CMA Awards Winners!
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Well, well, well. That was certainly an interesting night. Here are the winners!
Video of the Year: "Highway Don't Care" by Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban
Musical Event of the Year: "Highway Don't Care" by Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban
Song of the Year: "I Drive Your Truck" by Lee Brice (awarded to songwriters)
Single of the Year: "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line
Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
Album of the Year: "Based on a True Story" by Blake Shelton
New Artist of the Year: Kacey Musgraves
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton
Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
Entertainer of the Year: George Strait
The Pinnacle Award was handed out to Taylor Swift.
Here are my opinions. "Highway Don't Care" is a decent song, though I really don't think it deserved Video, or even Musical Event, because for me, there was always someone to outrank them. Song of the Year was a shocker, because I kind of figured it was going to be "Mama's Broken Heart" or "Pontoon". Unfortunately, Single wasn't a shocker, because of course FGL was going to have to get something. Same with Vocal Duo. (I think it should have been Miranda Lambert or Darius Rucker for Single, and Duo should've been Love & Theft or Thompson Square.)
I certainly wasn't surprised by Vocal Group; kudos to LBT for their win. It was going to be them or Lady Antebellum. Album of the Year was a well-deserved award for Blake Shelton. (Anyone but Taylor!) New Artist wasn't a shocker, because Kacey Musgraves has been doing plenty. Male and Female were actually kind of surprising for me, because it is rare for that many consecutive titles. Miranda now ties Reba McEntire with 4 consecutive Female Vocalist awards. 
Entertainer, that is a different story. You see, Jason Aldean was on GAC talking about what goes into that award. You need good character, must be well-liked by your peers, give back to your craft, and put on a show when you tour. If the nominees were:
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Taylor Swift
then you would automatically have to cancel out Jason Aldean. (If anyone watched Mr. Two-timer Aldean cheating on his wife, then you know what I mean.) Taylor Swift isn't all that well-liked, and the character is a bit lacking, so she's out for the running. That leaves us with Luke, Blake, and George. Blake had already swept 2, so that kind of took him out, and.... I don't know. He just wasn't going to get it. Luke and George were the only two options. This was King George's last time on the ballot, so that kind of makes him the champion, with Luke as runner-up. Good job to both, though. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!
Well, congrats to all winners, and if anyone would like to comment, feel free to do so. Goodbye for now!
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