Cities That Have Hosted the CMA Awards

September 20th, 2011 - Comments Off

Country Music’s greatest awards show does not always occur in the same city. The founders are willing to move the city because they realize that country music listeners are found all across America. The casual observer may not care much about where the events are hosted. After all, he just wants to find out if his favorite artists have won any awards. Other long-time country artist may find that they have earned a lifetime achievement Read the rest of this entry »

Potential Nominees: Who Has a Shot At Winning

September 17th, 2011 - Comments Off

For country music fans, the CMA’s are always the big award show which you look forward to catching. And, if you are looking forward to seeing who will be taking home the trophees this year, if past years are an indication of the winners this year, there are several of your favorite stars to look forward to watching them win big, on country music’s big night. From all time favorites like Alan Jackson, George Strait, Toby Keith, and Read the rest of this entry »

How the CMA Awards Have Changed Over the Decades

September 14th, 2011 - Comments Off

The CMA awards have been around for many decades, offering people insight on new country music artists and rewarding those who have been around long enough to have a devoted enough fan-base to allow them to win music awards for their songs. The CMA awards have recognized many great country stars through the years, including Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. These classic artists have a lot of talent and artistic ability and through these awards shows were able to reach out to existing fans Read the rest of this entry »

Looking Back: Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean’s 2010 Duet

September 10th, 2011 - Comments Off

In 2010, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson hit the airwaves with “Don’t You Want to Stay.” A surprising combination, it really hit a cord with fans of both pop and country music, combining two distinctive styles to make magic. Jason Aldean had heard the song and pictured it with someone else to really make a splash. Throwing out the idea of Kelly Clarkson as a part of duet had been pure fantasy. What a surprise for Jason when his people contacted her people and made it happen. Kelly was excited yet anxious at the same time–would she like working with Read the rest of this entry »