Comments on: Academy of Country Music Nominations Due February 11

By: barbara baer

barbara baer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:55:23 +0000

agree miley and taylor did not belong at the
grammys they were not nominated how
they wormed there way in is beyond me

By: Country Universe » 44th Annual ACM Awards Projections

Country Universe » 44th Annual ACM Awards Projections — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:09:21 +0000

[...] and Duo/Group categories) will be voted on by both the academy and the general public, as noted in last week’s news item regarding the questionable voting criteria of the ACM. Even with the recent spate of [...]

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:23:18 +0000

I am a huge nascar fan! Every year they have to change and adapt the rules and they have done exactly that due to the economy!
I absolutely adore Jamey and will miss him being on there as a nominee. I was at his show 2 weeks ago, PACKED HOUSE!!!! Everyone loved him. There will be alot of dissapointed folks out there. I truly think he deserves this! He is fresh and really, really good!

By: Martin in NY

Martin in NY — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:00:17 +0000

I have to say that I’m really hoping Sugarland gets a ton of ACM nominations next week. They are not my overall favorite musically (though I like them a lot), but I feel that they really didn’t get the amount of deserved attention from the Grammys. They are a really important force in music right now. They are also starting to get somewhat edgier and even political in their personae (for instance starting that non-profit with the Indigo Girls). I can almost sense a Dixie Chicks-like backlash coming their way,as they are very popular with mainstream listeners.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:17:39 +0000

There’s only one thing to do…get the word and buy 30,000 copies of That Lonesome Song in the next 6 days.

Seriously though, I think the hard number is a bad rule especially given the slipping music sales this year. I understand the Academy not wanting a little known record to win and anger a large group of fans, but if the Academy feels that there needs to be some level of success then limit it to the top 50 or 100 sellers of the time period.

Hopefully Jamey will get to tell them how he traded his life for cocaine and a whore, this year at the show. That’ll teach ‘em.

By: vp

vp — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:19:08 +0000

I have a peoblem with the “awarded based on both membership vote and fan participation”. I have always thought that to be a way for it to be fixed, anything where the fans and members are mixed together seems to turn into the most popular person at the time of the show wins. These are supposed to be from your peers based on certain criteria, there are other fan based awards out there.

It is rather disappointing, as is the Taylor and Miley thing. The Grammys used to be a respectable, and prestegious awards show not this year it has gone to the dogs.

By: Steve from Boston

Steve from Boston — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:31:40 +0000

I just re-read the post, and saw that Jamey Johnson is ineligible this year but may be next year, so…yeah, I’d like to see JJ shake things up at the ACMs and the CMAs hopefully next year.

I don’t like that threshold rule either…but hey, why don’t they just give it to the top seller, as seems to be their pattern anyway?! They shouldn’t even make a pretense of factoring in intangibles such as artistic merit.

And I hope they get some better acts for the live entertainment…the CMA’s performances were pretty much abysmal, I’m hoping the ACM’s will show better judgement with their selected performers.

And I agree, the Taylor and Miley thing at the Grammy’s…I’ll be tuning that part out.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:20:11 +0000

I just read that Keith Urban will be performing at the Grammys along with John Mayer, BB King, & Buddy Guy in a tribute to Bo Diddley!! Not excited about seeing the 2 teen Queens performing! Also don’t like the fan voting thing!

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:35:30 +0000

I think the album rule is frustrating too. I’m also having a problem with the fan voted awards expansion. It was such a controversy last year, so why not make it even worse this year? Furthermore, sticking Rimes with those lesser talents is incredulous.

As for the Grammys, I’m happy with their more respectable nominations, but annoyed that they have Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus performing together. They’re not even nominated foranything (as far as I know), which makes their performance purely a commercial gimmick.

By: Steve from Boston

Steve from Boston — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:41:18 +0000

I too have pretty much given up on the ACM’s as well as the CMA’s..

The Grammy’s seem to be the last bastion of integrity now.

But hey, go Jamey Johnson, shake things up!