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The much anticipated list of nominees for the second annual Country Music Association of Ontario Awards were announced yesterday at an event in Toronto. Deric Ruttan leads the field of 2014 CMAO Nominees with 8 nominations including Single of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for Blake Shelton’s smash hit “Mine Would Be You”, Tim Hicks and Autumn Hill tie for second with 5 nominations each.
Over the last year we’ve gotten to know several of the nominees and we’d like to wish all of them the best of luck, we look forward to getting to know the rest of the nominees in the year to come!
SINGLE OF THE YEAR Anything At All – Autumn Hill Get By – Tim Hicks Rock It Country Girl – Jason Blaine Saturday Night – Billy J White Take The Week Off – Deric Ruttan Till It’s Gone – Tebey ALBUM OF THE YEAR Everything I Love – Jason Blaine Favourite Mistake – Autumn Hill One Of These Days – Marshall Dane Small Town Pistols – Small Town Pistols Take The Week Off – Deric Ruttan Throw Down – Tim Hicks SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR Beer Necessities (written by Jeffrey East/Jake Mathews/Dave Thomson/; performed by Jake Mathews) Blame It On Your Truck (written by Kira Isabella/Jason Phelps; performed by Kira Isabella) Fire (written by Jamie Appleby/Tareya Green/Alyssa Reid/Mike Robbins/Thomas Salter; performed by Autumn Hill) Get By (written by Shawn Hamm/Tim Hicks/Tyler Hubbard/Brian Kelley/Casey Marshall/Neil Sanderson; performed by Tim Hicks) Mine Would Be You (written by Jessi Alexander/Connie Harrington/Deric Ruttan/; performed by Blake Shelton) Take The Week Off (written by Deric Ruttan/Ryan Tyndell; performed by Deric Ruttan) FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Victoria Banks Lindsay Broughton Kira Isabella Beverley Mahood Lindi Ortega Michelle Wright MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Jason Blaine Marshall Dane Tim Hicks Jason McCoy Johnny Reid Deric Ruttan GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR Autumn Hill Small Town Pistols The Abrams Brothers The Heartbroken The Reklaws The Western Swing Authority ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR Lindi Ortega South Mountain The Abrams Brothers The Good Family The Heartbroken The Western Swing Authority RISING STAR AWARD Leah Daniels Jaida Dreyer Jordan McIntosh The Lovelocks The Reklaws Kate Todd RECORD PRODUCER(S) OF THE YEAR Jason Barry (Strong – Michelle Wright) Jason Barry/Tebey (The Wait – Tebey) David Kalmusky (Living On The Outside/Blame It On The Radio/Anthem Of A Runaway – Small Town Pistols) David Kalmusky/Emerson Drive (Roll – Emerson Drive) Deric Ruttan/Luke Wooten (Take The Week Off – Deric Ruttan) Thomas “Tawgs” Salter/Dave Thomson (Favourite Mistake – Autumn Hill) RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MAJOR MARKET) CHCQ – Cool 100 FM, Belleville CHKX – KX 94.7 FM, Hamilton CICX – KICX 106 FM, Orillia CJKX – KX 96 FM, Oshawa CKBY – Country 101.1 FM, Ottawa CKXC, KIX 93.5 FM, Kingston RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (SECONDARY MARKET) CFCO – Country 92.9 FM, Chatham CFRM – The Island FM, Manitoulin CJBQ – CJBQ 800 AM, Belleville CJDL – Country 107.3 FM, Tillsonburg CKNX – AM 920, Wingham CKYC – Country 93 FM, Owen Sound The CMAO Awards will be handed out at a special ceremony hosted by Jason McCoy in Markham, Ontario on Monday May 26, 2014 tickets are on sale now. The goal of the Country Music Association of Ontario, through the leadership and experience of our members, is to foster and support the growth and development of Country Music, in all of its forms (folk; alt; bluegrass; roots; Canadiana etc.), and to develop opportunities for our artists – singers – songwriters – musicians – bands – provincially, nationally and internationally.