Keith Urban has been nominated for four Country Music Association of Australia awards this year.
The Country Music Association of Australia Awards will take place in Tamworth in New South Wales on January 23rd, 2010 towards the end of the Tamworth Country Music Festival.Keith is looking down the barrel of Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year and APRA Song of the Year.
Kasey Chambers will showcase her kids record as Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies at the show next year. 2008 Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan will host the show.
Finalists in the 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia
Album of the Year:
Defying Gravity - Keith Urban, produced by Dann Huff (USA) & Keith Urban
Hell of A Ride - Adam Brand, produced by Richard Landis (USA)
I Love This Place - Troy Cassar- Daley, produced by Rod McCormack & Troy Cassar-Daley
Life at A Million Miles - Jetty Road, produced by Julian Sammut & Mark Moffat
Tailwind - Harmony James, produced by Herm Kovac
Male Artist of the Year:
Adam Brand - Hell of a Ride
James Blundell - Good Wood
Keith Urban - Kiss A Girl
Paul Costa - Survivor 1932
Troy Cassar-Daley - I Love This Place
Female Artist of the Year:
Amber Lawrence - When It All Comes Down
Felicity Urquhart - Roller Coaster
Harmony James - Precious Little
Lianna Rose - Angels
Tania Kernaghan - Second Time Around
Group or Duo of the Year:
Carter & Carter - Surviving Black Saturday
Davidson Brothers - A Showman’s Life
Jetty Road - Life at A Million Miles
The Bobkatz - The Long Haul
The Bushwackers - The Good Old Days
Vocal Collaboration of the Year:
Ain’t Gonna Change For You - Troy Cassar-Daley & The McClymonts
Courageous - Melinda Schneider & Australian Girls Choir
King Of The Road - Adam Harvey & John Williamson
Tangerine Sky - Australian Country Music Unites
You’ve Got A Friend - Songbirds (Gina Jeffreys, Beccy Cole & Sara Storer)
Bush Ballad of the Year:
Droving Cattle with the Boys - written by T Kernaghan/F Kernaghan, recorded by Tania Kernaghan
Old Black Quart - written by Coster/Coster/Quinn/Pritchard/Corbett, recorded by Tracy Coster
The Dust of Kalkadoon - written by Ian Quinn, recorded by Dean Perrett
The First Lady of Country - written by Graham Rodger/ Deirdre Willmington, recorded by Graham Rodger
The Road to Thargomindah - written by Colin Buchanan, recorded by the Bushwackers
Heritage Song of the Year:
Chasin’ Rodeo - written and recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley
Surviving Black Saturday - written by David Carter/Merelyn Carter, recorded by Carter and Carter
Survivor 1932 - written by Costa/Costa/McCormack, recorded by Paul Costa
Tangerine Sky - written by Tamara Stewart, recorded by Australian Country Music Unites
When I Was A Boy - written and recorded by Greg Storer and Sara Storer
