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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 16:24:23 GMT -5
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. You might not understand the popularity for Sam Hunt, but it's there. Here's a look at the album sales for Cole, Sam, and Thomas. • Thomas Rhett's It Goes Like This - released October 29, 2013 / 240,000 in sales • Cole Swindell's Cole Swindell - released February 18, 2014 / 325,000 in sales • Sam Hunt's Montevallo - released October 27, 2014 / 305,000 in sales Thomas Rhett's album has been out the longest, but it's sold the least. That's not a slight to him, though, as almost 250,000 sold is pretty good for a new artist. Cole Swindell's album has been out almost exactly a year and has sold quite well. Sam Hunt's album hasn't even been out for 4 months yet and he's about to overtake Cole in album sales (Sam's album sales have stabilized around 15,000 sold per week). I expect Sam's album to eventually sell 1 million copies, whereas Cole will be lucky to reach 400,000 and Thomas will be lucky to reach 300,000. Thomas Rhett is on the 5th single from his album, although the album wasn't actually released until the 3rd single "It Goes Like This" became a big #1 hit. First single "Something To Do With My Hands" reached #15 and 2nd single "Beer With Jesus" peaked at #19. Then he really broke out with "It Goes Like This" going to #1, and then followed that up with "Get Me Some Of That" also going to #1. "Make Me Wanna" will become Thomas' 3rd straight #1 single on Monday. Cole Swindell has scored big hits with "Chillin' It" (#2 Billboard Country Airplay, #1 on Hot Country Songs) and "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" (#1 Country Airplay). His 3rd single, "Ain't Worth The Whiskey", will enter the top 10 on Monday and looks likely to become another #1 for him, probably sometime in April (which is when the ACM's are, of course). Sam Hunt scored a huge Platinum #1 hit with "Leave The Night On", and now "Take Your Time" is rapidly approaching the top 10 and looks like it will be another Platinum #1 hit for him before all is said and done.
The point here is that Thomas and Cole have essentially had 3 big hit singles since their albums were released and that Sam's popularity is surging so fast and so quickly that his total sales will far surpass the competition's sales, even though Sam's album hasn't been out for nearly as long and he is only on his 2nd single. As for touring, Cole and Thomas have been on some major tours (Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan) and have also headlined some of their own shows. Sam has not been on the road with an artist like Aldean or Bryan. Sam opened for Kip Moore's CMT tour this past fall and he opened some shows for David Nail as well. Sam announced a mini-headlining tour back in January and it sold out in minutes. Later this year he will hit the road opening for Lady Antebellum (Hunter Hayes is the other opening act). |
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 21, 2015 16:34:07 GMT -5
Excellent comparisons, jhomes87. I think with the 'West Coast' A.C.M.s, Sam Hunt will win the Best New Artist award.
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Post by T on Feb 21, 2015 21:29:25 GMT -5
I just have to comment how sad it is that Sara wasn't nominated for Female, especially being one of only 3 women who reached the top 20 this year. Plus "Slow Me Down" single & album was amazing. I for sure would have thought that since ACM Awards have been the only platform to ever recognize her as Female Vocalist (2006) they'd at least give her nod. Sad :'(
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Feb 21, 2015 21:53:53 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. ;) You got me ;) |
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Post by 14887fan on Feb 22, 2015 15:18:06 GMT -5
Excellent comparisons, jhomes87. I think with the 'West Coast' A.C.M.s, Sam Hunt will win the Best New Artist award.I would absolutely LOVE for you to elaborate on this so I could understand if you're being completely rude or if you're simply giving some sort of nickname to this awards show that I'm not aware of. |
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 22, 2015 15:20:02 GMT -5
Excellent comparisons, jhomes87. I think with the 'West Coast' A.C.M.s, Sam Hunt will win the Best New Artist award.I would absolutely LOVE for you to elaborate on this so I could understand if you're being completely rude or if you're simply giving some sort of nickname to this awards show that I'm not aware of. The show was held in Los Angeles for the longest time before moving to Las Vegas. |
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Post by 14887fan on Feb 22, 2015 15:27:29 GMT -5
