First Performers Revealed for the 2013 CMA Awards

Miranda Lambert 47th Annual CMA Awards
Miranda Lambert will perform on "The 47th Annual CMA Awards" live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 6 on the ABC Television Network. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Sony Music Nashville)
Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban have officially been confirmed to perform on this year’s CMA Awards. Dubbed “Country Music’s Biggest Night,” the 47th annual awards show is set to air on November 6th on ABC. Once again, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will be serving as hosts of the show marking their sixth time handling the hosting job.
 
More than 7,000 members of the Country Music Association vote on the nominees and ultimately select the winners, with this year’s voting ending on Monday, October 28th. The CMA Awards have been airing on television since 1968 and have the distinction of being the “longest-running, annual music awards program on network television.”
 
Details on the 2013 CMA Awards Performers [Courtesy of CMA]:

Aldean is nominated this year for Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, as well as Musical Event of the Year for “The Only Way I Know” with Bryan and Eric Church. Aldean is a two-time CMA Award winner with 13 career CMA Awards nominations.
 
Nominated this year for Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, and Musical Event of the Year for “The Only Way I Know” with Aldean and Church, Bryan has seven career CMA Awards nominations. He was first nominated in 2010 for New Artist of the Year and has been a presence at the CMA Awards every year since. This marks his first nomination for the night’s highest honor, CMA Entertainer of the Year.
 
Lambert is among this year’s top nominees, with three individual nominations (Female Vocalist of the Year, and Single and Music Video of the Year for “Mama’s Broken Heart”) and two with Pistol Annies (Music Video and Musical Event of the Year for “Boys ‘Round Here” with Shelton). Lambert is a six-time CMA winner with 25 career CMA Awards nominations.
 
Reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town is nominated in that category again, as well as for Album of the Year for Tornado, and Music Video of the Year for the album’s title track. In addition to their win last year for Vocal Group of the Year, their song “Pontoon” was named Single of the Year.
 
One of the top CMA Award winners of all time, McGraw has won 12 trophies throughout his career, including two for Male Vocalist of the Year and one for Entertainer of the Year. He is a three-time nominee this year, with nods for Single, Musical Event, and Music Video of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care” with Swift and Urban. He has 33 career CMA Awards nominations.
 
Shelton finds himself tied with Lambert this year with five nominations, including Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for Based On A True Story, and Musical Event and Music Video of the Year for “Boys ‘Round Here” with Pistol Annies. Shelton has taken home the Male Vocalist of the Year trophy for the past three years (2010-2012), and is a six-time CMA Award winner.
 
Swift, a seven-time CMA Award winner, is a top nominee this year with six nominations, including Entertainer and Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for RED, and Single, Musical Event, and Music Video of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care” with McGraw and Urban, bringing her total career CMA Awards nominations to 21.
 
Male Vocalist of the Year nominee Urban is also nominated for Single, Musical Event, and Music Video of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care” with McGraw and Swift. Urban has been named Male Vocalist of the Year three times (2004-2006) and is a six-time CMA Award winner with 29 career CMA Awards nominations.

 
Source: CMA

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