46th Annual CMA Awards : Country Music's Biggest Night

Thursday, November 1st at 8/7c

Nominees & Winners


Blake Shelton wins the 2012 CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year
 

Male Vocalist of the Year

Album Of The Year [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]

Eric Church’s Chief--WINNER
Produced by Jay Joyce (EMI Records Nashville)
Miranda Lambert’s Four The Record
Produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf (RCA Nashville)
Dierks Bentley’s Home
Produced by Brett Beavers, Luke Wooten, and Jon Randall Stewart (Capitol Records Nashville)
Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night
Produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Luke Bryan’s tailgates & tanlines
Produced by Jeff Stevens and Mark Bright (Capitol Records Nashville)

Single Of The Year [Awarded to artist and producer]

"Dirt Road Anthem"
Jason Aldean
Produced by Michael Knox
Broken Bow Records
"God Gave Me You"
Blake Shelton
Produced by Scott Hendricks
Warner Bros. Records
"Home"
Dierks Bentley
Produced by Brett Beavers and Luke Wooten
Capitol Records Nashville
"Pontoon"--WINNER
Little Big Town
Produced by Jay Joyce
Capitol Records Nashville
"Springsteen"
Eric Church
Produced by Jay Joyce
Capitol Records Nashville

Song Of The Year [Awarded to songwriter(s)]

"Even If It Breaks Your Heart"
Will Hoge and Eric Paslay
"God Gave Me You"
Dave Barnes
"Home"
Dan Wilson, Brett Beavers and Dierks Bentley
"Over You"--WINNER
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton
"Springsteen"
Eric Church, Ryan Tyndell, and Jeff Hyde

Musical Event Of The Year [Awarded to each Artist]

"Dixie Highway" — Alan Jackson featuring Zac Brown
ACR/EMI Records Nashville
"Feel Like A Rock Star" — Kenny Chesney (duet with Tim McGraw)--WINNER
Blue Chair Records/Columbia Nashville
"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" — Willie Nelson with Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson
Legacy Recordings
"Safe & Sound" — Taylor Swift (featuring The Civil Wars)
Big Machine Records/Universal Republic Records
"Stuck On You" — Lionel Richie (with Darius Rucker)
Mercury Records Nashville

Music Video Of The Year [Awarded to artist and director]

"Come Over"
Kenny Chesney
Directed by Shaun Silva
"Over You"
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Trey Fanjoy
"Pontoon"
Little Big Town
Directed by Declan Whitebloom
"Red Solo Cup"--WINNER
Toby Keith
Directed by Michael Salomon
"Springsteen"
Eric Church
Directed by Peter Zavadil

Musician Of The Year

Sam Bush — Mandolin
Paul Franklin— Steel Guitar
Dann Huff — Guitar
Brent Mason— Guitar
Mac McAnally — Guitar--WINNER

CMA Awards Show Headlines

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