CCMALOGO
The CMAO nominees were announced today and country star Tebey leads with  six nominations, including Single and Album of the Year. Tim Hicks follows close behind with five nominations and Jason Blaine, Runaway Angel and Small Town Pistols each come in with four nominations apiece. See the full listing of 2015 CMAO nominees….

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The 2015 CMAO Nominees are:

 

 

 

 

Single of the Year:

Jason Blaine – Layin’ Your Love On Me (eOne Music Canada)

Tim Hicks – Here Comes The Thunder (Open Road Recordings)

Beverley Mahood – Sunday I’m An Angel (Spin Music)

Runaway Angel – Our Story (Southbound Records)

Small Town Pistols – I Only Smoke When I Drink (604 Records)

Tebey – Now I Do (Road Angel Entertainment)

 

Album of the Year:

Lindsay Broughton – Take Me There (Curve Music)

Tim Hicks – 5:01 (Open Road Recordings)

Kira Isabella – Caffeine & Big Dreams (Sony Music Canada)

Lindi Ortega – Tin Star (Last Gang Entertainment)

Tebey – Two (Road Angel Entertainment)

The Lovelocks – The Lovelocks (MDM Recordings Inc.)

 

Songwriter (s) of the Year:

Jason Blaine/Deric Ruttan (Layin’ Your Love On Me – Jason Blaine)

Leah Daniels/Beverley Mahood/Bruce Wallace (Go Back – Leah Daniels)

Todd Clark/Tim Hicks/Gavin Slate (Here Comes The Thunder – Tim Hicks)

Ann Chaplin/Cadence Grace/Stacy Zegers (Our Story – Runaway Angel)

Alyssa Bonagura/Patricia Conroy/ Amanda Wilkinson/Tyler Wilkinson (I Only Smoke When I Drink – Small Town Pistols)

Patricia Conroy/Danick Dupelle/Tebey (Now I Do – Tebey)

 

Female Artist of the Year:

Genevieve Fisher (Independent)

Kira Isabella (Sony Music Canada)

Brea Lawrenson (Independent)

Beverley Mahood (Spin Music)

Tianna Woods (Independent)

Michelle Wright (Savannah Music)

 

Male Artist of the Year:

Jason Blaine (eOne Music Canada)

Marshall Dane (Awesome Country)

Tim Hicks (Open Road Recordings)

Jason McCoy (Open Road Recordings)

Deric Ruttan (Black T Records)

Tebey (Road Angel Entertainment)

 

Group or Duo of the Year:

Autumn Hill (Wax Records)

Blackwell (Eating Crow Records)

Runaway Angel (Southbound Records)

Small Town Pistols (604 Records)

The Stellas (Universal Music Canada)

The Western Swing Authority (eOne Music Canada)

 

Roots Artist or Group of the Year:

Lindi Ortega (Last Gang Entertainment)

The Abrams Brothers (Independent)

The Good Family (Latent Recordings)

The Heartbroken (Universal Music Canada)

The Lovelocks (MDM Recordings Inc.)

The Western Swing Authority (eOne Music Canada)

 

Rising Star Award:

Leah Daniels (Spin Music)

Riki Knox (Independent)

Brea Lawrenson (Independent)

Northern Roads (Independent)

Brooklyn Roebuck (Independent)

Runaway Angel (Southbound Records)

Tianna Woods (Independent)

 

Music Video of the Year:

Jason Blaine – Layin’ Your Love On Me (eOne Music Canada)

Lindsay Broughton – Take Me There (Curve Music)

Tim Hicks – She Don’t Drink Whiskey Anymore (Open Road Recordings)

Kira Isabella – Quarterback (Sony Music Canada)

Small Town Pistols – I Only Smoke When I Drink (604 Records)

Tebey – Now I Do (Road Angel Entertainment)

 

Record Producer of the Year:

Carey Blackwell/Joe Turner for Redneck Style by Blackwell (single)

Sam Ellis for Go Back by Leah Daniels (single)

Jason Barry for Night In Night Out by Genevieve Fisher (single) and One Of Us Is Lying by The Western Swing Authority (single)

Bob Funk/Beverley Mahood for Sunday I’m An Angel by Beverley Mahood (album)

Danick Dupelle/Tebey for Two by Tebey (album)

Peter Linseman for Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Kate Todd (single)