2014 Country Music Association Awards

2014 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05)
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Hosted by	Brad Paisley Carrie Underwood
Most awards	Miranda Lambert (4)
Most nominations	Miranda Lambert (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2014 Country Music Association Awards, 48th Annual Ceremony, was held on November 5, 2014 from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The show was hosted by CMA Award winners Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Miranda Lambert made CMA history when she won her eleventh award of the evening, making her the most awarded female artist in CMA history.

Nominees and winners

Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Luke Bryan Miranda Lambert Blake Shelton George Strait Keith Urban	Platinum — Miranda Lambert Fuse — Keith Urban Crash My Party — Luke Bryan Riser — Dierks Bentley The Outsiders — Eric Church
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton Luke Bryan Eric Church Dierks Bentley Keith Urban	Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Kacey Musgraves Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Little Big Town Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Zac Brown Band	Florida Georgia Line Dan + Shay Love and Theft The Swon Brothers Thompson Square
Single of the Year	Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)
"Automatic" — Miranda Lambert "Drunk on a Plane" — Dierks Bentley "Give Me Back My Hometown" — Eric Church "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" — Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill "Mine Would Be You" — Blake Shelton	"Follow Your Arrow" — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves (Kacey Musgraves) "Automatic" — Nicolle Galyon, Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby (Miranda Lambert) "Give Me Back My Hometown" — Eric Church and Luke Laird (Eric Church) "I Don't Dance" — Rob Hatch, Lee Brice and Dallas Davidson (Lee Brice) "I Hold On" — Brett James and Dierks Bentley (Dierks Bentley)
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
Brett Eldredge Brandy Clark Kip Moore Thomas Rhett Cole Swindell	Mac McAnally Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dann Huff Sam Bush
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"Drunk on a Plane" — Dierks Bentley "Bartender" — Lady Antebellum "Automatic" — Miranda Lambert "Follow Your Arrow" — Kacey Musgraves "Somethin' Bad" — Miranda Lambert featuring Carrie Underwood	"We Were Us" — Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" — Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill "Somethin' Bad" — Miranda Lambert featuring Carrie Underwood "Bakersfield" — Vince Gill and Paul Franklin "You Can't Make Old Friends" — Kenny Rogers featuring Dolly Parton
Irving Waugh
Vince Gill

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Kenny Chesney	"American Kids"
Miranda Lambert Meghan Trainor	"All About That Bass"
Lady Antebellum	"Bartender"
Florida Georgia Line	"Dirt"
Keith Urban	"Somewhere in My Car"
The Band Perry	"Gentle On My Mind"
Kacey Musgraves Loretta Lynn	"You're Lookin' at Country"
Jason Aldean	"Burnin' It Down"
Little Big Town Ariana Grande	"Day Drinking" "Bang Bang"
Tim McGraw	"Shotgun Rider"
Dierks Bentley	"Drunk on a Plane"
Brad Paisley	"Perfect Storm"
Blake Shelton Ashley Monroe	"Lonely Tonight"
Carrie Underwood	"Something In The Water"
Luke Bryan	"Roller Coaster"
Miranda Lambert Little Big Town	"Smokin' and Drinkin'"
The Doobie Brothers Hunter Hayes Hillary Scott Michael McDonald Jennifer Nettles	"Listen to the Music" "Takin' It to the Streets"

Presenters

• Steven Tyler presented Single of the Year
• Darius Rucker and Tim Tebow presented Song of the Year
• Lee Brice and Brantley Gilbert presented New Artist of the Year
• Lucy Hale and Dan + Shay presented Vocal Group of the Year
• Brett Eldredge, Brandy Clark, and Kip Moore presented Vocal Duo of the Year
• Martina McBride and Connie Britton presented Album of the Year
• Trisha Yearwood presented Male Vocalist of the Year
• Lily Aldridge and Sam Hunt presented Female Vocalist of the Year
• Garth Brooks presented Entertainer of the Year