2015 Country Music Association Awards Winners

The full list of winners from the 50th Annual CMA Awards.

Entertainer of the Year

The 2015 Country Music Association Awards are being held on November 4, 2015, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. This will be the 49th edition of the annual awards show and will be broadcast live on ABC at 8:00 pm ET.

This year’s nominees for Entertainer of the Year are as follows:
-Garth Brooks
-Luke Bryan
-Miranda Lambert
– Blake Shelton
– Keith Urban

Keep an eye out for who takes home the coveted award!

Male Vocalist of the Year

The 2015 Country Music Association Awards were held on November 4, 2015, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The 51st annual awards show was hosted for the ninth time by country music singer Brad Paisley and television personality Carrie Underwood. This year’s show was dedicated to country music singer-songwriter Craig Morgan whose son Jerry Greer drowned on July 10, 2016.

Male Vocalist of the Year went to Jason Aldean for the fourth consecutive year. Female Vocalist of the Year was won by Miranda Lambert for the sixth consecutive year, making her tied with Reba McEntire for the most wins in that category. Lambert also won Song of the Year for her single “Automatic.”

Female Vocalist of the Year

The Female Vocalist of the Year is a award presented annually by the Country Music Association. The award goes to a female artist who has made significant contributions to the country music industry. The winner is selected by a panel of music industry experts.

This year’s nominees are:

-Miranda Lambert
-Kacey Musgraves
-Carrie Underwood
-Reba McEntire
-Martina McBride

And the winner is… Carrie Underwood!

Vocal Duo of the Year

The Brothers Osborne won the award for Vocal Duo of the Year.

Vocal Group of the Year

The Vocal Group of the Year is awarded to the country music group with the best vocal performance of the year. The award was first presented in 1966, and has been presented every year since.

The 2015 Country Music Association Awards were announced on November 4, 2015. The Vocal Group of the Year was awarded to Little Big Town.

New Artist of the Year

Winner: Chris Stapleton
It’s been a banner year for Chris Stapleton. Not only did he co-write six of the songs on his solo debut, “Traveller,” but he also won three CMA Awards, including New Artist of the Year.

Album of the Year

The 2015 Country Music Association Awards were held on November 4, 2015, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The show was hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley for the eighth consecutive year.[1] Florida Georgia Line won three awards including Single of the Year for “MORE” and Vocal Duo of the Year. Little Big Town won Album of the Year award for Pain Killer while Chris Stapleton won Male Vocalist of the Year, New Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for “Nobody to Blame”. Miranda Lambert won Female Vocalist of the year for a record sixth time. Ashley Monroe won CMA Broadcast Personality-Medium Market Radio, Brett Eldredge won CMA Music Video of the Year for “Lose My Mind” and Sam Hunt’s Body Like a Back Road was named CMA Musical Event of the Year.

The full list of winners is below:

Album of the Year: Pain Killer – Little Big Town
Single of the Year: MORE – Florida Georgia Line
Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
Musical Event of the Year: Body Like a Back Road – Sam Hunt with Handsome Family
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Single of the Year

“Die a Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett won Single of the Year.

Song of the Year

The Song of the Year award is given to the songwriter(s) of a single track. The 2015 Song of the Year goes to Little Big Town for their emotional ballad “Girl Crush.”

Musical Event of the Year

The CMA Musical Event of the Year is an award presented to country music artists for a collaborative musical event. Originally titled the International Event of the Year, it was first presented by the Country Music Association in 2005. In 2014, the award was renamed to Musical Event of the Year. The original award was open to any type of recording that included two or more country artists from any country, but only those with at least 50% country music content were eligible for the renamed award.

The award is given to both the artist and producer(s) of the event.

The following is a list of recipients of Musical Event of the Year, with each winner bolded.

2005: “I May Hate Myself in the Morning” – LeeAnn Womack with George Strait
2006: “Portland, Oregon” – Loretta Lynn with Jack White
2007: “Like We Never Loved at All” – Faith Hill with Tim McGraw
2008: “Killin’ Time” – Clint Black with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw
2009: “Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
2010: “Don’t You Wanna Stay” – Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson
2011: “Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt
2012: television special Crossroads: Guitar Heroes at Carnegie Hall featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy and B.B. King
2013: “Highway Don’t Care” – Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban

Music Video of the Year

The video for “I’m Gonna Be Somebody” by Travis Tritt won Video of the Year at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards.

Musical Event of the Year

The musical event of the year was “My House” by Florida Georgia Line.