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Post by Troublemaker on Aug 2, 2018 15:41:42 GMT -5
It's that time of the year again https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl_MBabHwla and yes, they are back! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl_M2nAnWj_ (Winners in BOLD) Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Luke Bryan Chris Stapleton Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie UnderwoodDuo of the Year Brothers Osborne
Dan & Shay FGL Maddie & Tae Sugarland Male Vocalist Dierks Bentley Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban Vocal Group: Lady Antebellum LANCO Little Big Town Old Dominion
Midland Single of the Year: Broken Halos - Chris Stapleton
Drinkin Problem - Midland Drowns The Whiskey - Jason Aldean & Miranda Lambert Meant To Be - Bebe Rexha & FGL Tequila - Dan & Shay New Artist: Lauren Alaina Luke Combs
Chris Janson Midland Brett Young Musician of the year: Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dann Huff Mac McAnally
Derek Wells Musical Event: Dierks Bentley & Brothers Osborne - Burning Man Maren Morris & Vince Gill - Dear Hate Jason Aldean & Miranda Lambert - Drowns The Whiskey David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney - Gonna Be Alright
Bebe Rexha & FGL - Meant To Be Music Video: Babe - Sugarland & Taylor Swift Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood Drunk Girl - Chris Janson Marry Me - Thomas Rhett
Tequila - Dan & Shay Song of the Year: Body Like A Backroad - Sam Hunt Broken Halos - Chris Stapleton
Drowns The Whiskey - Jason Aldean & Miranda Lambert Drunk Girl - Chris Janson Tequila - Dan & Shay Album of the Year: From A Room Vol. 2 - Chris Stapleton Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
Graffati U - Keith Urban Life Changes - Thomas Rhett The Mountain - Dierks Bentley
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Post by 14887fan on Aug 3, 2018 14:14:45 GMT -5
Looking forward to this year’s show, especially in light of this being such an interesting year for the genre on a political front. Curious to see what comes of the national social landscape & implications that are really pressuring Nashville to make changes, and if it’ll impact the nominees/winners.
With that in mind, some predictions (no particular order):
Entertainer - Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Maren Morris, Keith Urban Male - Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney (edit) Thomas Rhett Female - Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves Duo - Florida Georgia Line, Dan + Shay, Sugarland, Maddie & Tae, Brothers Osborne Group - Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum, Old Dominion, Midland, LANCO Album - Golden Hour, Port Saint Joe, From A Room: Vol. 2 *Dan + Shay, Unapologetically or What Makes You Country to fill spots 4 and 5. New Artist - Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Kane Brown, LANCO *Do Lauren Alaina & Luke Combs qualify again? I know New Artist has some bonkers rules. If so, either/both of them; if both, perhaps subsequently knocking out LANCO or Ashley McBryde.
I never have any clue as to where to go with Single/Song/Video, and unless Kacey Musgraves makes it into any/all of them, I don't care to have a clue, either.
I do think that we'll see Maren Morris in Entertainer this year, and deservedly so. She's been touring all year, had a massive crossover hit with Zedd, had another hit with Niall Horan (and is now touring with him), got her first #1, and "Rich" is (slowly) moving on radio. I think she'll take Female this year, too, which'll be an incredibly pleasant shift. It actually wouldn't shock me if Lauren Alaina somehow snuck into the category, too. I don't know whose place she'd take (dare I say, Miranda?), but it is nice to finally be sitting here wondering who will or won't make it into this category, after going through so many years of figuring out who will fill out the rest of the spots.
It's also nice to see some competition in Duo for a change. Especially with Dan + Shay's huge year, FLAGA's massive one, Sugarland's comeback, and Brothers Osborne's critically acclaimed record, it'll be really competitive. Maddie & Tae should (and probably will) receive that 5th nomination. Oddly enough, Group feels pretty weak this time around.
