2009 Country Music Association Awards

Date| November 11, 2009 (2009-11-11)
Location| Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Hosted by| Brad Paisley
Carrie Underwood
Most wins| Taylor Swift (4)
Most nominations| Brad Paisley (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network| ABC
Viewership| 17.1 million
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The 2009 Country Music Association Awards, 43rd Annual Ceremony, was held on November 11, 2009, at the Sommet Center (later the Bridgestone Arena) in Nashville, Tennessee and was hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for the second time. Taylor Swift became the youngest person in CMA history to be nominated for and win Entertainer of the Year.

## Winners and nominees

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Winners are shown in Bold.[1]

Entertainer of the Year  | Album of the Year

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* Taylor Swift
* Jason Aldean
* Luke Bryan
* Kenny Chesney
* Miranda Lambert
* Brad Paisley
* Blake Shelton
* George Strait
* Keith Urban

* Fearless — Taylor Swift
* American Saturday Night — Brad Paisley
* Defying Gravity — Keith Urban
* Love on the Inside — Sugarland
* That Lonesome Song — Jamey Johnson

Male Vocalist of the Year  | Female Vocalist of the Year

* Darius Rucker
* Kenny Chesney
* Brad Paisley
* George Strait
* Keith Urban

* Taylor Swift
* Kelsea Ballerini
* Miranda Lambert
* Martina McBride
* Reba McEntire
* Carrie Underwood

Vocal Group of the Year  | Vocal Duo of the Year

* Lady Antebellum
* Eagles
* Little Big Town
* Rascal Flatts
* Zac Brown Band

* Sugarland
* Big & Rich
* Brooks & Dunn
* Florida Georgia Line
* Joey + Rory
* Montgomery Gentry

Single of the Year  | Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)

* "I Run to You" — Lady Antebellum
* "Chicken Fried" — Zac Brown Band
* "In Color" — Jamey Johnson
* "People Are Crazy" — Billy Currington
* "Then" — Brad Paisley

* "In Color" — Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto
* "Chicken Fried" — Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrette III
* "I Told You So" — Randy Travis
* "People Are Crazy" — Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette III, John Driskell Hopkins and Shawn Mullins
* "Then" — Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley

New Artist of the Year  | Musician of the Year

* Darius Rucker
* Randy Houser
* Jamey Johnson
* Jake Owen
* Zac Brown Band

* Mac McAnally
* Eddie Bayers
* Paul Franklin
* Dan Huff
* Brent Mason

Music Video of the Year  | Musical Event of the Year

* "Love Story" — Taylor Swift
* "Boots On" — Randy Houser
* "People Are Crazy" — Billy Currington
* "Start a Band" — Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
* "Old Enough" — The Raconteurs, Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe

* "Start a Band" — Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
* "Cowgirl's Don't Cry" — Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire
* "Down The Road" — Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally
* "Everything But Quits" — Lee Ann Womack and George Strait
* "Old Enough" — The Raconteurs, Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
* "I Told You So" — Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis

International Artist Achievement Award[2]

* Taylor Swift

## Performers

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Artist(s)  | Song(s)

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Taylor Swift | "Forever & Always"
Darius Rucker | "Alright"
Miranda Lambert | "White Liar"
Brad Paisley | "Welcome to the Future"
Zac Brown Band | "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
George Strait | "Twang"
Lady Antebellum | "Need You Now"
Carrie Underwood | "Cowboy Casanova"
Vince Gill
Daughtry | "Tennessee Line"
Keith Urban | "'Til Summer Comes Around"
Tim McGraw | "Southern Voice"
Sugarland | "Keep You"
Brooks & Dunn
Billy Gibbons | "Honky Tonk Stomp"
Jamey Johnson
Kid Rock | "Between Jennings and Jones"
Taylor Swift | "Fifteen"
Jason Aldean | "Big Green Tractor"
Martina McBride
George Strait | Tribute to Barbara Mandrell
"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
Reba McEntire | "Consider Me Gone"
Billy Currington | "People Are Crazy"
Kenny Chesney
Dave Matthews | "I'm Alive"

## Presenters

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Presenter(s)  | Award

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Kid Rock | Single of the Year
Kellie Pickler and Jake Owen | Song of the Year
Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn | Vocal Group of the Year
The Judds | New Artist of the Year
Randy Houser and Robin Roberts | Album of the Year
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Julianne Hough | Vocal Duo of the Year
LeAnn Rimes | Male Vocalist of the Year
Kris Kristofferson and Lee Ann Womack | Female Vocalist of the Year
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill | Entertainer of the Year

## References

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1. ^ "CMA Award Winners 2009". The Boot. 12 November 2009.
2. ^ "CMA World | International Awards - CMA World". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

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