2014 Country Music Association Awards

2014 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05)
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Hosted by	Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2014 Country Music Association Awards was held on November 5, 2014 from the Bridgestone Arena in Nasville, Tennessee. The show was hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for a seventh year in a row.

Miranda Lambert was the lead nominee with nine, including a nomination for the biggest award of the night, Entertainer of the Year. Miranda Lambert also made CMA history when she won her eleventh award of the evening, making her the most awarded female artist in CMA history.^[1]

George Strait, Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Brandy Clark, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Cole Swindell and every artist nominated for vocal group of the year (except for Lady Antebellum) and vocal duo of the year only earned one nomination. Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves and Luke Bryan all received three nominations, while Eric Church and Keith Urban received four. Dierks Bentley received the second most nominations with five. Luke Bryan won his very first Country Music Association award when he won the award for Entertainer of the Year. Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert won 5th of Male Vocalist and Female Vocalist.

Performers

Kenny Chesney - "American Kids"
Miranda Lambert and Meghan Trainor - "All About That Bass"
Lady Antebellum - "Bartender"
Florida Georgia Line - "Dirt"
Keith Urban - "Somewhere in My Car"
The Band Perry - "Gentle On My Mind"
Kacey Musgraves - "You're Lookin' at Country"
Jason Aldean - "Burnin' It Down"
Little Big Town and Ariana Grande - "Day Drinking" and "Bang Bang"
Tim McGraw - "Shotgun Rider"
Dierks Bentley - "Drunk on a Plane"
Brad Paisley - "Perfect Storm"
Blake Shelton and Ashley Monroe - "Lonely Tonight"
Carrie Underwood - "Something In The Water"
Luke Bryan - "Roller Coaster"
Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town - "Smokin' and Drinkin'"
The Doobie Brothers (with Hunter Hayes, Hillary Scott, Michael McDonald, Jennifer Nettles) - "Listen to the Music" and "Takin' It to the Streets"

Nominees and winners

Winners are shown in bold.^[2]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Luke Bryan Miranda Lambert Blake Shelton George Strait Keith Urban	Platinum — Miranda Lambert Fuse — Keith Urban Crash My Party — Luke Bryan Riser — Dierks Bentley The Outsiders — Eric Church
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton Luke Bryan Eric Church Dierks Bentley Keith Urban	Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Kacey Musgraves Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Little Big Town Lady Antebellum Little Big Town The Band Perry Zac Brown Band	Florida Georgia Line Dan + Shay Love and Theft The Swon Brothers Thompson Square
Single of the Year	Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)
"Automatic" — Miranda Lambert "Drunk on a Plane" — Dierks Bentley "Give Me Back My Hometown" — Eric Church "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" — Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill "Mine Would Be You" — Blake Shelton	"Follow Your Arrow" — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves (Kacey Musgraves) "Automatic" — Nicolle Galyon, Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby (Miranda Lambert) "Give Me Back My Hometown" — Eric Church and Luke Laird (Eric Church) "I Don't Dance" — Rob Hatch, Lee Brice and Dallas Davidson (Lee Brice) "I Hold On" — Brett James and Dierks Bentley (Dierks Bentley)
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
Brett Eldredge Brandy Clark Kip Moore Thomas Rhett Cole Swindell	Mac McAnally Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dann Huff Sam Bush
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"Drunk on a Plane" — Dierks Bentley "Bartender" — Lady Antebellum "Automatic" — Miranda Lambert "Follow Your Arrow" — Kacey Musgraves "Somethin' Bad" — Miranda Lambert featuring Carrie Underwood	"We Were Us" — Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" — Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill "Somethin' Bad" — Miranda Lambert featuring Carrie Underwood "Bakersfield" — Vince Gill and Paul Franklin "You Can't Make Old Friends" — Kenny Rogers featuring Dolly Parton
Irving Waugh
Vince Gill

References

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