New Artist, if done well, could be the CMA's chance to show that they are interested in shifting the times and status of the genre to a more diverse group, by adding in more women (Carly Pearce, Ashley McBride) and even POC (Kane Brown). Or, you know, they could go the safe route and nominate Mitchell Tenpenny and Michael Ray. All TBD. Also, I still don't fully know/never will know the rules of this award, but don't artists get 2 years' worth of chances to get nominated/win? If so, everyone else may have to move over for Lauren Alaina and Luke Combs, both of whom would be the easy frontrunners, if that were the case.
Lastly, if the CMAs ignore Kacey Musgraves/Golden Hour, we riot.
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Post by The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 on Aug 3, 2018 15:26:35 GMT -5
I don't wanna be that crazy stan but... KACEY MUSGRAVES IN ALBUM, FEMALE, SINGLE, SONG AND VIDEO!
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Post by raylatch98 on Aug 3, 2018 15:27:38 GMT -5
Looking forward to this year’s show, especially in light of this being such an interesting year for the genre on a political front. Curious to see what comes of the national social landscape & implications that are really pressuring Nashville to make changes, and if it’ll impact the nominees/winners. With that in mind, some predictions (no particular order): Entertainer - Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Maren Morris, Keith Urban Male - Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney Female - Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves Duo - Florida Georgia Line, Dan + Shay, Sugarland, Maddie & Tae, Brothers Osborne Group - Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum, Old Dominion, Midland, LANCO Album - Golden Hour, Port Saint Joe, From A Room: Vol. 2 *Dan + Shay, Unapologetically or What Makes You Country to fill spots 4 and 5. New Artist - Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Kane Brown, LANCO *Do Lauren Alaina & Luke Combs qualify again? I know New Artist has some bonkers rules. If so, either/both of them; if both, perhaps subsequently knocking out LANCO. I never have any clue as to where to go with Single/Song/Video, and unless Kacey Musgraves makes it into any/all of them, I don't care to have a clue, either. I do think that we'll see Maren Morris in Entertainer this year, and deservedly so. She's been touring all year, had a massive crossover hit with Zedd, had another hit with Niall Horan (and is now touring with him), got her first #1, and "Rich" is (slowly) moving on radio. I think she'll take Female this year, too, which'll be an incredibly pleasant shift. It actually wouldn't shock me if Lauren Alaina somehow snuck into the category, too. I don't know whose place she'd take (dare I say, Miranda?), but it is nice to finally be sitting here wondering who will or won't make it into this category, after going through so many years of figuring out who will fill out the rest of the spots. It's also nice to see some competition in Duo for a change. Especially with Dan + Shay's huge year, FLAGA's massive one, Sugarland's comeback, and Brothers Osborne's critically acclaimed record, it'll be really competitive. Maddie & Tae should (and probably will) receive that 5th nomination. Oddly enough, Group feels pretty weak this time around. New Artist, if done well, could be the CMA's chance to show that they are interested in shifting the times and status of the genre to a more diverse group, by adding in more women (Carly Pearce, Ashley McBride) and even POC (Kane Brown). Or, you know, they could go the safe route and nominate Mitchell Tenpenny and Michael Ray. All TBD. Also, I still don't fully know/never will know the rules of this award, but don't artists get 2 years' worth of chances to get nominated/win? If so, everyone else may have to move over for Lauren Alaina and Luke Combs, both of whom would be the easy frontrunners, if that were the case. Lastly, if the CMAs ignore Kacey Musgraves/ Golden Hour, we riot. Controversial take. But if Kacey Musgraves is not nominated I won't really care either way or riot. Mainly because her album didn't impress me at all. I am also shocked you think Ashley McBryde could get in for New Artist. She's still been very under the radar success wise and I would expect Lindsay Ell nominated before her if multiple females are nominated.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 3, 2018 15:36:59 GMT -5
Controversial take. But if Kacey Musgraves is not nominated I won't really care either way or riot. Mainly because her album didn't impress me at all.
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Post by The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 on Aug 3, 2018 15:37:03 GMT -5
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Aug 3, 2018 15:45:53 GMT -5
Kacey better get ALL the praise in some form.
