2017 GRAMMYs Predictions

Questions to ask ourselves about tonight’s Grammys: Will Maren walk away a multiple winner? Will Brandy Clark finally win? Will Keith Urban upset the four women he’s nominated with? Who will win?

Wrapping Up the 2013 CMAs

Country Music’s Biggest Night is officially in the books as the lights go down on the 2013 CMA Awards. The night was filled with plenty of music from some of the genre’s biggest stars. The awards featured a few surprise winners and some familiar favorites. ATC is wrapping up the night and revealing how my…

2013 CMA Awards: Official Predictions

My favorite day of the year has finally arrived! Tonight all eyes will be on Nashville as the 47th Annual CMA Awards will be held live from Bridgestone Arena. Hosted for the sixth time by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, the night promises to be filled with plenty of glitz and glamour as country music’s…

2012 CMA Awards Nominations: Out with the Old, In with the New

For the better part of the past 12 years the list of CMA Awards nominees has changed very little from year to year. You have the usual suspects like Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, and Martina McBride who seem to land nominations every year in their respective vocalist fields. It’s very rare…

CMA Preview: Who Will Be the Nominees? (Part 2)

A couple weeks ago I gave my predictions as to who the nominees in the artists categories would be for this year’s CMA Awards. Since we now know that Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellum will reveal the nominees live on Good Morning America on September 5th, I’m rounding out the predictions with some of the…

2012 CMA Preview: Who Will Be Nominees?

Recently the Country Music Association announced that Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will once again be hosts of the CMA Awards, which will be held November 1st. By now you guys should know that I am big awards show fan so the announcement lit the fire of excitement for awards season. Not to mention CMA…

ACM Awards Wrap-Up

Well the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music awards are in the books. Last night the awards show was definitely dressed to fit Las Vegas with plenty of glitz, glamor, and upsets. Here’s ATC’s final wrap up of the night’s big winners as well as how I did with my predictions. Just a heads up,…

ACM Awards: Official Predictions

The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is finally here! The annual awards show will take place live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this Sunday night on CBS. The show will once again be hosted by Reba and Blake Shelton and will feature over-the-top performance from some of the genre’s…

ACM Nominations: Kenny Chesney Back on Top with 9 Nominations

The nominations for the Academy of Country Music’s 47th annual awards show were announced Thursday morning and Kenny Chesney leads the pack with an astounding nine nominations. Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellum were also among the most nominated artists with six and five nominations respectively, while a horde of other artists received multiple nods as…

CMA Awards 2011: Official Predictions

Well it’s that time of year again…when every country music fan sits down in front of the TV as country music takes over primetime television for one night. That’s right, Country Music’s Biggest Night has finally arrived! The 45th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on ABC tonight and once again…

Aldean, Paisley, Shelton and Swift Top CMA Nominations

It’s official! The nominations for the 45th Annual CMA Awards have been revealed and I’m proud to say we weren’t crazy wrong in most of the categories we predicted. Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift are all tied as the leading nominees with five nominations a piece, including Entertainer of the Year….

CMA’s For Your Consideration: Entertainer of the Year

Tomorrow morning nearly every country music artist will be up early to watch the announcement of the 45th Annual CMA Awards nominees. The Band Perry and Jake Owen will appear live on ABC’s Good Morning America to announce the big categories while Thompson Square, The JaneDear Girls, and Jerrod Niemann will announce the remaining categories…