The 2014 CMAO Awards took place last night (Monday, May 26, 2014) in Markham, Ontario. Here’s the list of this year’s nominees and winners.
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Anything At All – Autumn Hill
Get By – Tim Hicks
Rock It Country Girl – Jason Blaine
Saturday Night – Billy J White
Take The Week Off – Deric Ruttan *WINNER*
Till It’s Gone – Tebey
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Everything I Love – Jason Blaine
Favourite Mistake – Autumn Hill
One Of These Days – Marshall Dane
Small Town Pistols – Small Town Pistols *WINNER*
Take The Week Off – Deric Ruttan
Throw Down – Tim Hicks
SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR
Beer Necessities (written by Jeffrey East/Jake Mathews/Dave Thomson/; performed by Jake Mathews)
Blame It On Your Truck (written by Kira Isabella/Jason Phelps; performed by Kira Isabella)
Fire (written by Jamie Appleby/Tareya Green/Alyssa Reid/Mike Robbins/Thomas Salter; performed by Autumn Hill)
Get By (written by Shawn Hamm/Tim Hicks/Tyler Hubbard/Brian Kelley/Casey Marshall/Neil Sanderson; performed by Tim Hicks)
Mine Would Be You (written by Jessi Alexander/Connie Harrington/Deric Ruttan/; performed by Blake Shelton) *WINNER*
Take The Week Off (written by Deric Ruttan/Ryan Tyndell; performed by Deric Ruttan)
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Victoria Banks
Lindsay Broughton
Kira Isabella *WINNER*
Beverley Mahood
Lindi Ortega
Michelle Wright
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Blaine
Marshall Dane
Tim Hicks *WINNER*
Jason McCoy
Johnny Reid
Deric Ruttan
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Autumn Hill *WINNER*
Small Town Pistols
The Abrams Brothers
The Heartbroken
The Reklaws
The Western Swing Authority
ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lindi Ortega
South Mountain
The Abrams Brothers
The Good Family
The Heartbroken
The Western Swing Authority *WINNER*
RISING STAR AWARD
Leah Daniels
Jaida Dreyer
Jordan McIntosh *WINNER*
The Lovelocks
The Reklaws
Kate Todd
RECORD PRODUCER(S) OF THE YEAR
Jason Barry (Strong – Michelle Wright)
Jason Barry/Tebey (The Wait – Tebey) *WINNER*
David Kalmusky (Living On The Outside/Blame It On The Radio/Anthem Of A Runaway – Small Town Pistols)
David Kalmusky/Emerson Drive (Roll – Emerson Drive)
Deric Ruttan/Luke Wooten (Take The Week Off – Deric Ruttan)
Thomas “Tawgs” Salter/Dave Thomson (Favourite Mistake – Autumn Hill)
Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees and winners!
Check out our list of ‘5 of Our Favourite Moments from the CMAO Awards‘.
