2010 Country Music Association Awards

2010 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 10, 2010 (2010-11-10)
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Hosted by	Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2010 Country Music Association Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on November 10, 2010, 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.

Miranda Lambert was the lead nominee with 9 nominations, followed by Lady Antebellum. Brad Paisley notched three bids, including entertainer of the year. Reigning Entertainer of the year winner, Taylor Swift, only received one nomination, for Female Vocalist of the year.

When Miranda Lambert was nominated for nine awards in 2010, she broke a record for most CMA nominations ever received by a female artist in a single year. The night's top honor, Entertainer of the year, went to Brad Paisley. Blake Shelton won Male Vocalist of the year, and Zac Brown Band took home New Artist of the year.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Brad Paisley Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Keith Urban Zac Brown Band	Revolution — Miranda Lambert Need You Now — Lady Antebellum Play On — Carrie Underwood Twang — George Strait Up on the Ridge — Dierks Bentley
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton Dierks Bentley Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban	Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Reba McEntire Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Zac Brown Band	Sugarland Brooks & Dunn Joey + Rory Montgomery Gentry Steel Magnolia
Single of the Year	Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)
"Need You Now" — Lady Antebellum "A Little More Country Than That" — Easton Corbin "Hillbilly Bone" — Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins "The House That Built Me" — Miranda Lambert "White Liar" — Miranda Lambert	"The House That Built Me" — Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert) "A Little More Country Than That" — Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress & Wynn Varble (Easton Corbin) "Need You Now" — Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott & Josh Kear (Lady Antebellum) "Toes" — Zac Brown, Wyatt Durette, John Driskell Hopkins & Shawn Mullins (Zac Brown Band) "White Liar" — Miranda Lambert & Natalie Hemby (Miranda Lambert)
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
Zac Brown Band Luke Bryan Easton Corbin Jerrod Niemann Chris Young	Mac McAnally Paul Franklin Dan Huff Brent Mason Randy Scruggs
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"The House That Built Me" — Miranda Lambert "Hillbilly Bone" — Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins "Need You Now" — Lady Antebellum "Water" — Brad Paisley "White Liar" — Miranda Lambert	"Hillbilly Bone" — Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins "Bad Angel" — Dierks Bentley featuring Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson "Can't You See" — Zac Brown Band featuring Kid Rock "I'm Alive" — Kenny Chesney featuring Dave Matthews "Till the End" — Alan Jackson featuring Lee Ann Womack