Taking a look at the 2015 CMA Awards nominations as a collective whole, you can conveniently make the disagreement that in some categories, the cup runneth over– and also in others, not so much.
The 2015 CMA Awards Nominees for entertainer of the year consist of Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, and also Miranda Lambert, yet visibly missing from the crop are Jason Aldean as well as Blake Shelton. While the disagreement for the latter could be that Shelton didn’t tour that much as he was busy with The Voice, he did tally responds for male singer as well as singing event.
The male singer of the year category gets even more interesting. Bryan, Church and also Shelton go go to head with Dierks Bentley as well as Chris Stapleton. You can easily make cases for four or 5 various other male acts, consisting of Aldean.
Having a look at the female vocalist of the year category, the voters freshen points up some with Kelsea Ballerini, as well a providing a salute to Lee Ann Womack’s vibrant The Way I’m Livin’ disc– yet truth be know, both artists (along with the critically loved Kasey Musgraves) are primarily simply holding an area in the category as the race remains to be between Lambert as well as Carrie Underwood– with Lambert likely to declare her 6th straight win in the field.
Speaking of Underwood, it’s a little mystifying that she didn’t earn a solitary of the year salute for “Something in the Water.” The document was somewhat debatable due to its Christian tone, however it still was among the greatest favorites during the year– as well as among her finest performances.
It was no surprise that the name of Little Big Town was called repeatedly during the election news on Wednesday early morning. “Girl Crush” was certainly one of the most-talked about (and also most-played) documents during the year, as well as will certainly be a likely favored in both the solitary and track of the year categories.
One interesting pattern this year: The 2015 CMA Awards acknowledged the achievements of newcomers, with Sam Hunt, Maddie & Tae, as well as Stapleton all grabbing a triad of nominations each. The first two have seen indisputable success while mining various styles of the format, as well as Stapleton (for new musician of the year, cd of the year for Traveller and male vocalist of the year) has come to be the male variation of Musgraves– a lots of essential honor however no significant airplay.
As for different shocks, the Zac Brown Band were chosen for vocal group of the year, however incredibly really did not figure right into more categories with their musically diverse Jekyll & Hyde. Randy Houser, among c and w’s most under-appreciated singers, picked up a nomination for tune of the year for “Like A Cowboy,” and also for all the talk about the lack of women vocalists in country music, one category that does benefit pointing out is video of the year. Musgraves, Maddie and Tae, Little Big Town, Lambert and also Underwood are the competitors: Take away Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet from Little Big Town and also it’s an all-female crowd. With any luck, this is a trend of something to adhere to.
In all, it’s potentially toning up to be a significant night for Little Big Town– in addition to for Lambert– who could very well end up being the first lady to win the performer of the year prize given that Taylor Swift. Brooks and also Chesney will likely cancel each other out with the veteran votes, as well as Bryan and also Church getting on the very same tag might split some, though Bryan is still the noticeable favorite.
2015 CMA Awards
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