I would absolutely LOVE for you to elaborate on this so I could understand if you're being completely rude or if you're simply giving some sort of nickname to this awards show that I'm not aware of. The show was held in Los Angeles for the longest time before moving to Las Vegas. Both of which are on the west coast. I'm confused by your "west coast" reference. |
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 22, 2015 15:30:41 GMT -5
The show was held in Los Angeles for the longest time before moving to Las Vegas. Both of which are on the west coast. I'm confused by your "west coast" reference. What I was referring to is that the A.C.M. voters have different views and tastes regarding country music. Seeing since they were in Los Angeles for the longest time (I remember them doing shows from Knott's Berry Farm a lot), that means they will more than likely pick the 'poppiest' nominee for New Artist and that is Sam Hunt. |
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Both of which are on the west coast. I'm confused by your "west coast" reference. What I was referring to is that the A.C.M. voters have different views and tastes regarding country music. Seeing since they were in Los Angeles for the longest time (I remember them doing shows from Knott's Berry Farm a lot), that means they will more than likely pick the 'poppiest' nominee for New Artist and that is Sam Hunt. The fact that the ACM's were held in LA over a decade ago likely has no bearing on how ACM voters chose their winners. |
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Post by 14887fan on Feb 22, 2015 15:45:08 GMT -5
Both of which are on the west coast. I'm confused by your "west coast" reference. What I was referring to is that the A.C.M. voters have different views and tastes regarding country music. Seeing since they were in Los Angeles for the longest time (I remember them doing shows from Knott's Berry Farm a lot), that means they will more than likely pick the 'poppiest' nominee for New Artist and that is Sam Hunt. Ah, so you were generalizing! That's what I thought. Let's take a close, close look at this. Yes, Sam Hunt is the "poppiest"-sounding of them all, but since when did that mean that he's a shoe-in for an awards show that has long since been taken out of Los Angeles, has since been moved to Las Vegas, and this year, is going to be held in Dallas, Texas? That's #1. #2, when the hell did location of an awards show decide the voting patterns of a genre-based committee? The awards may be handed out on the west coast, but all of the action goes down on Music Row in Nashville, TN. I would've figured that you would know that considering how many awards show discussions you've read/taken a part of on Pulse over the years. But, if you are that hung up on the idea that the "west coast awards shows" usually hand out trophies to the "poppiest"-leaning material and/or artists, then let's look at another perfect example: the Grammy Awards! In the 2013 music awards year, the CMAs (the "east coast" awards show [and therefore probably superior in your eyes, even though their credibility is so far gone you'd have to get a scientific microscope to find a smidgen of its remains] as you'd likely put it) handed Single of the Year to "Cruise" and Album of the Year to Based On A True Story.... By comparison, the Grammys handed Best Country Song to "Merry Go 'Round", Country Solo Vocal to "Wagon Wheel", and Country Album to Same Trailer, Different Park (which beat out the aforementioned CMA Award-winning Album of the Year). Amazing how an awards show that recognizes ALL musical formats managed to award genuinely Country material/artists with wins. Still not following? Let's continue! This past music awards year, the CMAs gave Entertainer of the Year to Luke Bryan. Is he not one of, if not, the most pop-leaning artist in this format today, male OR female? Because he is. Meanwhile, just two weeks ago, the Grammys gave Country Song to "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", Country Duo/Group Vocal to "Gentle on My Mind", Country Album to Platinum (which coincided with the CMA's winner, thankfully), and Country Solo Vocal to "Something in the Water". Single of the Year at the corresponding CMAs? That went to Miranda Lambert's "Automatic". So the biggest award of the CMAs this past year went to a pop-leaning Country act, while every single award at the Grammys this year went to artists (and/or material -- I'm well aware that Underwood's song is not mega-Country sounding) that put out some of the most critically-acclaimed music in the past year, regardless of commercial success, because it was genuine to the format and good. Judging by the past two years, your implication of "west coast standards" for Country music awards shows is bogus. Calm your generalizations. |
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 22, 2015 15:49:23 GMT -5
