Underwood, Chesney, Paisley Take Top CMA Honors

BuzzSugar — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:19:29 -0800

The Country Music Association spread things around at the 41st annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, giving two awards apiece to Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley.

Underwood won the Female Vocalist of the Year category for the second year in a row, and she added an award for Single of the Year for "Before He Cheats." Chesney was named Entertainer of the Year and shared in the award for Musical Event of the Year. And Paisley finally won the Male Vocalist of the Year category after seven nominations; his video for "Online" also won the Music Video of the Year award.

Rascall Flatts, Sugarland and Taylor Swift were among the other winners. To see a full list, just read more

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Brad Paisley

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Carrie Underwood

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Rascal Flatts

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Sugarland

HORIZON AWARD
Taylor Swift

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
It Just Comes Natural
George Strait
Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“Before He Cheats”
Carrie Underwood
Produced by Mark Bright

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Give It Away”
Bill Anderson / Buddy Cannon / Jamey Johnson

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Tracy Lawrence featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
“Find Out Who Your Friends Are”

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Online”
Brad Paisley
Directed by Jason Alexander

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Jerry Douglas – Dobro

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