There you have it!  Another CMA Award program full of fun, music, entertainment, awards and a wonderful tribute to Jimmy Buffet.  What more could we have asked for.  Well done, CMA.

If you missed any of the show, or just want to have another look at the nominees and winners, here they are.  Were you surprised by any of these results.  Did your favorites win.  I would have been happy with any of the nominees winning.  A very talented, deserving group of artists.


ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Morgan Wallen
  • Lainey Wilson – WINNER

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)

  • “Fast Car” – Luke Combs – WINNER
    Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
    Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews
  • “Heart Like A Truck” – Lainey Wilson
    Producer: Jay Joyce
    Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
  • “Need A Favor” – Jelly Roll
    Producer: Austin Nivarel
    Mix Engineer: Jeff Braun
  • “Next Thing You Know” – Jordan Davis
    Producer: Paul DiGiovanni
    Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley
  • “wait in the truck” – HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson)
    Producers: HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt, Derek Wells
    Mix Engineer: Joey Moi

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist, Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)

  • Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville – Ashley McBryde
    Producers: John Osborne, John Peets
    Mix Engineers: Gena Johnson, John Osborne
  • Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson – WINNER 
    Producer: Jay Joyce
    Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
  • Gettin’ Old – Luke Combs
    Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
    Mix Engineers: Michael H. Brauer, Jim Cooley, Chip Matthews
  • One Thing At A Time – Morgan Wallen
    Producers: Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi, Cameron Montgomery
    Mix Engineers: Josh Ditty, Joey Moi, Eivind Nordland
  • Rolling Up the Welcome Mat – Kelsea Ballerini
    Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym
    Mix Engineers: Dan Grech-Marguerat, Alysa Vanderheym

SONG OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Songwriter(s)

  • “Fast Car” — WINNER
    Songwriter: Tracy Chapman
  • “Heart Like A Truck”
    Songwriters: Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Lainey Wilson
  • “Next Thing You Know”
    Songwriters: Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill, Josh Osborne
  • “Tennessee Orange”
    Songwriters: David Fanning, Paul Jenkins, Megan Moroney, Ben Williams
  • “wait in the truck”
    Songwriters: Renee Blair, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Ashley McBryde
  • Carly Pearce
  • Lainey Wilson – WINNER

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs
  • Jelly Roll
  • Cody Johnson
  • Chris Stapleton – WINNER
  • Morgan Wallen

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Lady A
  • Little Big Town
  • Midland
  • Old Dominion – WINNER
  • Zac Brown Band

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

  • Brooks & Dunn
  • Brothers Osborne- WINNER
  • Dan + Shay
  • Maddie & Tae
  • The War And Treaty

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artists and Producer(s)

  • “Save Me” – Jelly Roll (with Lainey Wilson)
    Producers: Zach Crowell, David Ray Stevens
  • “She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Remix)” – Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina
    Producer: Zach Crowell
  • “Thank God” – Kane Brown (with Katelyn Brown)
    Producer: Dann Huff
  • “wait in the truck” – HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson) – WINNER
    Producers: HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt, Derek Wells
  • “We Don’t Fight Anymore” – Carly Pearce (featuring Chris Stapleton)
    Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

  • Jenee Fleenor – WINNER
  • Paul Franklin
  • Rob McNelley
  • Derek Wells
  • Charlie Worsham

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s)

  • “Light On In The Kitchen” – Ashley McBryde
    Director: Reid Long
  • “Memory Lane” – Old Dominion
    Directors: Mason Allen, Nicki Fletcher
  • “Need A Favor” – Jelly Roll
    Director: Patrick Tohill
  • “Next Thing You Know” – Jordan Davis
    Director: Running Bear
  • “wait in the truck” – HARDY (feat. Lainey Wilson) – WINNER 
    Director: Justin Clough

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  • Zach Bryan
  • Jelly Roll – WINNER
  • Parker McCollum
  • Megan Moroney
  • Hailey Whitters

2023 CMA BROADCAST AWARDS (by market size):    

[Editor’s Note:  Congratulations to all of the Broadcast Award winners.  We, the listeners, are more connected to our favorite country artists and their music because of these great stations. I wanted to take this opportunity to send my personal ‘Way To Go” out to Nikki Thomas, Ben Walker and Steve Stroud, our local on-air personalities at WXBQ’s Morning Air Show.  And, to 96.9 WXBQ the 2023 CMA Broadcast Radio Station of the Year.] 