What I was referring to is that the A.C.M. voters have different views and tastes regarding country music. Seeing since they were in Los Angeles for the longest time (I remember them doing shows from Knott's Berry Farm a lot), that means they will more than likely pick the 'poppiest' nominee for New Artist and that is Sam Hunt. The fact that the ACM's were held in LA over a decade ago likely has no bearing on how ACM voters chose their winners. For sure, but I see it as an 'East Coast' (C.M.A.) versus 'West Coast' (A.C.M.) kind of thing were you have voting members having different views and tastes in country music. The ones in Nashville are naturally closest to the action and maybe have a more accurate reading of what's going on versus those in now Las Vegas. The A.C.M.s always had a mixture of television/movie stars interacting with country stars (due to their location) The C.M.A.s have caught up for sure. I can barely stand to watch the C.M.A.s because of it. |
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What I was referring to is that the A.C.M. voters have different views and tastes regarding country music. Seeing since they were in Los Angeles for the longest time (I remember them doing shows from Knott's Berry Farm a lot), that means they will more than likely pick the 'poppiest' nominee for New Artist and that is Sam Hunt. Ah, so you were generalizing! That's what I thought. Let's take a close, close look at this. Yes, Sam Hunt is the "poppiest"-sounding of them all, but since when did that mean that he's a shoe-in for an awards show that has long since been taken out of Los Angeles, has since been moved to Las Vegas, and this year, is going to be held in Dallas, Texas? That's #1. #2, when the hell did location of an awards show decide the voting patterns of a genre-based committee? The awards may be handed out on the west coast, but all of the action goes down on Music Row in Nashville, TN. I would've figured that you would know that considering how many awards show discussions you've read/taken a part of on Pulse over the years. But, if you are that hung up on the idea that the "west coast awards shows" usually hand out trophies to the "poppiest"-leaning material and/or artists, then let's look at another perfect example: the Grammy Awards! In the 2013 music awards year, the CMAs (the "east coast" awards show [and therefore probably superior in your eyes, even though their credibility is so far gone you'd have to get a scientific microscope to find a smidgen of its remains] as you'd likely put it) handed Single of the Year to "Cruise" and Album of the Year to Based On A True Story.... By comparison, the Grammys handed Best Country Song to "Merry Go 'Round", Country Solo Vocal to "Wagon Wheel", and Country Album to Same Trailer, Different Park (which beat out the aforementioned CMA Award-winning Album of the Year). Amazing how an awards show that recognizes ALL musical formats managed to award genuinely Country material/artists with wins. Still not following? Let's continue! This past music awards year, the CMAs gave Entertainer of the Year to Luke Bryan. Is he not one of, if not, the most pop-leaning artist in this format today, male OR female? Because he is. Meanwhile, just two weeks ago, the Grammys gave Country Song to "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", Country Duo/Group Vocal to "Gentle on My Mind", Country Album to Platinum (which coincided with the CMA's winner, thankfully), and Country Solo Vocal to "Something in the Water". Single of the Year at the corresponding CMAs? That went to Miranda Lambert's "Automatic". So the biggest award of the CMAs this past year went to a pop-leaning Country act, while every single award at the Grammys this year went to artists (and/or material -- I'm well aware that Underwood's song is not mega-Country sounding) that put out some of the most critically-acclaimed music in the past year, regardless of commercial success, because it was genuine to the format and good. Judging by the past two years, your implication of "west coast standards" for Country music awards shows is bogus. Calm your generalizations. Not sure what buffalocountry said that required such a patronizing response. I think it's worth noting though that the ACM is headquarted in LA. It was started back in the 60s as a west-coast alternative to the Nashville-based CMA. Voting members of each organization largely overlap, but the CMA is definitely more Nashville-centric when compared to the ACM. It's an incorrect generalization that the only thing to make it "west-coast" is the location of it's awards show. And to push back on your 1st point... this year's 50 year anniversary location in Dallas aside, is Las Vegas really that much different from Los Angeles? Both are certainly outside of the Nashville bubble that the CMA stays in (exception being the NYC CMA Awards show several years back). Not saying that any of what I said makes the award winners of the ACM poppier than the CMA. But I don't think it's a given that they are not. |
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Post by 14887fan on Feb 22, 2015 18:24:50 GMT -5