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Post by collinkottke on Aug 3, 2018 16:02:47 GMT -5
I am biased, but I'd be fairly shocked if Garth doesn't get another Entertainer of the Year nomination. The Eligibility Period is July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Garth was still on tour from July-December. Had a #1 single in "Ask Me How I Know", a number one album and best selling book with The Anthology Part I: The First Five Years and "All Day Long" had a high debut all in that time span.
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Post by 14887fan on Aug 3, 2018 18:10:53 GMT -5
Controversial take. But if Kacey Musgraves is not nominated I won't really care either way or riot. Mainly because her album didn't impress me at all. A very controversial take. Let's hope the CMAs (and ACMs...and GRAMMYs) aren't in your boat. I am also shocked you think Ashley McBryde could get in for New Artist. She's still been very under the radar success wise and I would expect Lindsay Ell nominated before her if multiple females are nominated. Lindsay Ell would also be a viable option, but I think Ashley McBryde is edgier, left-of-center, and critically acclaimed enough within Nashville that she could have a shot.
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Post by tryexp on Aug 4, 2018 2:46:07 GMT -5
This is pretty much the only country show award I get excited for, given that Brad and Carrie always do a wonderful job presenting. I really hope Kacey gets some love, and females get at least 40% of the performance slots. Also, I know Garth is a living legend, but please pick anyone else for entertainer, and let's be original for female categories! Since I am on a roll, world peace and the end of poverty as well...
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Post by Markus Meyer on Aug 4, 2018 3:16:43 GMT -5
Really excited to see this year’s group. Every field feels wide open, which is wonderful after years of the Shelton/Lambert/FGL/LBT death grips on their respective categories.
I agree with those who think McBryde has a shot. I can see her getting a similar treatment to what Brandy Clark got a few years ago, when she was up for new artist.
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Post by recordyear on Aug 4, 2018 4:01:50 GMT -5
My very rough prediction of nominees: Entertainer - Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban Basically last year's nominees without Eric Church because he did not tour much in the period (2017 July to 2018 June I believe?). Jason Aldean will replace Eric because of Route 91, and has strongest performance on charts (singles and album) this year. Can't see Maren having nomination for this because The Middle is not promoted to country radio.
Male - Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean Thomas Rhett is more relevant on charts than Garth Brooks.
Female - Carrie, Miranda, Kelsea, Maren, Kacey The 5th slot is for the girl who is more known by the public at that year that is not the previous four. Kacey will get it due to critic acclaims and good debut on album chart.
Duo - Florida Georgia Line, Dan + Shay, Sugarland, High Valley, Brothers Osborne I would replace Maddie & Tae with High Valley because the latter has modest airplay success.
Group - Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum, Old Dominion, Midland, LANCO I think OD will get it due to sheer success of singles.
Album - Golden Hour, Life Changes, From A Room: Vol. 2, The Mountain, Unapologetically Volume 2 has exceptional sales for a non ticket bundled album. Golden Hour due to critic acclaims. The Mountain because it is decent and Dierks is loved by industry. Life Changes because of chart success. Unapologetically to balance male:female ratio.
New Artist - Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Kane Brown, LANCO, Russell Dickerson An award with messy rules. Yours is also quite big on country airplay so Russell might be considered as a nominee. Alternatively, try Jordan Davis.
Single - You Make It Easy, Tequila, Heaven, Cry Pretty, Meant To Be Four major hits this year plus a relevant female solo song.
Song - Cry Pretty, Butterflies/Space Cowboy, Female, Broken Halos, Most People Are Good Female and Broken Halos may be too old but they are within nomination timeframe. Not sure which song Kacey's team will push. Most People Are Good for a slight pro-LGBT lyric.
Vocal event - Meant To Be, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Drowns the Whiskey, Coming Home, Babe
Music video - Babe, Tequila, Most People Are Good, When It Rains It Pours, Marry Me
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Post by phil1996 on Aug 4, 2018 8:08:03 GMT -5
Pleasseeee give me Port Saint Joe for AOTY. Or The Mountain. Stapletons Volume 2 is awesome but not worthy over the former 2.
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Post by seak05 on Aug 4, 2018 15:39:24 GMT -5
Is this the year that a women finally gets nominated for Musician of the year?
