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Entertainer of the year
Brooks & Dunn - Kenny Chesney - Alan Jackson - Toby
Keith - Tim McGraw
Single of the year
Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith/Willie Nelson
Celebrity - Brad Paisley
Have You Forgotten? - Darryl Worley
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Three Wooden Crosses - Randy Travis
Album of the year
American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Home - Dixie Chicks
Man With A Memory - Joe Nichols
Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors - Tim McGraw
Unleashed - Toby Keith
Song of the year (Songwriters)
Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith/Scott Emerick
Celebrity - Brad Paisley
Have You Forgotten? - Darryl Worley/Wynn Varble
Red Dirt Road - Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn
Three Wooden Crosses - Doug Johnson/Kim Williams
Female Vocalist of the year
Terri Clark - Alison Krauss - Patty Loveless -
Martina McBride-
Dolly Parton
Male Vocalist of the year
Kenny Chesney - Alan Jackson - Toby Keith - Tim
McGraw - Brad Paisley - George Strait
Vocal Group of the year
Alabama - Diamond Rio - Dixie Chicks - Lonestar -
Rascal Flatts
Vocal Duo of the year
Bellamy Brothers - Brooks
& Dunn - Montgomery Gentry - Sons Of The Desert - The
Warren Brothers
Vocal Event of the year
Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson - Beer For My Horses
Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett -It´s Five O´Clock Somewhere
Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow - Picture
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Johnny Cash - Tears In
The Holston River
Tracy Byrd (with Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry and Blake Shelton) - The Truth
About Men
Musician of the year
Jerry Douglas - Paul Franklin - Aubrie Haynie - Brent Mason -
Randy Scruggs
Music Video of the year (artist/director)
Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith, Willie Nelson / Michael Solomon
Celebrity - Brad Paisley / Peter Zavadil
Concrete Angel - Martina McBride / Robert Deaton, George J. Flanigan IV
Hurt - Johnny Cash /Mark Romanek
Red Dirt Road - Brooks & Dunn / Steven Goldmann
Horizon Award
Gary Allan - Buddy Jewell - Joe Nichols - Blake Shelton -
Darryl Worley
Pressemitteilung der CMA:
JOHNNY CASH AND ALAN JACKSON TIE WITH THREE AWARDS EACH DURING “THE 37TH ANNUAL
CMA AWARDS”
NASHVILLE – The night belonged to the Man in Black, Johnny Cash, and Alan
Jackson during “The 37th Annual CMA Awards.” Both men won three trophies each
during the evening. Cash received trophies for Single and Music Video of the
Year for “Hurt” and Album of the Year (with producer Rick Rubin) for American
IV: The Man Comes Around, which Cash once called, “The best record we’ve done.”
Cash last won Album of the Year in 1968. Cash died Sept. 12 at the age of 71.
Jackson received Awards for Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year (which he
won in 2002) and Vocal Event of the Year with Jimmy Buffett for their
chart-topping hit “It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere.” His latest Awards bring
Jackson’s career total to 16.
Son John Carter Cash and daughter Kathleen Cash accepted their father’s Awards
on his behalf. “My father’s work came to completion at the end of his life not
at the end of this record,” John Carter Cash said. “I’ve never seen a man more
dedicated and stronger than that man. My father’s memory will live on in my
heart, and I know in all of your hearts.”
Friends and admirers of Cash paid homage to the Country legend in a moving
musical celebration to close the last musical performance of the Awards. Kris
Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, who were part of The Highwaymen with Cash and
Waylon Jennings, performed “Folsom Prison Blues” and “I Walk The Line,”
respectively. Travis Tritt and CMA nominee Sheryl Crow, who had performed at
both June Carter and Johnny Cash’s memorial services, joined musical forces for
“Jackson.” Hank Williams Jr., who joined forces with Cash in 1988 on a song
called “That Old Wheel,” performed one of Cash’s most popular hits “Ring of
Fire.” All the performers joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who were nominated
with Cash for Vocal Event of the Year, for “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
Reigning 2002 Female Vocalist of the Year Martina McBride picked up her second
straight Award in that category. “I am so honored to be in this category with
the women that are in this category,” said McBride. “I don’t know why it is me
up here, but I am very grateful and proud.” Close friend Faith Hill presented
McBride with the Award after McBride performed her latest single, “In My
Daughter’s Eyes,” from her eighth RCA Records album Martina.
Brooks & Dunn picked up their 11th Vocal Duo of the Year trophy. “We are working
on our second decade,” said Ronnie Dunn. “Thanks for keeping us around.”
Since releasing their first Arista Nashville album more than a decade ago,
Brooks & Dunn have sold more than 27 million albums and have garnered 21 No. 1
hits. The duo performed their new single “You Can’t Take The Honky Tonk Out of
the Girl.”
The 2002 Horizon Award winner Rascal Flatts won Vocal Group of the Year, a first
for the trio. In an emotional acceptance, the group gave their Award to “our
heroes,” retiring group Alabama. Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney
have two Platinum albums to their credit and seven Top 10 hits, including “I
Melt,” which the group performed on the Awards.
