cma awards

For the second straight year, Kevin Richards -- a Taste of Country writer and afternoon host at WGNA in Albany, N.Y. -- has scored a nomination for CMA Personality of the Year in the medium market. A win would be Richards' second. This is the fifth time in his 26-year radio career that he's been named one of the top broadcasters in America -- a well deserved nod.

With the reveal of the 2012 CMA Awards nominees just days away, the Eli Young Band guys — like many country artists — are wondering if they will hear their name called in any categories. Having just celebrated their second chart-topping hit, ‘Even if It Breaks Your Heart,’ the band members joke that they will any nominations that come their way.

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return this year to host the CMA Awards for a fifth time.

Nashville was rocking tonight with country’s biggest stars like Keith Urban, Zac Brown, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum providing the soundtrack for the 2011 CMA Awards! Blake Shelton opened the night with a high-flying performance of ‘Footloose.’ Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter teamed up for a tender performance of ‘You and Tequila,’ and Taylor Swift performed her new single ‘Ours’ on what looke

Blake Shelton, the CMA reigning Male Vocalist of the Year, once again took the honors home during the 2011 CMA Awards on Wednesday night. Shelton competed in the category against Album of the Year winner Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban.

The Vocal Group of the Year category was arguably the most loaded of all 2011 CMA Awards categories, and Lady Antebellum said as much as they accepted the honor during Wednesday night’s broadcast. It’s the second straight year the trio has taken home the award.

Scotty McCreery performed an abbreviated version of the song ‘Walk in the Country’ during the 2011 CMA Awards on Wednesday night. The song, from McCreery’s debut album ‘Clear as Day,’ led into the announcement of the 2011 CMA Radio Stations of the Year honors.

The 2011 CMA Awards winners had plenty to celebrate as they accepted their honors on the year’s biggest night in country music. The annual awards show, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood — airing live from Nashville — pays tribute to the genre’s biggest stars. Choosing winners from this list of talent is no easy feat.

That's right tonight on ABC at 7pm the 45th Annual CMA Awards will be taken place and get ready because it has certainly been an interesting year in country music.  Seems like more duets came out this year as well.  Chesney and Potter, Paisley and Underwood, Aldean and Clarkson, Zac Brown and Buffet...