Ah, so you were generalizing! That's what I thought. Let's take a close, close look at this. Yes, Sam Hunt is the "poppiest"-sounding of them all, but since when did that mean that he's a shoe-in for an awards show that has long since been taken out of Los Angeles, has since been moved to Las Vegas, and this year, is going to be held in Dallas, Texas? That's #1. #2, when the hell did location of an awards show decide the voting patterns of a genre-based committee? The awards may be handed out on the west coast, but all of the action goes down on Music Row in Nashville, TN. I would've figured that you would know that considering how many awards show discussions you've read/taken a part of on Pulse over the years. But, if you are that hung up on the idea that the "west coast awards shows" usually hand out trophies to the "poppiest"-leaning material and/or artists, then let's look at another perfect example: the Grammy Awards! In the 2013 music awards year, the CMAs (the "east coast" awards show [and therefore probably superior in your eyes, even though their credibility is so far gone you'd have to get a scientific microscope to find a smidgen of its remains] as you'd likely put it) handed Single of the Year to "Cruise" and Album of the Year to Based On A True Story.... By comparison, the Grammys handed Best Country Song to "Merry Go 'Round", Country Solo Vocal to "Wagon Wheel", and Country Album to Same Trailer, Different Park (which beat out the aforementioned CMA Award-winning Album of the Year). Amazing how an awards show that recognizes ALL musical formats managed to award genuinely Country material/artists with wins. Still not following? Let's continue! This past music awards year, the CMAs gave Entertainer of the Year to Luke Bryan. Is he not one of, if not, the most pop-leaning artist in this format today, male OR female? Because he is. Meanwhile, just two weeks ago, the Grammys gave Country Song to "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", Country Duo/Group Vocal to "Gentle on My Mind", Country Album to Platinum (which coincided with the CMA's winner, thankfully), and Country Solo Vocal to "Something in the Water". Single of the Year at the corresponding CMAs? That went to Miranda Lambert's "Automatic". So the biggest award of the CMAs this past year went to a pop-leaning Country act, while every single award at the Grammys this year went to artists (and/or material -- I'm well aware that Underwood's song is not mega-Country sounding) that put out some of the most critically-acclaimed music in the past year, regardless of commercial success, because it was genuine to the format and good. Judging by the past two years, your implication of "west coast standards" for Country music awards shows is bogus. Calm your generalizations. Not sure what buffalocountry said that required such a patronizing response. I think it's worth noting though that the ACM is headquarted in LA. It was started back in the 60s as a west-coast alternative to the Nashville-based CMA. Voting members of each organization largely overlap, but the CMA is definitely more Nashville-centric when compared to the ACM. It's an incorrect generalization that the only thing to make it "west-coast" is the location of it's awards show. And to push back on your 1st point... this year's 50 year anniversary location in Dallas aside, is Las Vegas really that much different from Los Angeles? Both are certainly outside of the Nashville bubble that the CMA stays in (exception being the NYC CMA Awards show several years back). Not saying that any of what I said makes the award winners of the ACM poppier than the CMA. But I don't think it's a given that they are not. The patronizing response came in response to the generalizing and rather assumptive original post of his, A, and B, once again, location of headquarters is not nearly as significant as people make it out to be. Just because the headquarters are located in Encino, CA doesn't mean that they automatically feed into awarding pop-leaning nominees over those that aren't, and that's why I used the Grammys as a perfect example. They're located in Santa Monica, CA, focus on all musical genres, and have awarded far "Countrier" and far less pop-leaning nominees than the ACMs have in year's past. This idea of the ACMs being pop-leaning and not as lenient towards more genuine Country (like the CMAs are any better, as I have already established) simply because they're located on the west coast is, for lack of better term at the moment, simply stupid. All of the campaigning, payoffs, and political drama from these Country awards shows happens through Music Row and its bigheads anyways. Location doesn't matter. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 9:24:55 GMT -5
While I'd have to agree that the location of the awards show doesn't necessarily have much (if any) influence on the winners, I will agree with buffalo's point that location has very much to do with tastes of country music listeners.