Weekly National

  • “American Country Countdown” (Kix Brooks) – Cumulus/Westwood One
  • “Country Countdown USA” (Lon Helton) – Compass Media Networks — WINNER
  • “Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence” (Tracy Lawrence and Patrick Thomas) – Silverfish Media
  • “On The Horizon with Buzz Brainard” (Buzz Brainard) – SiriusXM
  • “Y’all Access with Kelly Sutton” (Kelly Sutton) – Firefly Media/Silverfish Media

Daily National

  • “Angie Ward” – iHeartMedia — WINNER 
  • “The Big D and Bubba Show” (Derek “Big D” Haskins, Sean “Bubba” Powell, Patrick Thomas, and Carsen Humphreville) – Silverfish Media
  • “Katie & Company” (Katie Neal) – Audacy
  • “Nights with Elaina” (Elaina Smith) – Westwood One
  • “The Sam Alex Show” (Sam Alex) – Sam Alex Productions, LLC

Major Market

  • “Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Kia Becht, and Sam Sansevere) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
  • “Frito & Katy” (Tucker “Frito” Young and Katy Dempsey) – KCYY, San Antonio, Texas
  • “Hawkeye in the Morning with Hawkeye and Michelle” (“Hawkeye” Mark Louis Rybczyk and Michelle Rodriguez) – KSCS, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas — WINNER 
  • “Josh, Rachael & Grunwald” (Josh Holleman, Rachael Hunter, and Steve Grunwald) – WYCD, Detroit, Mich.
  • “Scotty Kay” (Scotty Kay) – WUSN, Chicago, Ill.

Large Market

  • “The Big Dave Show” (“Big Dave” Chandler, Ashley Heiert, and Jason “Stattman” Statt) – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • “The Morning Drive with Mike Kellar and Jenny Matthews” (Mike Kellar and Jenny Matthews) – KBEQ, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Scott and Shannen” (Scott Dolphin and “Shannen O” Oesterreich) – WMIL, Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.
  • “Tim & Chelsea In The Morning” (Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor) – WIRK, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.
  • “The Wayne D Show” (“Wayne D” Danielson and Tay Hamilton) – WSIX, Nashville, Tenn. — WINNER 

Medium Market

  • “Cait & Bradley Morning Show” (Cait Fisher and Matt Bradley) – KWEN, Tulsa, Okla.
  • “Clay & Company” (Clay Moden, Rob Banks, and Kadie Daye) – WYRK, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y.
  • “Ellis and Bradley Show” (Bill Ellis and Beth Bradley) – WSSL, Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.
  • “Mo & StyckMan” (Melissa “Mo” Wagner and Greg “StyckMan” Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn. — WINNER
  • “Steve & Gina In The Morning” (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton) – KXKT, Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa

Small Market

  • “The B100 Morning Show with Brittney Baily” (Brittney Baily) – WBYT, South Bend, Ind.
  • “The Eddie Foxx Show” (Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx) – WKSF, Asheville, N.C.
  • “Officer Don & DeAnn” (“Officer Don” Evans and DeAnn Stephens) – WBUL, Lexington-Fayette, Ky.
  • “Steve & Tiffany in the Morning” (Steve Waters and Tiffany Kay) – WFLS, Fredericksburg, Va.
  • “Steve, Ben and Nikki” (Steve Stroud, Ben Walker, and Nikki Thomas) – WXBQ, Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.–WINNER

2023 CMA BROADCAST AWARDS FOR RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (by market size):

Major Market

  • KCYY – San Antonio, Texas
  • KEEY – Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn. — WINNER
  • KKBQ – Houston, Texas
  • KSCS – Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
  • WXTU – Philadelphia, Pa.

Large Market

  • WIRK – West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.
  • WKDF – Nashville, Tenn.
  • WMIL – Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.
  • WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio — WINNER 
  • WWKA – Orlando, Fla.

Medium Market

  • KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif. —WINNER 
  • KXKT – Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
  • WGGY – Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.
  • WPCV – Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.
  • WQMX – Akron, Ohio

Small Market

  • KCLR – Columbia, Mo.
  • WBYT – South Bend, Ind.
  • WKML – Fayetteville, N.C.
  • WXBQ – Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va. —WINNER 
  • WYCT – Pensacola, Fla.

 

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There you have it!  Another CMA Award program full of fun, music, entertainment, awards and a wonderful tribute to Jimmy Buffet.  What more could we have asked for.  Well done, CMA. If you missed any of the show, or just want to have another look at the nominees and winners,...