(Photo Credit: Donn Jones / CMA)
Miranda Lambert took home four awards including Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year while Luke Bryan earned his first ever CMA Award, snagging the Entertainer of the Year trophy, at the 48th Annual CMA Awards held on November 5, 2014.
Lambert’s wins now make her the top female winner in the history of the CMA Awards. “I don’t even know what to say. I just can’t believe I’m standing here,” said Lambert while on stage. “I can’t believe this is my life, that this is my job. Thank you, fans, for that.”
Bryan’s win in the night’s top category took him by surprise and backstage he spoke about what it meant to earn his first CMA Award. “I have longed and sought for many years to get one of these in my hands,” said Bryan. “To get the respect of the CMA Board and all its voters and win this is a ginormous deal. It’s something that I could not express when I was out on stage when I was winning it. I can’t help but in the back of my mind want some of that respect from this body of people. I’m just really humbled.”
2014 CMA Awards Winners:
Entertainer of the Year
Luke Bryan
Album of the Year
Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Produced by Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, and Glenn Worf
Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Male Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton
Song of the Year
“Follow Your Arrow,” by Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally
Single of the Year
“Automatic,” Miranda Lambert
Vocal Group of the Year
Little Big Town
Vocal Duo of the Year
Florida Georgia Line
New Artist of the Year
Brett Eldredge
Music Event of the Year
“We Were Us,” by Keith Urban featuring Miranda Lambert
Music Video of the Year
“Drunk on a Plane,” Dierks Bentley (directed by Wes Edwards)
Musician of the Year
Mac McAnally
-By Rebecca Murray
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