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	Thanks for the Music; 36th CMA Awards News
		Vocal Duo of the Year nominee Montgomery Gentry performed their tribute to small town life, "My Town," the title track from their latest Columbia Records album.
		CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte and Touche LLP.
		The CMA Awards became the first music awards special to be carried on network television in 1968.
	www.thanksforthemusic.com /news/36CMAnews.html (988 words)

	Brooks & Dunn at center of an evolving CMA
		Gill, who is the all-time leader in CMA wins with 18, has stepped down from the podium to focus on his music.
		Taking over the show this year will be the duo Brooks and Dunn, who also have been nominated for entertainer of the year, top album (for "Red Dirt Road") and top vocal duo -- an honor they have claimed 11 times.
		Previous CMA hosts have included Tennessee Ernie Ford (1969-1971), Barbara Mandrell and Mac Davis (1980-1982), Dolly Parton (1988) and Johnny Cash, who was behind the podium five times in the '70s.
	www.suntimes.com /output/music/sho-sunday-cma07.html (1031 words)

	Full List of Academy of Country Music Awards (CMA) winners @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 ...
		I don't feel like I could accept this award for this song without sharing with and dedicating it to the thousands of people...the men and women and children that died and suffered and are still suffering because of that cowardly and heartless attack on America and mankind.
		Last year's top male vocalist winner, Toby Keith, kept the flags waving, performing his self-penned "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue," a patriotic song he wrote for his own father.
		Top vocal event of the year (presented to artists and producers) - "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" - The Soggy Bottom Boys
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=2898 (723 words)

	CMA World > News & Publications > Release Details
		NASHVILLE — “The 36th Annual CMA Awards” airs live Wednesday, Nov. 6 (8:00 — 11:00 PM/EST) on the CBS Television Network from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Each week leading up to the CMA Awards, CMA will spotlight one of the award categories with trivia about the nominees.
		One of the highlights of the CMA Awards each year is the presentation of the Vocal Duo of the Year.
		Which Vocal Duo of the Year nominees received their first Vocal Duo nomination in 1981?
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	2006 CMA Music Festival \| 1-800-CMA-FEST [ Release Detail ]
		As a member of The Judds, she sold more than 20 million albums and received nine CMA Awards including four consecutive wins as Vocal Duo of the Year (1988-1991); three consecutive wins as Vocal Group of the Year (1985-1987); Horizon Award (1984); and Single of the Year for “Why Not Me” (1985).
		In appreciation of their continued support, CMA recently launched “Keep the Music Playing,” a program which donates half the net proceeds from the event to the Nashville Alliance for Public Education, to support music education in metro Nashville’s public schools.
		CMA Music Festival is organized and produced by the Country Music Association.
	www.cmafest.com /2006/general/press_release_detail.asp?re=521&year=2006 (868 words)

	39th Annual CMA Awards \| New York City [ About/History : ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		First-time CMA Award nominee Alison Krauss won all four Awards for which she was nominated, including the Horizon Award and Female Vocalist of the Year.
		With 15 CMA Awards to his credit, the MCA singer retained his title as the leading CMA Award winner of all time, an accomplishment that continues through 2003.
		Alison Krauss, a first-time CMA Award nominee, won all four Awards she was nominated for including Female Vocalist and Horizon.
	www.cmaawards.com /2005/history/history.asp?yr=90 (1123 words)

	CBS
		CMA Award winners are chosen by their peers, through a vote by CMA members who are professionals in the Country Music industry.
		Vocal Event of the Year Award introduced for the first time to recognize the collaboration of two or more individual acts.
		With 15 CMA Awards to his credit, the MCA singer retained his title as the leading CMA Award winner of all time, an accomplishment that continues into 2001.
	www.cbs.com /specials/36cma/about.shtml (2041 words)

	Northern Star Online \| 37th Annual CMA Awards
		Johnny Cash, who died September 12 at the age of 71, is nominated for four CMA Awards: Vocal Event of the Year with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on "Tears in the Holston River;" Single and Music Video of the Year for "Hurt" and Album of the Year for American IV: The Man Comes Around.
		Alan Jackson, reigning CMA Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, is nominated for three Awards this year: Vocal Event, Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year.
		In 2003, she will be presenting the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Award, which she won in 2000, the same year her husband, Tim McGraw, took home the CMA Male Vocalist of the Year trophy.
	www.star.niu.edu /features/rhythm/cma_awards_03/presenters.php (1200 words)

	Paisley, Underwood Take the Wheel at ACMs - May 23, 2006 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tennesseans Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn won their 20th, 21st and 22nd ACM awards for Top Vocal Duo and Song of the Year for "Believe" (Dunn won two for the song because he co-wrote it as well as performed) making them the most-honored act in the history of the show.
		The New Zealand-born artist has been riding quite a streak lately, winning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year in November, scoring a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "You'll Think of Me" in February, and confirming his engagement to Kidman last week.
		Rascal Flatts, whose Me and My Gang debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and is currently number six, was named Top Vocal Group after exiting the building temporarily to wow the crowd on the Las Vegas Strip with a performance of their album's title song.
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	Nashville Sound: Country stars pick favorites for CMA Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The nominees for entertainer of the year -- the CMA's top award -- are the same as in 1996: Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Gill and Strait.
		Duo Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn don't expect to win two years in a row.
		Vocal group of the year nominees are Alabama, Diamond Rio, The Mavericks, Ricochet and Sawyer Brown.
	www2.jsonline.com /letsgo/tv/0921cma.stm (932 words)