Where I live, I get 2 country stations to come in on my radio consistently. One is out of the capital city of our state (which is about 30-45 minutes away) and one is out of a small rural city about 10 minutes away. You better believe the one out of the capital city (which is also on Billboard's panel for some reason, because I hate that station) plays a different "style" of playlist than the smaller station which definitely reaches a smaller audience probably of different lifestyles. The big city station reaches people who live more of a city or suburban lifestyle, while the smaller station (which I very much prefer) reaches an audience of rural farmers and people who generally like to be left alone.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Feb 23, 2015 11:17:38 GMT -5
Aren't a ton of the same people who vote for the CMAs also members who vote for the ACMs? I'm not terribly aware of the qualifications to be a member of either, but it's not like random citizens in LA get to vote for the ACMs and random citizens in Nashville get to vote for the CMAs. Everyone that votes, from my knowledge, works in the country music industry and I doubt there's that much of a disparity between who gets to vote at either show. The winners from both the CMAs and the ACMs have been very close to being identical in the main categories (removing the fan voted ACM ones) over the past few years.
Now the original argument was that the show being in LA will help Sam Hunt win Best New Artist. While several of the recent winners of the award at the ACMs have been poppier than their CMA winning counterpart, I think its less to do with being poppier, and more to do with they had a larger fanbase since the award is fan voted; and sure, being poppier makes you more appealing to a wider audience. However, I don't think the "west coast" is going to solely be responsible for Sam's win (if he does win). Everyone in my little hicktown of a city in Georgia that I call home is 100% obsessed with Sam Hunt and his entire album. So its not just these big city folks that are more likely to vote for Sam, and its not just the poppier sound that Sam has going for him. He has connected with a massive audience thanks to his unique sound, which is why I think he's going to not only win the west-coast based ACM award, but also be the frontrunner for the same award at the CMAs this fall.
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Post by Kristin on Mar 5, 2015 12:33:22 GMT -5
Anyone know when ETOTY voting starts?
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Does anyone know if the Superstar Duets Special will be legend with current stars or just current stars together, because one sounds really good, the other is just boring?
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Post by avalyn on Mar 6, 2015 18:34:53 GMT -5
Anyone know when ETOTY voting starts? April 8th as I stated on the previous page. That goes for ETOY and New Artist. ETOY of the year is open until the second hour of the show while New Artist closes bore the show. |
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Post by Markus Meyer on Mar 11, 2015 13:12:16 GMT -5
First round of performers announced. They are:
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
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Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
George Strait
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Post by tim on Mar 11, 2015 14:19:14 GMT -5
First round of performers announced. They are: George Strait I had just read that George Strait is going to debut a new song on the show. Wasn't at all expecting that...but it's fantastic news! |
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Post by carrieidol1 on Mar 11, 2015 16:31:44 GMT -5
Fingers crossed for a Carrie performance, but I'm not holding my breath!
