Paisley, Urban CMA count increases due to error
The additional nomination gives Paisley a total of seven nominations - the most of any artist nominated for the 2009 CMA Awards. Urban's nomination count jumps from four to five.
The omission occurred when transferring information from the online ballot to the list of final nominees. "We take the integrity of the CMA Awards balloting very seriously," said Tammy Genovese, CMA Chief Executive Officer. "And when an oversight like this occurs we commit ourselves to a thorough review, thoughtful and immediate correction, and complete disclosure and accountability to the artists and our industry.
"I can assure CMA's valued constituents that we have examined every detail of the ballot for other discrepancies and all other categories were correct as announced."
Start A Band will be added to the list of nominees for the final ballot and all previously announced nominees will remain on the list. "All of the nominees for Musical Event of the Year are deserving and in the interest of fairness will remain on the ballot for the final vote by our membership," Genovese said. "We sincerely regret the omission of these two deserving artists from the list of nominees and apologize to Brad and Keith, and their representatives, for any confusion."
Zac Brown, Jamey Johnson, George Strait, and Taylor Swift each received four CMA Awards nominations.
Paisley was also nominated for Entertainer; Male Vocalist; Album for "American Saturday Night," which was produced by Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois; Single and Song for Then (DuBois and Ashley Gorley are also nominated as songwriters); and Music Video for "Start A Band" with Urban, which was directed by Jim Shea.
Urban's other nominations include Entertainer; Male Vocalist; Music Video for Start A Band with Paisley; and Album of the Year for "Defying Gravity." Urban is eligible to win a second trophy in the Album category for producing "Defying Gravit"y with Dann Huff.
The 43rd Annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 11.
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- 10/16/23: Paisley heads overseas again
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