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 4, 2018 16:44:09 GMT -5
I like Musgraves but definitely think her album is overrated. I expect she’ll get Album and Female noms at a minimum, though. I’d prefer Ashley Monroe take those slots.
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Post by thewp on Aug 4, 2018 18:31:56 GMT -5
I like Musgraves but definitely think her album is overrated. I expect she’ll get Album and Female noms at a minimum, though. I’d prefer Ashley Monroe take those slots. Almost all reviews I’ve seen (and I agree with them) are that Ashley’s album was boring and sounded too samey. It was not commercially successful in the slightest and I doubt it’s even a consideration for Warner or the nominating committee. Cheers to the Kacey and Maren predictions. I know the CMAs are better than the ACMs at awarded more than 1 woman, so I’m hoping they get some love.
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Post by CoJoFan on Aug 4, 2018 18:32:27 GMT -5
I have nothing against Kacey Musgraves at all but that album is purely a folk album. There's nothing country to me about it. She hasn't had a top 40 country hit since her first album Same Trailer, Different Park. I think they should have a requirement that the album should have at least one top 40 country hit to be nominated.However I do agree that it will probably get a nomination for Album.
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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 4, 2018 18:47:55 GMT -5
I have nothing against Kacey Musgraves at all but that album is purely a folk album. There's nothing country to me about it. She hasn't had a top 40 country hit since her first album Same Trailer, Different Park. I think they should have a requirement that the album should have at least one top 40 country hit to be nominated.However I do agree that it will probably get a nomination for Album. Singles' success should not determine Album of the Year nominations and/or awards. An album could be critically acclaimed, but have limited amount of radio acceptance. Other albums could have wide radio acceptance, but if the singles suck, I suppose you would want the parent album nominated.
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Post by classiccountryfan on Aug 4, 2018 19:16:49 GMT -5
I have nothing against Kacey Musgraves at all but that album is purely a folk album. There's nothing country to me about it. She hasn't had a top 40 country hit since her first album Same Trailer, Different Park. I think they should have a requirement that the album should have at least one top 40 country hit to be nominated.However I do agree that it will probably get a nomination for Album. So you think Traveller shouldn’t have been eligible to be nominated for Album of the Year in 2015? Based on your criterion it would have been ineligible because Chris hadn’t had any top 40 hits yet. I think the award should be based on the quality of the album, not the commercial success of singles from the album.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 4, 2018 19:19:24 GMT -5
Kacey's album has been one of the biggest country releases of the past year all without a Top 40 hit on country radio. It's sold far more and been much more critically acclaimed than most recent albums with hit singles on the radio, lol.
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Post by The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 on Aug 4, 2018 19:34:09 GMT -5
I'm so sick of people treating "radio" as the ultimate validation for a Country Artist. Artists can have great careers producing great music and guess what?... not needing radio programmers to validate it for them. Kacey is the living proof you don't need the biased, corrupt and misogynistic institution that country radio is to become one of the most prominent women in the genre today. She has one of the most critically acclaimed albums of ANY GENRE this year (#02 on Metacritic), has OUTSOLD dozens of artists with #01 songs on Country Radio and is HEADLINING her own WORLD TOUR with over 50 dates already in 10 countries (with a lot of them already sold out). She doesn't need country radio to validate her success or justify her getting awards... on the contrary, being able achieve everything she has while country radio pay dust to her, makes her success even sweeter!
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Post by collinkottke on Aug 6, 2018 12:21:07 GMT -5
I have nothing against Kacey Musgraves at all but that album is purely a folk album. There's nothing country to me about it. She hasn't had a top 40 country hit since her first album Same Trailer, Different Park. I think they should have a requirement that the album should have at least one top 40 country hit to be nominated.However I do agree that it will probably get a nomination for Album. I know we all here look way more at the Airplay Chart than the Hot Country Songs Chart... but if take a gander at the Hot Country Songs Chart for a moment. Kacey has had three songs from Golden Hour chart in the top 40 on that chart. 'Space Cowboy' peaked at #30, 'Butterflies' peaked at #32 and 'High Horse' peaked at #36.
