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44th Annual ACM Awards Projections

February 9, 2009 Guest Contributor 38

On Wednesday, February 11, the Academy of Country Music will unveil the nominees for their 44th annual awards ceremony. Last year, the usual suspects prevailed. Brad and Carrie repeated in the Vocalist categories, Brooks &

Self-Promotion: What Works?

February 6, 2009 Guest Contributor 10

My favorite country music-related headline of the week: “Toby Keith Takes On Fashion with TK Steelman Clothing Line.” In case you missed the latest in a long line of increasingly bizarre marketing attempts by country

Academy of Country Music Nominations Due February 11

February 4, 2009 Guest Contributor 15

The nominations for this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards will be announced on Wednesday, February 11, and Country Universe will have a preview next week. As announced yesterday, the blond brigade of Julianne Hough,

Grammy Flashback: Best Female Country Vocal Performance

January 25, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 23

Revised and 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

The First Annual Country Universe Readers’ Choice Awards

January 24, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 27

Carrie Underwood is the top winner of the inaugural Country Universe Reader’s Choice Awards, earning first place in all four of the races in which she was eligible. In addition to being named Artist of

Discussion: Awards Show Recap

December 30, 2008 Guest Contributor 15

With 2008 nearing completion, let’s take a trip down memory lane to the major awards shows of the year. The ACM Awards, the CMA Awards and the Grammys all provided their share of surprises and

Leeann Ward’s Top Singles of 2008

December 27, 2008 Leeann Ward 12

Here are my favorite singles of 2008. As Dan has done, I lifted the entries that I had already written from our collective list for this article. #20: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, “Please Read

Blake Boldt’s Year-End Lists

December 25, 2008 Guest Contributor 5

Happy holidays! Singles: 1. “In Color,” Jamey Johnson 2. “Waitin’ on a Woman,” Brad Paisley 3. “This Is Me You’re Talking To,” Trisha Yearwood 4. “She Left Me for Jesus,” Hayes Carll 5. “What I

Discussion: 2009 Singles

December 20, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 36

With little new music on the horizon, we can at least hope for some fresh songs on the radio and video outlets from current albums. I miss the days when a label could work three

Best Country Singles of 2008, Part 3: #20-#11

December 17, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 24

The consensus builds with the next set of ten singles. While there is still some lesser known singles and artists in the mix, more than half of these entries come from top-selling albums. Of course,