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Event Information:
The
CMA Awards will be hosted by
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.
The Country Music Association
Awards, also known as the CMA
Awards, or the CMAs, and not to be
confused with the ACM Awards, are
voted on by business members of the
Country Music Association. The first
CMA awards were presented at an
untelevised ceremony in Nashville's
Municipal Auditorium in 1967. (The
Entertainer of the Year award that
night went to Eddy Arnold.) The
second annual CMA awards were
presented in October 1968; NBC taped
the ceremony and broadcast it a few
weeks later). Beginning in 1969, the
awards were televised live, usually
during October or November of each
year. They continued to be broadcast
on NBC until switching to CBS in
1972, where they remained until
2005. Starting in November 2006, the
Annual CMA Awards are televised on
ABC. The CMA Awards, for many years,
were held at the home of Nashville's
Grand Ole Opry; initially at the
Ryman Auditorium, and from 1974 to
2004 at the Grand Ole Opry House.
The
2005 ceremonies took place in New
York City at Madison Square Garden.
The awards show has been held at
Nashville's Bridgestone Arena since
2006.Annual awards are given in the
following twelve categories:
Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Female
Vocalist, New Artist (previously
known as the Horizon Award until
2008), Vocal Group, Vocal Duo
(introduced in 1970), Single, Album,
Song, Musical Event (split off from
the Vocal Duo award in 1988 as Vocal
Event), Music Video (introduced in
1985), and Musician. The distinction
between the Duo and Event awards is
that the former is presented to two
artists who normally perform
together, while the latter was
specifically created to honor
one-off collaborations.
The
Bridgestone Arena is owned by the
Sports Authority of Nashville and
Davidson County and operated by
Powers Management Company, a
subsidiary of the Nashville
Predators National Hockey League
franchise, which has been its
primary tenant since 1998. The
Predators hosted the NHL Entry Draft
here in 2003.
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