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Post by seak05 on Aug 6, 2018 12:27:23 GMT -5
Very interested to see where FVOTY goes: Maren, Kelsea, and Kacey were all on big tours, but not headliners. Kacey and Kelsea released albums. Maren and Kelsea had #1 songs. Carrie had the best selling song. Miranda headlined & co-headlined two large tours. Carly also had a #1 song, but feels to early for her.
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Post by austin on Aug 6, 2018 12:45:53 GMT -5
Entertainer - Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Garth Brooks, Keith Urban
Male Artist - Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dierks Bentley
Female Artist- Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves
Duo - Florida Georgia Line, Dan + Shay, Sugarland, Maddie & Tae, Brothers Osborne
Group - Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum, Old Dominion, Midland, LANCO
Album - Golden Hour, Port Saint Joe, From A Room: Vol. 2, Life Changes, The Mountain
New Artist - Carly Pearce, Luke Combs, Kane Brown, LANCO, Lauren Alaina (if Whiskey and You can score a SOTY Nomination, Lauren can be nominated here)
Single of the Year - Mercy, Most People Are Good, Heaven, Tequila, Meant To Be
Song of the Year - Mercy, Broken Halos, Most People Are Good, Heaven, Butterflies
Video of the Year - Babe, Mercy, Most People Are Good, Life's About To Get Good, Rich
Vocal Event of the Year - Babe, Meant to Be, Burning Man, Take Back Home Girl, Everything's Gonna be Alright
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2018 6:33:45 GMT -5
Entertainer Luke Bryan Barf Brooks Jason Aldean Thomas Rhett Florida Georgia Line
Male Vocalist Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Keith Urban Jason Aldean Thomas Rhett
Female Vocalist Miranda Lambert Carrie Underwood Kelsea Ballerini Maren Morris Kacey Ma=usgraves
Duo Florida Georgia Line Brothers Osborne Sugarland Dan+Shay Montgomery Gentry
Group Little Big Town Old Dominion Lanco Midland Lady Antebellum
Album From A Room Volume 2 Life Changes Golden Hour On The Rocks Rearview Town
Single Broken Halos Tequila Most People are Good Drowns the Whiskey Meant to Be
Song Drowns the Whiskey Cry Pretty Mercy Broken Halos Tequila
Vocal Event Drowns the Whiskey Babe Everything's Gonna Be Alright Meant to Be Dear Hate
Don't know enough for any other category.
Edited after seeing showcase.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Aug 7, 2018 6:40:56 GMT -5
For female vocalist does anybody think Shania has a shot? She’s toured well, the album sold well and she’s a big name. Reba got in last year doing less number wise.
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Post by collinkottke on Aug 7, 2018 8:14:13 GMT -5
For female vocalist does anybody think Shania has a shot? She’s toured well, the album sold well and she’s a big name. Reba got in last year doing less number wise. The second round of voting started yesterday and Shania is not on the ballot.
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Post by seak05 on Aug 7, 2018 8:17:25 GMT -5
For female vocalist does anybody think Shania has a shot? She’s toured well, the album sold well and she’s a big name. Reba got in last year doing less number wise. The second round of voting started yesterday and Shania is not on the ballot. Who is on the ballot?
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Post by collinkottke on Aug 7, 2018 8:20:38 GMT -5
The second round of voting started yesterday and Shania is not on the ballot. Who is on the ballot? The nominees can be found here: www.cmanomineeshowcase.com/2018/
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Post by The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 on Aug 7, 2018 8:40:39 GMT -5
Disappointed at Kacey (but not really surprised lol) and Maren making through 2 categories only... they deserved more. Actually, I'm surprised at Maren, Carly and Kelsea being left out of Song and Single of the Year while "Cry Pretty" was able to get in IN BOTH being such a none-event of a song =P
The good news is how well Midland did here... I was surprised nobody was predicting them in Best New Artist when they had such a great album and singles released in the legibility period. I hope they make it through to the final nominees!
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