Nominations have opened for Australia's Country Music Awards.
The Country Music Awards have been held annually in Tamworth, New South Wales since 1973. They recognize excellence in Australian country music songwriting, performance and recording.Nomination forms for next years event can be downloaded from the official website at www.country.com.au
Nominations are open until 5pm, Monday October 15.
Entries are open for material released between November 1, 2006 and October 31, 2007.
For this year's event, around 500 nominations were received from 200 releases.
The awards will be presented in Tamworth on January 26, 2008.
Winners for 2007 were:
Album of the Year The New Bush - Lee Kernaghan
Male Artist of the Year Lee Kernaghan - The New Bush
Female Artist of the Year Beccy Cole - Poster Girl (Wrong Side Of The World)
Top Selling Album of the Year Lee Kernaghan - The New Bush
Group or Duo of the Year The McClymonts - Something That My Heart Does=
Vocal Collaboration of the Year Allan Caswell & Drew McAlister - A Little Bit Of Country In Us All
Bush Ballad of the Year Peppimenarti Cradle - Anne Kirkpatrick, written by Joy McKean
Heritage Song of the Year Close As A Whisper (The Gift) - Lee Kernaghan, written by by Lee Kernaghan, Garth Porter & Colin Buchanan
Instrumental of the Year Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag - Tommy Emmanuel
Maton New Talent of the Year The McClymonts - Something That My Heart Does
Video Clip of the Year Big Black Cloud - Felicity Urquhart, directed by Glenn Wilson
Single of the Year Poster Girl (Wrong Side Of The World) - Beccy Cole
APRA Song of the Year Poster Girl (Wrong Side Of The World) - Beccy Cole, written by Beccy Cole
Special Award A Golden Guitar presented to Keith Urban for his outstanding contribution to country music.
