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CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2024 Edition)

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The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.

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The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.

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This section begins with a song about a farmer and his wife and ends with one about Mama. Doesn’t get much more country than this!

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Updated for 2009 While the Grammys have honored country music from the very first ceremony in 1959, they did not begin honoring by gender until 1965, when the country categories were expanded along with the

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