Seeing Reba, George, and Garth listed as performers is very refreshing!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2015 18:19:36 GMT -5
First round of performers announced. They are: George Strait I had just read that George Strait is going to debut a new song on the show. Wasn't at all expecting that...but it's fantastic news! Where did you read that? I'm very interested about this and excited. |
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Post by tim on Mar 11, 2015 18:44:32 GMT -5
I had just read that George Strait is going to debut a new song on the show. Wasn't at all expecting that...but it's fantastic news! Where did you read that? I'm very interested about this and excited. Here is the article that highlights he'll be debuting a new song. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2015 18:58:17 GMT -5
^Thanks, that's very cool and I can't wait. With George and Reba performing it makes this show worth watching even when the same boring winners are announced.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 12, 2015 10:21:03 GMT -5
Glad that Reba will get to perform, especially since Carrie will probably not be performing and that's one less female performer. I'm not getting my hopes up that any more will be announced, but it'd be nice if Kacey could get a slot to debut "Biscuits" in a big way, seeing as she's a critical darling. Some of the other performances should be pretty good, too: Dierks, Blake, and Keith all have great singles that they can perform, and the return of George Strait with new music will be awesome to see!  |
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I expect at least another half dozen performers to be announced yet. Given that it's the 50th Annual, I wouldn't rule out 1 or 2 more "legends" performing (Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Toby Keith, Ronnie Dunn, Martina McBride?) I'm not saying it's likely but I'm definitely not ruling out the possibility that one or two artists who were really popular over the last couple of decades could be invited to perform.
There's also a pretty big pool of current hit-makers to choose from yet: Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Brantley Gilbert, The Band Perry, Eli Young Band, Lee Brice, and Zac Brown Band.
Regarding Carrie, if she feels she's able to commit to it, then they'll obviously invite her to perform. Darius has an album out just a couple weeks before the show, and Kacey has a nomination in the Song of the Year category. None of the nominations for Vocal Group of the Year were announced in the first round, but I'll bet that at least 2 of them get invited to perform, with Little Big Town and Zac Brown Band seeming most likely to me (LBT has an Album of the Year nomination, and ZBB has a highly-anticipated new album coming out only about 2 weeks after the show).
I'm gonna go ahead and predict that Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, and the Zac Brown Band will all be added as performers yet, and with Carrie it'll probably be a decision that she'll have to make.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2015 9:53:52 GMT -5
I'll make my early predictions for winners now.
EOTY- Luke Bryan (I think his fans will propel him to the win this year, with Garth the situation isn't the same as George last year. Without Blake though, Miranda will have a few more votes coming in for her, so as ludicrous as Miranda winning would be she could do it.)
MVOTY- Luke Bryan or Blake Shelton (Jason didn't seem to be as visible as much this year as the last two, so either Blake will win again or Luke will take it for the first time. The others there isn't much chance.)
FVOTY- Miranda Lambert (Is it even a competition? Carrie most certainly was stronger than Miranda this year even with only one song, but a far superior song to any of Miranda's, but with the lack of nods for SITW shows where this award is headed.)
VDOTY- FGL (No explanation needed.)
VGOTY- Lady A (Seems they may have enough momentum, if not them then The Band Perry or LBT, could be an interesting category.)
I'll post the rest of my predictions later.
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Part 2 of my predictions, sorry for the double post.
BNA- Thomas Rhett (He's the biggest one out right now, but Sam Hunt seemed to come from nowhere lately and unfortunately he has a great chance here. It should be an extremely close race between these two.)
AOTY- Platinum (Miranda released an album, and it seems the CAMs must award it, with the exception of Four the Record. It also was a great album. I definitely don't see anyone else at all winning.)
SROTY- Drunk on a Plane (Not a thrilling group of songs here, and I'm very hesitant to put DOAP here with Miranda in the category, it will probably be her, but DOAP was leaps and bounds more successful than any other song in the category. A very glaring omission was SITW which is the strongest competitor even when not nominated.)
SOTY- Follow Your Arrow (Critical darling Kacey will probably win. This song is underwhelming in every way for me, but it'll probably take it. If not this then "I Hold On" wins.)
VOTY- Drunk on a Plane (CMAs awarded this over SB and ACMs will likely do the same, but if they want to differentiate they should go with SB. Carrie's name attached may not garner a win, Miranda's could. SB is the much more appropriate choice here though.)
VEOTY- Meanwhile Back at Mamas (A terribly overrated song that barely features Faith Hill, in my opinion, that will trump a true vocal event. While SB isn't the greatest song it is an event in every sense, the genres two biggest women coming together. We'll see though.)
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