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Lee Ann Womack and Brad Paisley
lead with six nominations each |
ASCAP members scored more than half of the nominations for the 39th annual CMA Awards. 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.
Womack earned nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for There's More Where That Came From, Single and Music Video of the Year for "I May Hate Myself In The Morning," and has two nods in the Musical Event of the Year category, one with George Strait for "Good News, Bad News," and one for "I'll Never Be Free."
Other ASCAP members with multiple nominations are Rascal Flatts, George Strait, Sugarland, Gretchen Wilson, and John Rich (from Big & Rich) with three each, and Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson with two each.
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.
ASCAP proudly congratulates our nominees:
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
Female Vocalist of the Year
Gretchen Wilson
Lee Ann Womack
Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Horizon Award
Dierks Bentley
Big & Rich
Sugarland
Vocal Group of the Year
Diamond Rio
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Van Zant
Single of the Year
(Award Goes to Artist and Producer)
"Alcohol" Artist: Brad Paisley
Producer: Frank Rogers
"Baby Girl"
Artist: Sugarland
Producer: Garth Fundis
"Bless the Broken Road"
Artist: Rascal Flatts
Producers: Mark Bright & Rascal Flatts
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning"
Artist: Lee Ann Womack
Album of the Year
(Award Goes to Artist and Producer)
Be Here
Producer: Dann Huff
Feels Like Today
Artist: Rascal Flatts
Producers: Mark Bright & Rascal Flatts
Somewhere Down in Texas
Artist: George Strait
Producer: George Strait
There's More Where That Came From
Artist: Lee Ann Womack
Song of the Year
(Award Goes to Songwriter and Primary Publisher)
"Alcohol"
Songwriter: Brad Paisley
Publishers: EMI April, Sea Gayle Music
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning"
Songwriter: Odie Blackmon
Publisher: Cal IV Songs
"Redneck Woman"
Songwriters: John Rich, Gretchen Wilson
Publishers: Sony/ATV, Cross Keys, Hoosiermama Music, WB Music
Musical Event of the Year
"Good News, Bad News"
George Strait With Lee Ann Womack
"I'll Never Be Free"
Lee Ann Womack
"New Again"
Brad Paisley
"Party for Two"
Billy Currington
Music Video of the Year
(Award Goes to Artist and Director)
"Alcohol" Artist: Brad Paisley
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning"
Artist: Lee Ann Womack
"When I Think About Cheatin'"
Artist: Gretchen Wilson
Musician of the Year
Paul Franklin - Steel Guitar
Dann Huff - Electric Guitar
*Photo of Brad Paisley by Jim Shea
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