Gloriana, Joey + Rory, Luke Bryan win ACM awards
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 – Gloriana, Joey + Rory and Luke Bryan were named best new artists by the Academy of Country Music Tuesday in their respective categories and now will battle for the overall award at the ACMs next month.
Gloriana won the best new vocal group category, Joey + Rory won the vocal duo prize, while Bryan won the best solo vocalist.
"We have the best fans anyone can ask for and we are so grateful to them for helping us win our first ACM Award for Top New Vocal Group," said Cheyenne Kimball of Gloriana.
"We are so honored to be a nominee for the Top New Artist Award and cannot wait to attend the ACM Awards," said Tom Gossin also of Gloriana.
Fans, who voted the three in, also will have the final say. Online voting in the category starts again on April 1 and end at 8 p.m. April 18. The ACM Awards will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 18.
More news for Gloriana
- 01/07/16: Gloriana member leaves band
- 12/17/13: Gloriana hopes for "Best Night Ever"
- 10/23/13: Gloriana member gets hitched
- 01/18/13: Gloriana gets ready for Sunday night
- 09/05/12: Gloriana announces new single
- 08/02/12: Gloriana visits Fox & Friends Friday AM
- 07/31/12: Gloriana, Joey + Rory put out new CDs
- 07/12/12: Gloriana postpones shows due to vocal problems
CD reviews for Gloriana
Why did Cheyenne Kimball leave? It's the question Gloriana fans want answered: country music's "Who Shot JR?" And even the remaining band members may not know. What's for certain is that Kimball, the multi-threat 22-year-old vocalist, reportedly just stopped showing up for Gloriana tour dates. A few tweets later, the bridges were burned, right on the verge of this record's release. The bandmates went into revisionist mode, expunging all traces of their former ...
It is interesting that Gloriana shares its name with a 1953 English opera, as they sound much the same --powerful, scripted and slightly overdramatic. The group's tight-knit harmonies are the crux of this 13-track album; they gorgeously weave and contrast strong 2-, 3- and 4-parts into almost every verse. Occasionally the group over sings, but then, they are fighting to be heard over layers of unneeded production.
Given the ages of the foursome (teens to mid-20s), it's only natural ...
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