Comments on: ACM Top New Artist Winners

By: Matt B

Matt B — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:52:10 +0000

VP, we’ll see how much those kids under 13 want to go to the Hannah Montana movie.

By: vp

vp — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:46:53 +0000

I think regardless of the outcome, they will continue to have the fan voted categories if it brings in the viewers, same reason why they added Hannah/Miley as a performer. All kids under the age of 13 in Americal will stay up and watch. As will all the people who voted. It is all about the ratings

By: Maureen McCole

Maureen McCole — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:57:13 +0000

Jamey Johnson/Ashton Shepherd should have won “New Artist” categories.

Ashton is phenomenal and is the only singer who sings country the way it should be sung.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:32:50 +0000

I don’t want to turn this into Nashville Gab or one of those sites, and I could have missed it, but other than dating Chick Wicks, what is Julianne’s scandal?

By: Craig R.

Craig R. — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:29:01 +0000

I never take the ACMs as seriously as I do the CMAs. But I agree with RazorX.

By: Matt B

Matt B — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:30:09 +0000

Kendra, to be fair to Julianne, She’s had the highest charting single of the three females nominated.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:10:00 +0000

I am disturbed that Julianne’s teen fanatics from her dancing show have obviously made this into a popularity contest and forgotten that this should be about talent. How can a girl who is barely a singer, who gets no airplay for her songs, and who is more known for her scandalous private life than her music be the best new female artist? It is a disgrace to country music and as a long time country fan I just pray this this prentender does not become the Best New Artist.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:59:19 +0000

Yup, Razor, I agree. I can’t even take this award seriously. I can’t believe they added this after the Entertainer debacle last year.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:18:10 +0000

If the ACM wanted to get fans more involved, why not have one fan-voted category — Fans’ Choice of the Year or something like that — and leave the other categories alone? Letting the fans vote for Best New Artist and Entertainer of the Year seriously cheapens and devalues the integrity of the awards.

By: Matt B

Matt B — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:18:34 +0000

If they’d have chosen the best 5 out of this bunch, Jamey and Eli Young Band would most surely be in the running…