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NASHVILLE
– Country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be returning to host
“Country Music’s Biggest Night™” for the sixth consecutive time in 2013.
“The 47th Annual CMA Awards” airs live from the Bridgestone
Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 6 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.
The popular
hosts used “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” to make the announcement
when the concert special aired tonight on ABC.
“Carrie and Brad are
the consummate hosts,” said Ed Hardy, President of
the CMA Board of Directors. “They have the respect of our industry, artistic
credibility, critical acclaim, and a quick-witted, genuine rapport that makes
them popular with our audience and the viewers at home. We are delighted to have
them back as hosts for the sixth year.”
Paisley has won 14 CMA Awards since
receiving the Horizon Award (now the New Artist Award) in 2000, including Entertainer
of the Year (2010), Male Vocalist (2007, 2008, 2009) and Album (2006 for Time Well Wasted). He won Musical
Event of the Year three times, first in 2004 with Alison Krauss for “Whiskey
Lullaby,” second in 2006 for “When I Get Where I’m Going” with Dolly Parton,
and a third time in 2009 for “Start a Band” with Keith Urban. He claimed the
Vocal Event of the Year trophy in 2001 for “Too Country” with Bill Anderson,
George Jones, and Buck Owens; and won Music Video of the Year four times, first
in 2002 for “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song),” second in 2004 for
“Whiskey Lullaby” (with Krauss), third in 2007 for “Online,” and fourth
in 2008 for “Waitin’ on a Woman” (featuring Andy Griffith). He is No. 5 on the
list of top CMA Awards winners of all time.
Paisley is a critically
acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer, who has earned numerous
awards and accolades, as well as being a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry. Since
his first No. 1 single in 1999 he has placed 22 singles at the top of the charts,
his most recent from his acclaimed new album, Wheelhouse, which features
his new single, “I Can’t Change the World,” as well as the back-to-back
No. 1 hits, “Southern Comfort Zone” and “Beat This Summer.” This
is Paisley’s first self-produced project and he wrote or co-wrote all tracks
on the album. Paisley’s 2012 “Virtual Reality World Tour” played to more
than one million fans in the U.S. and Europe. Paisley’s 2013 tour, “Beat
This Summer Tour presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®,” has played
to more than 423,000 fans to date.
Underwood has received five CMA Awards
in her career – only six other female solo artists have received more including
Dolly Parton (nine), Loretta Lynn (eight), and Allison Krauss (eight). Like Tammy
Wynette (1968-1970), Underwood has won three consecutive Female Vocalist of the
Year trophies (2006-2008), as well as Single of the Year (2007 for “Before He
Cheats”), and the Horizon Award (2006). Her 15 career CMA Awards nominations
include two for Album of the Year for Carnival Ride (2008) and Play On (2010); two nominations
for Music Video of the Year for “Jesus Take the Wheel” (2006) and “Before
He Cheats” (2007); and Musical Event of the Year for “I Told You So” featuring
Randy Travis (2009). She has been nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year every
year since winning in 2006 (2006-2012).
Since releasing her debut album in 2005,
Underwood has sold more than 15 million albums and placed 17 No. 1 singles on
the charts, eight of which she co-wrote. Her current album, Blown Away, made history
by debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, making
Underwood only the second Country artist in the 47-year history of the chart to
have each of their first four albums debut at No. 1. The Platinum-selling Blown Away also debuted
at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, making her only the second
Country artist in history to have three consecutive albums debut at No. 1. Underwood’s
recently wrapped “Blown Away Tour” launched in the spring of 2012 and continued
through May 2013, for a total of 112 dates in 110 cities, 6 countries, and 3 continents,
playing for more than 1 million fans and selling out every concert this year.
The CMA
Awards nominees and winners are determined by more than 7,000 industry professional
members of CMA, which was the first trade organization formed to promote an individual
genre of music in 1958.
Winners of “The 47th Annual CMA Awards”
will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of CMA.
CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte
& Touche LLP. The eligibility period for the 2013 CMA Awards is July 1, 2012 to
June 30, 2013.
The second
ballot will be emailed to CMA members Tuesday, Aug. 20. Voting for the
second ballot closes at Friday, Aug. 30 (5:00 PM/CT). The final nominees in
each of the 12 categories will be announced in September.
Winners of “The
47th Annual CMA Awards” will be determined in a final round of
voting by eligible CMA members. The third and final ballot will be emailed on
Thursday, Oct. 10. Voting for the CMA Awards final ballot ends Monday, Oct. 28 (5:00 PM/CT).
Ticket
information for the CMA Awards will be announced later this summer with information
available at CMAawards.com. Or follow the
conversation on Twitter at #CMAawards.
“The 47th Annual CMA Awards”
is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton
is the Executive Producer and Paul Miller is the Director. The
CMA Awards will be shot in high definition and broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P),
ABC’s selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound.
The first
“CMA Awards Banquet and Show” was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA
Awards was broadcast for the first time – making it the longest running, annual
music awards program on network television. The Awards have aired on ABC since
2006. ABC will be the network home of the CMA Awards and CMA’s other two television
properties, “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” and “CMA Country
Christmas,” through 2021. |