	ASCAP Members Dominate CMA Awards Nominations
		Topping the list were Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack with an impressive six nominations apiece.
		Paisley received nods for Male Vocalist of the Year, Single, Song and Music Video of the Year for "Alcohol," Musical Event of the Year for "New Again," and for the first time, has been nominated in the Entertainer of the Year category.
		The 39th annual CMA Awards will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 and broadcast live from New York City's Madison Square Garden from 8:00 - 11:00 PM (ET) on the CBS Television Network.
	www.ascap.com /eventsawards/awards/cmaawards/2005/nominees.html (164 words)

	Keith Urban Wins Two and Lee Ann Womack Picks Up Three CMA Awards On 'Country Music's Biggest Night' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Keith Urban won his second consecutive CMA Male Vocalist of the Year and his first Entertainer of the Year Award, making him the only Country artist in CMA Awards history to win the Horizon, Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year Awards.
		Horizon Award and Vocal Duo of the Year nominee Big & Rich performed "Comin' to Your City," from their album of the same name that was released today, giving their shout out to the Big Apple, changing the lyrics to "Yeah we're comin' to New York City."
		The CMA Awards has always been a place to see cross-genre performances from some of music's biggest stars and 2005 was no exception.
	www.countrymusiconline.net /urban_cma.html (1332 words)

	CMA NOMINATIONS - SFCommunity Message Board
		Apparently, CMA voters still aren’t looking past the controversy that erupted over Natalie Maines’ criticism of President Bush before their tour began.
		Buffett’s vocal event nomination resulted from his work with Alan Jackson on "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere.” Buffett was nominated in 1977 for the CMA’s single of the year for his signature song, “Margaritaville."
		Vocal Duo of the Year: Bellamy Brothers, Brooks and Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Sons of the Desert and The Warren Brothers.
	www.songwriterforums.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=807 (1649 words)

	ABC News: Paisley Leads CMA Nominations With Six (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Besides top male vocalist, Paisley was nominated for album of the year for "Time Well Wasted," single of the year for "Alcohol" and song of the year, vocal event of the year and video of the year for "When I Get Where I'm Going," his hit duet with Dolly Parton.
		Brooks & Dunn were nominated for entertainer of the year, top vocal duo and single of the year, song of the year and video of the year for "Believe."
		First-time nominees Sugarland received nominations for album of the year for "Twice the Speed of Life," top new duo or vocal group and top vocal group of the year.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1699752&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (298 words)

	CMA World > News & Publications > archived Highlights
		She acknowledged the writers by saying, "I have to say thank you to Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison for the most awesome song." The writers went on to take the Song of the Year Award for Carter’s breakthrough single.
		LeAnn Rimes, another first-time CMA Award winner, in accepting the prestigious Horizon Award said, "This award means so much to me. I’ve always dreamed about walking up on the CMA stage." In addition, LeAnn is the youngest artist ever to win a CMA Award.
		Annual CMA Awards" was produced by Walter C. Miller and directed by Paul Miller.
	www.cmaworld.com /news_publications/pr_archive/pr_97_sep24.asp (574 words)

	CMA Awards Revere 'Live Like You Were Dying'
		Alison Krauss also garnered a double win for Music Video and Musical Event of the Year with her vocal contribution to "Whiskey Lullaby," a duet with Brad Paisley.
		Brooks & Dunn grabbed their 12th Vocal Duo Award, and also debuted as hosts of the awards show.
		Dolly Parton was presented the International Artist Achievement Award prior to the live telecast, which aired on CBS from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
	www.bmi.com /news/200411/20041111a.asp (244 words)

	Country Men Lasso Top CMA Noms - Aug 26, 2003 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The nominees were announced Tuesday in Nashville, and the boys are at the top of the heap.
		Keith was recognized in several top categories, including the top trophy, Entertainer of the Year, as well as Best Male Vocalist and Best Album for Unleashed.
		As for the ladies, perennial favorites (and crossover pop stars) Shania Twain and Faith Hill were overlooked in favor of purer country singers Martina McBride, Terri Clark, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless and Dolly Parton in the Female Vocalist category.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,12387,00.html (800 words)

	Peavy country artists appear at 'Fan Fair 2004' @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
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		The duo won Top Vocal Duo for a record tenth time.
		Peavey Electronics Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of musical instruments and professional sound equipment in the world.
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=7288 (332 words)

