2009 Nashville Music Award Winners
ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Taylor Swift
BEST NEW ARTIST - Lady Antebellum
SONG OF THE YEAR - "The Time of My Life” Writer: Regie Hamm (performed by David Cook)
NEXT BIG NASHVILLE AWARD (Emerging Artist) - Brooke Waggoner
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR - Liz Rose
SONGWRITER-ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Taylor Swift
POSTER / ALBUM ARTWORK / PACKAGING OF THE YEAR - Roy Orbison, The Soul Of Rock And Roll Boxed Set
By Latocki Team Creative
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR - Jack White
MUSIC VIDEO / FILM OF THE YEAR - Rascal Flatts, "Here Comes Goodbye" - Directed by Shaun Silva
MADE IN MUSIC CITY AWARD - Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Producer: T Bone Burnett
Studio: Sound Emporium
BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR - The Steeldrivers, The Steeldrivers
Rounder Records
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Taylor Swift, Fearless (Big Machine Records)
AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Sarah Siskind, Say It Louder
(Request/Thirty Tigers Records)
URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR - April Rucker, Here I Stand
(One Staj Music Group)
GOSPEL / CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Jars of Clay, The Long Fall Back To Earth
(Gray Matters/Essential Records)
JAZZ / BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Take 6, The Standard
(Heads Up Records/Telarc)
POP / ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Kings of Leon, Only by the Night (RCA)
INNOVATOR - Landmark Digital Services, LLC for BlueArrow Audio Recognition
HERITAGE AWARD - The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Taylor Swift Wins Top Artist and Songwriter Honors
at Revived Nashville Music Awards
October 7, 2009 (Nashville, TN): Taylor Swift was the big winner at the Nashville Music Awards tonight, collecting three trophies during a reception at the Cannery Ballroom. The 19-year old Big Machine recording artist was named Artist of the Year and Songwriter/Artist of the Year, with her album Fearless earning Country Album of the Year honors.
Presented by Leadership Music in partnership with music festival and conference Next Big Nashville (NBN), the Nashville Music Awards were established to recognize outstanding contributions in all genres of music and to celebrate the diversity and quality of artists and music professionals who call Nashville their home.
After a welcome from Mayor Karl Dean, Leadership Music executive director Kira Florita and board member Robert K. Oermann, winners were announced in 19 categories by NMA nominating committee co-chairs Jason Moon Wilkins, Director and Owner of Next Big Nashville, Tracy Gershon and Oermann.
New Artist of the Year honors went to Lady Antebellum, with Brooke Waggoner claiming the Next Big Nashville Award for best emerging artist and Jack White named top instrumentalist.
Liz Rose was voted Songwriter of the Year on the strength of recent cuts by artists such as Jewel, Jypsi and frequent co-writer Taylor Swift. “The Time of My Life,” written by Regie Hamm and sung by “American Idol” winner David Cook, was named Song of the Year.
In addition to Swift’s Country album victory, genre album winners were the Steeldrivers (Bluegrass), Sarah Siskind (Americana), April Rucker (Urban), Jars of Clay (Gospel/Contemporary Christian), Take 6 (Jazz/Blues) and Kings of Leon (Pop/Rock).
The Made in Music City award for a Nashville recording made by a non-resident went to Elvis Costello’s Secret, Profane and Sugarcane, produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded at Sound Emporium Studio.
Landmark Digital Services, LLC was recognized as Innovator of the Year for its BlueArrow Audio Recognition.
The evening’s final honor, the Heritage Award, was given by the Leadership Music Board of Directors to the Fisk Jubilee Singers; FJS musical director Paul Kwami accepted.
This year marks the first partnership between Leadership Music and Next Big Nashville for this awards presentation, held on the opening night of the NBN festival. The NMAs previously were produced from 1995 through 2000 by Leadership Music. The 2009 winners were chosen by popular vote via online balloting. Eligible recordings or projects must have been active in the marketplace between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 and NMA awards are limited to persons and organizations residing in Davidson County and surrounding counties.
The Nashville Music Award trophy was designed and donated by George P. Johnson, one of the foremost experience marketing agencies in the world, now with a facility in Nashville. It is crafted from translucent acrylic to reflect the spirit and creativity that the winners represented.
