CMA Awards 2009 Winners
November 12, 2009 by iMusicDaily
Filed under Celebrity, Music, photo
The CMA Awards 2009 winners are happy about their 2009 CMA Awards wins. Who won the various awards last night? Let me tell you what, there were plenty of surprises, laughs, and not-so-big surprises that made this night grand.
Taylor Swift won all of the awards that she was up for – but is that a surprise? The surprise was that Kanye West didn’t pop up on stage to talk about how someone else should have won the awards. Lady Antebellum had a good night as well with 2 wins. Before we get any further, here’s a list of the official CMA Awards 2009 winners:
Entertainer of the Year: Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year: Brad Paisley
Single of the Year: “I Run to You,” Lady Antebellum
Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift
Female Vocalist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: “In Color,” Jamey Johnson (w/ cowriters Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto)
Music Video of the Year: “Love Story,” Taylor Swift
Best New Artist of the Year: Darius Rucker
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally
Event of the Year: “Start a Band,” Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
Vocal Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
Vocal Duo of the Year: Sugarland
Although Taylor Swift didn’t have the most nominations (Brad Paisley did), she walked away with the most wins. Lady Antebellum had 2 wins, and Brad Paisley had 2 wins as well. Miss Swift had a whopping 4 wins, meaning she walked away with over 30% of the awards.
AC/DC Are The Richest Aussie Entertainers
November 4, 2009 by iMusicDaily
Filed under Album Cover, Celebrity, Music, photo
AC/DC are the wealthiest Australians in show business – the rockers have topped a poll of the country’s richest entertainers.
The Back in Black hit-makers, who formed in Sydney in 1973, claimed the number one slot on the 2009 BRW Top 50 Entertainers list with their yearly income of $95 million.
Aussie singer Kylie Minogue retained her place at number two with $42 million yearly earnings, while children’s musical group The Wiggles bumped New Zealand-born actor Russell Crowe into fourth place.
The top five is rounded out by country music star Keith Urban, whose actress wife Nicole Kidman ranked ninth in the poll.
Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley To Perform @ CMA Awards
October 7, 2009 by imusicdaily
Filed under Celebrity, Music
A power-packed lineup of country stars including Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban will perform at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards show, the Country Music Association tells People.com.
The list of stars – which also includes Brooks & Dunn (the vocal duo, winners of 14 CMAs, have announced they will be parting ways after a farewell tour next year), Reba McEntire, George Strait, Sugarland and first-time nominee Darius Rucker – is the first round of performers announced for the show.
Brooks & Dunn To Perform At CMAs Before They Split
October 6, 2009 by iMusicDaily
Filed under Celebrity, Live, Music
The 43rd annual Country Music Association awards will offer fans one of the last chances to see Brooks & Dunn before they split next year.
The popular duo joins a star-studded lineup, including all five entertainer of the year nominees, scheduled to perform during the Nov. 11 ceremony.
CMA also announced Monday that Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire,George Strait, Sugarland, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban will perform. Also scheduled to play songs are co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn plan to tour next year, then will dissolve a partnership that’s sold 30 million albums and had 23 No. 1 hits. They’ll be competing for their 15th vocal duo award and are also nominated for top musical event with McEntire.
Taylor Swift Youngest Artist Ever Nominated For CMA Entertainer Of The Year
September 9, 2009 by iMusicDaily
Filed under Celebrity, Live, Music, One Year Ago Today, TV
With the announcement of the final nominees in five of the 12 CMA categories this morning, 19-year-old Taylor Swift became the youngest person ever nominated in the Entertainer of the Year category.
Taylor’s competition includes Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait and Keith Urban, also making her the only woman in the competition this year.
In addition to Entertainer of the Year, Taylor had three additional nominations — Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year and Music Video — placing her slightly behind Paisley, who topped the list of finalists with six nominations.
“The 43rd Annual CMA Awards” air Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Taylor Swift Is A Prankster
Check out the behind-the-scenes footage when Taylor Swift pranked Keith Urban.
From Taylor Swift’s MySpace page:
Taylor Swift
Your world is my world.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
“This is a glimpse of what it looked like backstage when we pranked Keith Urban, surprising our crew members on tour, why Demi shouldn’t drive jetskis, and some very fashionable hats modeled by my mom and me. I’m leaving for the UK in the morning, so there’s a shout out to you guys that I’ll be seeing in London and at V-Fest! And it’s all set to “One Time” by Justin Bieber. It’s very much on repeat at the moment.”
“The TODAY Show” Summer Concert Series 2010 Lineup Announced Today
The lineup for NBC The TODAY Show’s annual Toyota-sponsored summer concert series was revealed yesterday and it’s going to be quite an entertaining two months of live performances at the famous Rockefeller Plaza.
Sting will be the first act to perform a live show on May 14. The runner-up and winner of American Idol will be performing as well following the finale of American Idol in late May.
There will be current, and major stars taking the stage, check out the full lineup of the 2010 Today Show Summer Concert series below.
MAY:
21 The Script
27 American Idol Winner and Runner Up (Special Thursday performance)
JUNE:
4 Justin Bieber
8 Christina Aguilera
11 Rascal Flatts
18 James Taylor and Carol King
25 Maxwell
JULY:
2 Maroon 5
9 Lady Gaga
16 Enrique Iglesias
23 John Mayer
30 Carrie Underwood
AUGUST:
6 Train
13 Ke$ha
20 Keith Urban
27 Katy Perry
