42th CMA Awards 2008

El día 12 de noviembre se celebró en la ciudad de Nasville, Tennessee; la 42 edición de los premios CMA (Country Music Asociation) que fueron presentados por Carrie Underwood y Brad Paisley. No obstante fueron ayudados en dichas labores por Vince Gill, Julianne Hough, Heidi Newfield, Jake Owen, John Rich, Josh Turner, Jimmy Wayne y Lee Ann Womack. Estos premios los eligen los miembros del CMA (Country Music Association).

Las Nominaciones en los apartados mas importantes son:

Single of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer)

* "Don’t Blink" Kenny Chesney

* "Gunpowder & Lead" Miranda Lambert

* "I Saw God Today" George Strait

* "Stay" Sugarland

* "You’re Gonna Miss This" Trace Adkins

Song of the Year (Award goes to Songwriter and Primary Publisher)

* “Good Time” Alan Jackson

* “I Saw God Today” Rodney Clawson/Monty Criswell/Wade Kirby
Big Red Toe/Extremely Loud Music/Steel Wheels Music/Blind Mule Music

* “Letter To Me” Brad Paisley

* “Stay” Jennifer Nettles

* “You’re Gonna Miss This” Ashley Gorley/Lee Thomas Miller

Musical Event of the Year (Award to each Artist)

* Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood “Another Try”

* Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney “Every Other Weekend”

* Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Gone Gone Gone”

* Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen “Life In A Northern Town”

* Kenny Chesney (duet with George Strait) “Shiftwork”


Music Video of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Director)

* “Don’t Blink” Kenny Chesney
Directed by Shaun Silva

* “Good Time” Alan Jackson
Directed by Trey Fanjoy

* “Stay” Sugarland
Directed by Shaun Silva

* “Waitin’ On A Woman” Brad Paisley featuring Andy Griffith
Directed by Jim Shea & Peter Tilden

* “You’re Gonna Miss This” Trace Adkins
Directed by Peter Zavadil



Los GANADORES en todos los apartados son:

Entertainer of the Year

* Kenny Chesney

Female Vocalist of the Year

* Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year

* Brad Paisley

New Artist of the Year

* Lady Antebellum

Vocal Group of the Year

* Rascal Flatts

Vocal Duo of the Year

* Sugarland

Single of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer)

* "I Saw God Today" George Strait
Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
MCA Nashville




Album of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer)

* Troubadour George Strait
Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
MCA Nashville

Song of the Year (Award goes to Songwriter and Primary Publisher)

* “Stay” Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles Publishing




Musical Event of the Year (Award to each Artist)

# Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Gone Gone Gone” Rounder Records




Music Video of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Director)

* “Waitin’ On A Woman” Brad Paisley featuring Andy Griffith
Directed by Jim Shea & Peter Tilden




Musician of the Year

* Mac McAnally – Guitar