2009 Country Music Association Awards

2009 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 11, 2009 (2009-11-11)
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, US
Hosted by	Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2009 Country Music Association Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on November 11, 2009, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. It aired live on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM Central. The show was hosted by Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood.

Taylor Swift leads the youngest person in CMA history to be nominated for, and win, the most prestigious awards of the night, entertainer of the year. Swift won all four awards she was nominated for, and was also honored with the International Artist Achievement Award, for spreading the awareness and appreciation for country music on an international level.^[1]Brad Paisley won male vocalist of the year for a third straight time, while Lady Antebellum won vocal group of the year, snapping Rascal Flatts's winning streak of six straight.

Winners and nominees

^[2] Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Taylor Swift Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban	Fearless — Taylor Swift American Saturday Night — Brad Paisley Defying Gravity — Keith Urban Love on the Inside — Sugarland That Lonesome Song — Jamey Johnson
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Brad Paisley Kenny Chesney Darius Rucker George Strait Keith Urban	Taylor Swift Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Reba McEntire Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Lady Antebellum Eagles Little Big Town Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band	Sugarland Big & Rich Brooks & Dunn Joey + Rory Montgomery Gentry
Single of the Year	Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)
"I Run to You" — Lady Antebellum "Chicken Fried" — Zac Brown Band "In Color" — Jamey Johnson "People Are Crazy" — Billy Currington "Then" — Brad Paisley	"In Color" — Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto (Jamey Johnson) "Chicken Fried" — Zac Brown & Wyatt Durette (Zac Brown Band) "I Told You So" — Randy Travis (Randy Travis) "People Are Crazy" — Zac Brown, Wyatt Durette, John Driskell Hopkins & Shawn Mullins (Zac Brown Band) "Then" — Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois & Ashley Gorley (Brad Paisley)
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
Darius Rucker Randy Houser Jamey Johnson Jake Owen Zac Brown Band	Mac McAnally Eddie Bayers Paul Franklin Dan Huff Brent Mason
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"Love Story" — Taylor Swift "Boots On" — Randy Houser "People Are Crazy" — Billy Currington "Start a Band" — Brad Paisley featuring Keith Urban "Old Enough" — The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs & Ashley Monroe	"Start a Band" — Brad Paisley featuring Keith Urban "Cowgirl's Don't Cry" — Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire "Down The Road" — Kenny Chesney featuring Mac McAnally "Everything But Quits" — Lee Ann Womack featuring George Strait "Till the End" — Alan Jackson featuring Lee Ann Womack
International Artist Achievement Award^[3]
Taylor Swift

References

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