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“We Were Us” by Keith
Urban Featuring Miranda Lambert Wins Musical Event of the Year; Dierks Bentley
and Director Wes Edwards Win Music Video of the Year for “Drunk On A Plane”
NASHVILLE – Winners in
two of the 12 CMA Awards categories were announced live on ABC News’ “Good
Morning America” this morning from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, which
is the site of “The 48th Annual CMA Awards.”
The news was delivered by GMA chief
meteorologist Ginger Zee and welcomed by cheers from the thousands
of rain-soaked fans gathered on the Bridgestone Arena plaza waiting to see CMA
Awards Musical Event of the Year winners Miranda Lambert; and
Keith Urban,who also performed.
“What a terrific way to gear up for the industry’s
top honors, by announcing winners in two categories on GMA and sharing that good
news with the viewers and the fans in Nashville,” said CMA Chief Executive Officer
Sarah Trahern.
Hosted for the seventh time by Brad Paisley
and Carrie Underwood, “The 48th Annual CMA Awards”
airs tonight (8:00-11:00 PM/ET)
on the ABC Television Network.
Lambert and Urban won CMA Musical Event of the Year for “We
Were Us” from Urban’s CMA Awards nominated Album of the Year, Fuse.
Winning CMA Music Video
of the Year was Dierks Bentley and director Wes Edwards
for “Drunk On A Plane.”
Bentley was the most-nominated male artist in 2014 with five
nominations including Male Vocalist; Album of the Year for Riser, which
was produced by Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston, and Arturo Buenahora Jr.; Song
of the Year for “I Hold On,” which Bentley wrote with Brett James; and Single
and Music Video of the Year for “Drunk On A Plane,” which was produced by
Copperman, Johnston, Buena Hora, and directed by Edwards. This was Bentley’s
first nomination for Music Video of the Year. Bentley won his first CMA Award
in 2005 for the Horizon Award, now known as New Artist of the Year.
The 2014 CMA Awards top
nominee, Lambert’s nominations include Entertainer (she received her first nomination
in this category in 2010); Female Vocalist; Album for Platinum, which
was produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf; two nominations for
Musical Event for “Somethin’ Bad” with Carrie Underwood and “We Were Us”
with Urban; and two nominations for Music Video of the Year for “Automatic”
and “Somethin’ Bad” with Underwood, which were both directed by Trey Fanjoy.
In addition, “Automatic” picked up nominations for Single (produced by Liddell,
Ainlay, and Worf) and Song of the Year for songwriters Nicolle Galyon, Natalie
Hemby, and Lambert. This marks her first win for Musical Event of the Year and
brings her career CMA Awards wins to eight.
Urban collected four nominations in 2014 including
Entertainer of the Year, which he won in 2005; Male Vocalist, which he has won
three times (2004-2006); Album for Fuse, which was produced by Benny
Blanco, Nathan Chapman, Copperman, Zach Crowell, Mike Elizondo, Dann Huff, Jay
Joyce, Stargate, Butch Walker, and Urban (Urban only receives one nomination for
the category, but can receive a second trophy as producer); and Musical Event
with Lambert for “We Were Us.” This is Urban’s third win in the category
(“Start a Band” with Paisley in 2009; “Highway Don’t Care” with Taylor
Swift and Tim McGraw in 2013), bringing his career CMA Awards wins to nine.
This marked the third year
the categories were announced on “Good Morning America.” In previous years,
the winners were announced in pre-televised activities and acknowledged during
the CMA Awards broadcast. Chris Young will host pre-tel ceremonies
tonight and will present the trophies to the winners as well as Musician of the
Year and CMA Broadcast Awards winners for Radio Station and Radio Personality
of the Year. The recipients will be acknowledged during the broadcast and participate
in backstage media interviews. |