Joe Nichols took home the coveted Horizon Award, which is given to the artist
who has demonstrated significant growth in Country Music over the past year.
Nichols’ debut album, Man With A Memory, spawned two No. 1 hits including
“Brokenheartsville,” which he performed.
Songwriters Doug Johnson and Kim Williams won their first CMA Award for Song of
the Year for “Three Wooden Crosses” by Randy Travis. “You know, our world needs
hope,” Johnson said backstage. “And if any of us can give anyone hope, well,
we’ve done our job.”
Country Music Hall of Fame member Dolly Parton teamed up with five-time GRAMMY
award winner Norah Jones on “The Grass Is Blue,” a Parton classic that Jones
recorded for the tribute album Just Because I’m A Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton.
Entertainer of the Year nominees Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney each performed
poignant coming-of-age songs. McGraw sang “Red Ragtop,” the controversial single
about regret and forgiveness from his nominated Album of the Year Tim McGraw and
the Dancehall Doctors. “There Goes My Life,” Chesney’s first single from his
upcoming album, follows a father through the birth of his child, to giving her
away at her wedding.
Top nominee Toby Keith performed his 18th No. 1 hit, “I Love This Bar,” in front
of a backdrop of neon signs and barroom images.
Female Vocalist of the Year nominees Terri Clark and Patty Loveless performed
up-tempo songs “I Wanna Do It All” and “Lovin’ All Night,” respectively. In
2003, Clark was the only female to have a No. 1 hit in 82 weeks with “I Just
Wanna Be Mad.” Loveless’ newest album On Your Way Home, her first studio project
in more than two years debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Country Albums chart
and received critical acclaim.
Country Music’s brightest new stars in the Horizon Award category each performed
songs that in the past year established them as viable hit-makers. “Nashville
Star” winner Buddy Jewell sang his Top 5 hit “Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey’s
Song),” a tribute to his daughter; Blake Shelton performed his family-oriented
No. 1 song “The Baby;” and Gary Allan sang “Songs About Rain,” his second single
off his fifth MCA Nashville album See If I Care; and Darryl Worley sang “I Will
Stand My Ground,” from his Platinum album Have You Forgotten?
George Strait, the CMA Award’s top-nominated artist of all time with 71,
performed his new single “Honk If You Honky Tonk.” Highest-selling Country
female in history, Shania Twain, sang “She’s Not Just A Pretty Face.” Female
Vocalist of the Year nominee Alison Krauss collaborated with her band, Union
Station and Musician of the Year nominee Jerry Douglas, on “Every Time You Say
Goodbye.”
Three-time CMA Award winner Brad Paisley offered the comic relief of the night
with a little help from his friends. “The Bachelorette” star Trista Rehn and
“Star Trek” captain William Shatner introduced Paisley, who performed
“Celebrity,” the tongue-in-cheek satire on stardom.
Guitarist Randy Scruggs received his second Musician of the Year trophy and
dedicated his Award to some of his biggest influences. “I’d really like to say a
personal thanks to the Cash family and the Carter family for the many years of
inspiration,” Scruggs said.
Capitol Nashville recording artist Dierks Bentley introduced a commercial break
with his No. 1 single “What Was I Thinkin’” from his debut, self-titled album.
Adding some comedic moments himself, Vince Gill hosted the CMA Awards for the
12th consecutive year. Gill also took to the stage and performed “Young Man’s
Town,” a reflective look at the differences in the past and the present from
Gill’s album Next Big Thing, with background vocals from his daughter Jenny.
Country legends Floyd Cramer and Carl Smith were officially inducted into the
Country Music Hall of Fame. Cramer, know for his progressive piano playing
style, died in 1997. Singer-songwriter Smith, who attended the Awards, wrote
some of the biggest hits in Country Music in the 1950s, including “Let Old
Mother Nature Have Her Way” and “Are You Teasing Me.”
Presenters on “Country Music’s Biggest Night™” included Trace Adkins, Tracy
Byrd, Chris Cagle, Anthony Clark and Mike O’Malley from CBS’ “Yes Dear,” Kellie
Coffey, Sara Evans, Jennifer Hanson, Rebecca Lynn Howard, George Jones,
Lonestar, Jo Dee Messina, LeAnn Rimes, Kid Rock, Marty Roe, Keith Urban, Mark
Wills and Wynonna.
The industry professional members of the Country Music Association vote to
determine CMA Award winners. The CMA Awards were produced by Walter C. Miller,
directed by Paul Miller and scripted by David Wild. The event was broadcast live
on the CBS Television Network from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn.
MJI Programming, a Division of Premiere Radio Networks, is the official radio
packager of the CMA Awards, which includes the stereo-radio simulcast of the
gala event. The Awards was also seen around the world, including BBC Television
in the UK. The CMA Awards became the first music awards show to be broadcast on
network television in 1968.