2008 Country Music Association Awards

2008 Country Music Association Awards
2008 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 12, 2008
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Hosted by	Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2008 Country Music Association Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on November 12, 2008, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. It aired live on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM Central. The show was hosted by Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood.

Kenny Chesney won the coveted award for entertainer of the year, which was his third straight victory in this category.^[1] Carrie Underwood won her third straight trophy for female vocalist of the year, while George Strait emerged victorious in two categories, single of the year and album of the year.

Winners and nominees

^[2] Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Sugarland Keith Urban	Troubadour — George Strait Carnival Ride — Carrie Underwood Cowboy Town — Brooks & Dunn Good Time — Alan Jackson Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates — Kenny Chesney
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Brad Paisley Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson George Strait Keith Urban	Carrie Underwood Alison Krauss Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Taylor Swift
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Rascal Flatts Eagles Emerson Drive Lady Antebellum Little Big Town	Sugarland Big & Rich Brooks & Dunn Montgomery Gentry The Wreckers
Single of the Year	Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)
"I Saw God Today" — George Strait "Don't Blink" — Kenny Chesney "Gunpowder & Lead" — Miranda Lambert "Stay" — Sugarland "You're Gonna Miss This" — Trace Adkins	"Stay" — Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) "Good Time" — Alan Jackson (Alan Jackson) "I Saw God Today" — Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby (George Strait) "Letter to Me" — Brad Paisley (Brad Paisley) "You're Gonna Miss This" — Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller (Trace Adkins)
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year^[3]
Lady Antebellum Jason Aldean Rodney Atkins James Otto Kellie Pickler	Mac McAnally Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dan Huff Brent Mason
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"Waitin' on a Woman" — Brad Paisley "Don't Blink" — Kenny Chesney "Good Time" — Alan Jackson "Stay" — Sugarland "You're Gonna Miss This" — Trace Adkins	"Gone, Gone, Gone" — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss "Another Try" — Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood "Every Other Weekend" — Reba McEntire featuring Kenny Chesney "Life in a Northern Town" — Sugarland featuring Little Big Town & Jake Owen "Shiftwork" — Kenny Chesney featuring George Strait
International Artist Achievement Award^[4]
Dierks Bentley & Brooks & Dunn

References

^ http://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/2008/nominees.jhtml
^ http://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/2008/nominees.jhtml
^ http://www.cmaworld.com/cma-awards/nominees/past-winners/?appSession=14773010246549
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2013-11-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] ttp://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/2008/nominees.jhtml

[2] ttp://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/2008/nominees.jhtml

[3] ttp://www.cmaworld.com/cma-awards/nominees/past-winners/?appSession=14773010246549

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2013-11-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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