2013 Country Music Association Awards

2013 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Hosted by	Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2013 Country Music Association Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on November 6, 2013, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. It aired live on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM Central. The show was hosted by Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood.

Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift led the nominations with 6 each, followed by Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert who had 5 each.^[1] George Strait took home the night's top honor, entertainer of the year. Blake Shelton garnered two awards, for male vocalist of the year and album of the year, while Tim McGraw won two trophies as well for video of the year and musical event of the year.

At the ceremony, Taylor Swift became the second artist ever (and the first woman) to receive the Pinnacle Award, to honor her astounding success as a country artist & for spreading the awareness and appreciation for country music worldwide.^[2] When Swift received the Pinnacle, the CMA began playing a video displaying her achievements, which included having sold 26 million albums and 75 million song downloads. Appearances were made by Justin Timberlake, Mick Jagger, Ethel Kennedy, Ellen Degeneres, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts and others to congratulate Swift on this honor. Swift also received the International Artist Achievement Award for spreading the awareness and appreciation for country music on an international level. This was the second time she honored with this award.^[3]

Performers

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Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line — "That's My Kind of Night" & "Cruise"
Kacey Musgraves — "Follow Your Arrow"
Jason Aldean — "Night Train"
Little Big Town — "Sober"
Taylor Swift featuring Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Edgar Meyer & Eric Darken — "Red"
Lady Antebellum — "Compass"
Florida Georgia Line — "'Round Here"
Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban — "We Were Us"
Hunter Hayes featuring Jason Mraz — "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me"
Tim McGraw — "Southern Girl"
Blake Shelton — "Mine Would Be You"
The Band Perry — "Don't Let Me Be Lonely"
Eric Church — "The Outsiders"
Zac Brown Band featuring Dave Grohl — "Day For The Dead"
Brad Paisley — "The Mona Lisa"
Jennifer Nettles, Rascal Flatts & Darius Rucker — Tribute to Kenny Rogers
Luke Bryan — "Drink a Beer"
Alan Jackson & George Strait — "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Carrie Underwood — "Good Girl", "Blown Away", "Two Black Cadillacs", "See You Again"

Winners and nominees

^[5] Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
George Strait Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Blake Shelton Taylor Swift	Based on a True Story… — Blake Shelton Blown Away — Carrie Underwood Red — Taylor Swift Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves Tornado — Little Big Town
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Eric Church Keith Urban	Miranda Lambert Kelly Clarkson Kacey Musgraves Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Little Big Town Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Zac Brown Band	Florida Georgia Line Big and Rich Love and Theft Sugarland The Civil Wars Thompson Square
Single of the Year	Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)
"Cruise" — Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly "Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban "Mama's Broken Heart" — Miranda Lambert "Merry Go Round" — Kacey Musgraves "Wagon Wheel" — Darius Rucker	"I Drive Your Truck" — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary (Lee Brice) "Mama's Broken Heart" — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves (Miranda Lambert) "Merry Go Round" — Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne & Shane McAnally (Kacey Musgraves) "Pontoon" — Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird & Barry Dean (Little Big Town) "Wagon Wheel" — Bob Dylan & Ketch Secor (Darius Rucker)
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
Kacey Musgraves Lee Brice Brett Eldredge Florida Georgia Line Kip Moore	Mac McAnally Sam Bush Paul Franklin Dann Huff Brent Mason
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban "Blown Away" — Carrie Underwood "Boys 'Round Here" — Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies & friends "Downtown" — Lady Antebellum "Mama's Broken Heart" — Miranda Lambert "Tornado" — Little Big Town	"Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban "Boys 'Round Here" — Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies & Friends "Cruise" — Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly "Don't Rush" — Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill "The Only Way I Know" — Jason Aldean featuring Luke Bryan & Eric Church
Pinnacle Award	International Artist Achievement Award
Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift

References

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