Lambert leads CMAs with nine nominations
Both were nominated for the biggest honor - entertainer of the year. Brad Paisley, Zac Brown Band and Keith Urban also were nominated in that category. That meant neither Taylor Swift nor Carrie Underwood were nominated. Swift received only one nomination - for female vocalist - and won't be able to defend her entertainer of the year award.
Male vocalist nominees were:
Keith Urban
George Strait
Blake Shelton
Brad Paisley
Dierks Bentley
Female:
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Album of the year:
Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"
Miranda Lambert - "Revolution"
Dierks Bentley - "Up on the Ridge"
Carrie Underwood - "Play On"
George Strait - "Twang"
Musical event:
Dierks Bentley with Jamey Johnson and Miranda Lambert - Bad Angel
Zac Brown Band with Kid Rock - Can't You See
Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins - Hillbilly Bone
Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews Band - I'm Alive
Alan Jackson with Lee Ann Womack - Til the End
Lambert was nominated twice apiece for song and single of the year and once for video of the year on Tuesday.
The awards will be handed out Nov. 10 in Nashville.
More news for Miranda Lambert
- 03/14/25: 20 years later, Lambert celebrates "Kerosene"
- 09/13/24: Lambert, Gilbert, Watson put out new music
- 08/26/24: Worthington, Lambert team up
- 08/21/24: Lambert occupies "No Man's Land"
- 07/29/24: Wilson rides "Good Horses"
- 06/13/24: Lambert drops "Wranglers" video
- 04/23/24: Lambert signs with Republic; new single coming
- 04/08/24: Lambert announces short tour
CD reviews for Miranda Lambert
Cynics might think that Miranda Lambert is presumptuous in entitling her fifth disc "Platinum" and, in effect, assuming she'll get her plaque for selling 1 million units. But Lambert says that isn't the case, but more a matter of style, looks and feel.
Lambert also wrote and discovered a lot of excellent songs that fit her quite well in an album in which she exposes her inner self as she matures. That may never more apparent than in the country rocker Lambert wrote ...
Every once in a while an album comes along that restores your faith in mainstream country music. Miranda Lambert's "Revolution" is just such a recording. It's not revolutionary, as the title might suggest. Instead, this CD is chock full of topnotch songs that are both memorable and sincere and never sound slick or overproduced. (Come to think of it, such old school values as these may in fact be revolutionary around Nashville).
Lambert vocalizes a bit like a little girl at ...
Even though it sounds like a cliche from the big book of country songwriting, the truth is that, when the timing's right, a loser can end up being the biggest winner of all. Today's object lesson comes from Miranda Lambert and her sophomore album, the follow-up to her 2005 near-platinum debut, "Kerosene."
Imagine for a moment if the then-19-year-old had actually taken the crown in 2003's Nashville Star and then been forced into the studio within weeks to be primped and ...
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