they're production is way more country than any of Sam's songs. For me personally it's a coin flip between Cole and Thomas. I think Thomas will be bigger in the long run, but Cole might be slightly more popular right now, so I'll give him the slight edge. I think Rhett will win though, unless it's fan voted. If it is fan voted, then we all know who will win. It's completely fan-voted. Actually it's not completely fan voted as I posted in the original comment I made with the announcement earlier today. It wasn't 100% fan votes this semi-finalist round either. It was combined with professional member votes.
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Post by sapphire on Feb 19, 2015 1:53:14 GMT -5
I like Sam Hunt to win, but I expect Cole to get it.
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Post by stanches2318 on Feb 19, 2015 2:55:45 GMT -5
I think they should change the New Category back to Horizon so it makes more sense with who they nominate. I'm still shocked they're were no Maddie and Tae in that category.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 19, 2015 9:10:13 GMT -5
I think they should change the New Category back to Horizon so it makes more sense with who they nominate. I'm still shocked they're were no Maddie and Tae in that category. The Horizon Award was a CMA thing, the ACMs never called it "Horizon".
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Post by stanches2318 on Feb 19, 2015 10:21:55 GMT -5
Oops I agree. I wish they would stop nominating people that aren't new.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2015 16:27:25 GMT -5
Oops I agree. I wish they would stop nominating people that aren't new. All the New Artist nominees this year are relatively new, though. Of the 8 nominees, only Kip Moore and Tyler Farr have moved past their first album (neither has released a 2nd album yet though). And for the final 3, they are all on their debut albums yet. Thomas Rhett's album is the oldest, but it's only been out for about 16 months. Cole Swindell released his album a year ago (Feb. 18, 2014), and Sam Hunt is only on the 2nd single from an album that was just released in October. I'm not opposed to the idea of some sort of category for mid-level artists, but I think the New Artist category should stay. All the nominees this year are new and on their rookie albums.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 19, 2015 23:55:30 GMT -5
Not crazy about any of the final nominees for New Artist. I like Sam Hunt's first two singles, but it just wouldn't feel right if he won the award since he's not even country at all really. And then Cole Swindell has had a couple decent singles, but I couldn't make it all the way through his debut album when I tried to give it a chance because it was basically crap. Thomas Rhett is easily the worst of the three though. "Beer with Jesus" remains the only decent thing he's ever put his name on, and his last three singles are all pretty terrible, so I really hope that he doesn't win. I just don't see the appeal of that guy at all.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 20, 2015 0:47:56 GMT -5
I just don't see the appeal of that guy at all. Well I can really only speak for myself, but I think he's a great performer and has lots of charisma. He also has a knack for making insanely catchy country songs that have a dance type sound to it, but still sounds authentically country. Both "Make Me Wanna" and "Get Me Some of That" are two of the most unique sounding country songs I've heard production wise in quite some time (maybe even ever). But basically he just makes fun catchy songs that are quite harmless. He also has some country bloodline which is a plus too. You might want to get used to him, because I see him being around for quite some time (or get used to changing the station lol).
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Feb 20, 2015 23:12:18 GMT -5
While agree that I'm not a big fan of Thomas's, especially the lyrical content of "Get Me Some of That", I cannot deny that this song is one of the catchiest I've ever heard and I enjoy the song quite a bit because of it, despite it being very degrading. "It Goes Like This" was also a very catchy song, and I enjoyed "Beer With Jesus" a decent amount. "Something To Do With My Hands" was alright, and "Makes Me Wanna" is just an absolute snooze-fest. Thomas has never done anything to make me love him or any of his music, so I hope he doesn't win.
Cole Swindell really rubbed me the wrong way with "Chillin' It". I was soooooo sick of bro country when it came out (still am, but theres a bit more variety now than there was a year ago). However, "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" and "Ain't Worth The Whiskey" are actually really good songs lyrically and musically. I revisited "Chillin' it" a few months ago and it wasn't half as bad as I remembered it. Still not great like his other two singles, but there's definitely much worse bro country out there. I also met him at the red carpet of the CMA Awards this past year and he's a really nice guy. I wouldn't mind to see him win.
Hands down, my pick is Sam Smith though. I absolutely love every single song on his album and "Leave the Night On" may be the catchiest song of all time. Yes, he pushes the boundaries of country music quite a bit, but I think there's some good lyrical depth in most of his songs and still some country elements. He's been a huge seller and easily caught up to Thomas and Cole's star-power, if not surpassed it in about 6 months. This guy is HOT right now and I think has a much better chance and hanging around long-time in country music with the fan base he's rapidly building. So that's why I think Sam will and should win.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Feb 20, 2015 23:51:44 GMT -5
Hands down, my pick is Sam Smith though. Ooh, can we vote for Sam Smith? Because he has about as much business being called country as Sam Hunt. ;) Sorry, couldn't resist the cheap and easy joke. And seriously, good job on calling the finalists correctly. Sam Hunt is the only one of the three finalists whose music I can tolerate. The only thing that I find memorable about Cole Swindell and Thomas Rhett apart from their weak singing voices and general bro-ness is their hilariously awful on-stage dancing during...I think it was the CMT Music Awards?* I'm glad that the ACM New Artist award hasn't proven to be much of a career-launcher since it became a fan-voted award (Julianne Hough, anyone?), so I feel comfortable not having a rooting interest in the outcome. * ETA: Oh, that's right, Thomas Rhett is responsible for "Get Me Some of That." Thank goodness for Maddie & Tae's response.
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Post by stanches2318 on Feb 21, 2015 0:17:44 GMT -5
I think the ACM's should do the New Artist category as they did when I was a kid. New Male, New Female and New Group/duo. New Male- Hunt, Swindell, Rhett. New Female- Ballerini, Guyton and RaeLynn. New Group/Duo- Dan & Shay, Maddie & Tae and Swon Brothers. pick one from each then pick one of the 3 then u got your new artist, How hard is that? And please cut down on the performances, way too many.
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Post by drummerman2009 on Feb 21, 2015 11:35:38 GMT -5
I think the ACM's should do the New Artist category as they did when I was a kid. New Male, New Female and New Group/duo. New Male- Hunt, Swindell, Rhett. New Female- Ballerini, Guyton and RaeLynn. New Group/Duo- Dan & Shay, Maddie & Tae and Swon Brothers. pick one from each then pick one of the 3 then u got your new artist, How hard is that? And please cut down on the performances, way too many. Yeah, that's kind of what I wish for is for them to go back to the New Male, New Female and New Group or Duo categories. Another thing that is unwarranted to me and that is going on and on about singers and performances such as "The performance you'll be talking about tomorrow." preceding with "Stay Tuned" and "Coming Up Next". Another beef is taking an hour to give out awards for performances and trying to compete with the Grammys where they do take up a hour to give awards and most of the winners are announced online rather than being announcing on TV. And I would like either Thomas Rhett or Cole Swindell to win because they have had a bit more experience to acknowledge for than Sam Hunt which I don't understand his popularity because the only thing he's really done before "Leave The Night On" was writing "Come Over" for Kenny Chesney and "Cop Car" for Keith Urban and his college football career.
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