	CMA Awards Nominees Announced
		The final list of nominees for "The 39th Annual CMA Awards" is an across-the-board collection of hard-core traditionalists, Country Music hitmakers, mainstream innovators with a healthy dose of up-and-comers added to the mix.
		CMA chose to move the Awards for this year from
		He won his first CMA Award in 2001, when he picked up the Horizon Award.
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	9/8 - Paisley and Womack, 6, Keith and Urban, 4; Country Music Awards Nominations
		He's already won five CMA Awards, since he received one of his first nominations in 2000 for the Horizon Award.
		NEW YORK (AP) _ The Vocal Group of the Year category is strong this year, which may split the voting.
		Not only are all three acts up for CMA Top Vocal Duo, along with Van Zant and Montgomery Gentry, but they're also the three duos doing dates on the Deuces Wild tour.
	www.wqad.com /Global/story.asp?S=3823331 (1660 words)

	Country Music Awards 2005 CMA Music Festival
		This evening Kenny Chesney won Entertainer of the Year, Keith Urban won Top Male Vocalist, Gretchen Wilson won both Top New Artist and Top Female Vocalist, Garth Brooks accepted the Pioneer Award on behalf of the late Chris LeDoux and Neal McCoy won the Academy of Country Music / Home Depot Humanitarian Award.
		Since he has won ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS for Top New Vocalist, Top Male Vocalist, and now Entertainer of the Year, Kenny Chesney has earned the Academy of Country Music's Triple Crown, which salutes artists that have won in all three of those categories.
		CMA Donates $100,000 to Charities as Part of
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	Brad Paisley leads the field with six ACM nominations
		Sugarland received nominations for album of the year for "Twice the Speed of Life," top new duo or vocal group and top vocal group of the year.
		Rascal Flatts also was among the nominees for top vocal group.
		Underwood, whose debut album, "Some Hearts," was one of country music's big sellers in 2005, led all female nominees with her four nominations, including top female vocalist, top new female vocalist and song of the year for her No. 1 hit "Jesus Take the Wheel."
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /pop/262178_cmanominations.html (789 words)

	Awards won by the Dixie Chicks
		The Dixie Chicks' first Monument Records album, Wide Open Spaces, is certified octuple platinum selling more than 8 million copies in the U.S. It was the highest debut Album for a new vocal group since 1991.
		The Dixie Chicks were the top-selling Country group of 1998, with Wide Open Spaces selling more than all other country groups combined.
		Wide Open Spaces is Sony Nashville's first album to crack the overall Billboard Top 5 in seventeen years, since Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" in 1982.
	members.tripod.com /whistlingdixie/awards.htm (359 words)

	BMI Dominates ACM Awards!
		It was a big night for BMI songwriters and artists who were among the top winners at the 35th Annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards held last night (5/3/00) at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
		Multiple winners included the Dixie Chicks who were named Top Vocal Duo/Group of the Year and whose Grammy Award winning Fly was named Album of the Year.
		Pop music's latest country darling, Faith Hill, was named Top Female Vocalist for the second year in a row and her crossover hit "Breathe" was named Top Country Video.
	www.bmi.com /news/200005/20000504a.asp (241 words)

	William Morris Agency
		Virtually unknown two year ago, the family trio has received more nominations, awards and honors in two years, than most artists garner in a lifetime.
		In 1999 alone, they were nominated for everything from CMA's Horizon Award and Vocal Group of the Year, to the Academy of Country Music Awards' nomination for Single of The Year, and Top Vocal Duo or Group - well over 20 nominations!
		Now with their second album, Here and Now, they're here to turn up the excitement and raise the bar on their already stunning career.
	www.wma.com /the_wilkinsons/summary (134 words)

	2005 Country Music Awards - AOL Music
		Don't miss exciting Sessions sets featuring CMA Award winner Keith Urban, plus nominees Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley.
		Check out her fresh perspective on this year's CMA Awards show as it happened.
		Buy tickets to see these CMA winners when they come to your town.
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	Womack, Urban Lead 2005 CMA Winners
		November 16, 2005, 12:00 AM ET Phyllis Stark, N.Y. Lee Ann Womack and Keith Urban were the top winners at the Country Music Association Awards, held tonight (Nov. 15) at New York's Madison Square Garden.
		Gretchen Wilson won top female vocalist, while Rascal Flatts took home top vocal group honors.
		Held outside its usual home of Nashville for the first time in its 39-year-history, the show was incident-free aside from the acceptance speech by Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Alabama.
	billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001480671 (533 words)

	George Jones
		He has had more individual songs than any other singer on the country charts, 167 as of November, 2005, but, according to a formula derived by Joel Whitburn, is second to Eddy Arnold in his overall ranking for hits and their time on the charts.
		He has also had the most Top 40 Hits, 143, and is second to Arnold with the most Top 10 Hits, 78.
		Jones was born with a broken arm in Saratoga, Texas and grew up in the settlements north of Beaumont around the Big Thicket.
	www.artistopia.com /george-jones (3054 words)

	Awards, Nominations & Accolades - DixieChicksFans.net
		New Vocal Duo or Group, Top Vocal Duo/Group & Album of the Year - 1999
		Vocal Group Of The Year and Horizon - 1998
		¤ The only artist in the history of the CMA Awards to be nominated for the prestigious "Entertainer of the Year" off a debut album..
	www.dixiechicksfans.net /dcawards.html (673 words)

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