Sponsors for the Nashville Music Awards were The Nashville Scene, George P. Johnson, Lindemans Wine, Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
About Leadership Music: Leadership Music, Inc. is an educational non-profit 501c3 organization founded in 1989 whose mission is to nurture a knowledgeable, issue-oriented community of music industry professionals through an annual educational program and events. This is accomplished through the identification and exploration of topical issues in an annual series of off-the-record educational seminars (the Program), and continued alumni nurturing and education, including an annual digital music conference; the Leadership Music Digital Summit. Over the past 20 years, Leadership Music has graduated more than 785 music industry leaders.
www.leadershipmusic.org and www.digitalsummit.org
About Next Big Nashville: A nationally recognized music festival and conference begun in 2006, NBN serves as an annual destination for artists, innovators and business leaders in the creative community at large and continues to provide a deserving spotlight to the depth and diversity of the music and business “Made in Music City.” NBN 2009 will feature over 200 performers ranging from unsigned singer songwriters to major label artists playing at over a dozen of Nashville’s most prestigious venues. Over 15,000 people attended the festival in 2008 and 2009 is expanding to include even more daytime events, parties, interactivity and exciting opportunities for the participating artists.
www.nextbignashville.net
Media Contacts:
Caroline Davis, (615) 957-5056 / ccdavis10@comcast.net
Meredith Kotas, (615) 631-2997 / meredith.kotas@gmail.com
Sponsors for the Nashville Music Awards Reception Include:
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(For voting by the public – one vote per category, one ballot per IP address)
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kings of Leon
Alison Krauss
Paramore
Taylor Swift - WINNER
Jack White
BEST NEW ARTIST
Mat Kearney
Lady Antebellum - WINNER
Erin McCarley
SafetySuit
The SteelDrivers
SONG OF THE YEAR
“The Climb” Miley Cyrus
Writers: Jessi Alexander / Jon Mabe
“Decode” Paramore
Writers: Josh Farro / Hayley Williams / Taylor York
“Give Me Your Eyes” Brandon Heath
Writer: Brandon Heath / Jason Ingram
“I Run to You” Lady Antebellum
Writers: Dave Haywood / Charles Kelley / Hillary Scott / Tom Douglas
“In Color” Jamey Johnson
Writers: Jamey Johnson / Lee Thomas Miller / James Otto
“The Motions” Matthew West
Writer: Jason Houser / San Mizell / Matthew West
“Old Enough” The Raconteurs
Writers: Brendan Benson / Jack White III
“Sex on Fire” Kings of Leon
Writers: The Followills (Caleb, Nathan, Jared, Matthew)
“The Time of My Life” David Cook - WINNER
Writer: Regie Hamm
“White Horse” Taylor Swift
Writers: Taylor Swift / Liz Rose
NEXT BIG NASHVILLE AWARD (Emerging Artists)
AutoVaughn
Madi Diaz
Mikky Ekko
Those Darlins
Brooke Waggoner - WINNER
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Brett James
“Summer Nights” Rascal Flatts
“Out Last Night” Kenny Chesney
“It’s America” Rodney Atkins
“American Radio” Carolina Rain
“It’s a Business Doing Pleasure with You” Tim McGraw
“I Love My Old Bird Dog” Crossin Dixon
“Telluride” Josh Gracin
“Country Star” Pat Green
Ashley Gorley
“All American Girl” Carrie Underwood
“You’re Gonna Miss This” Trace Adkins
“Dig Two Graves” Randy Travis
“Don’t Do Me No Good” Gretchen Wilson
“Start a Band” Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
“It Won’t Be Like This for Long” Darius Rucker
“Then” Brad Paisley
“Believers” Joe Nichols
“It’s a Man’s Job” Greg Hanna
Hillary Lindsey
“Young Love” Carter’s Chord
“Some Things Never Change” Sara Evans
“Last Name” Carrie Underwood
“Out the Window” Ashley Gearing
“Just a Dream” Carrie Underwood
“Cry Cry (‘Til the Sun Shines)” Heidi Newfield
“Weight of the World” Carolina Rain
“The Bed That You Made” Whitney Duncan
“Address in the Stars” Caitlin & Will
“Sooner Or Later” Michelle Branch
Bobby Pinson
“She’s a Hottie” Toby Keith
“All I Want to Do” Sugarland
“She Never Cried in Front of Me” Toby Keith
“Already Gone” Sugarland
“Lost You Anyway” Toby Keith
“It Happens” Sugarland
“Man Like Me” Daniel Smith
Liz Rose - WINNER
“I Don’t Love You Like That” Jypsi
“Picture to Burn” Taylor Swift
“Things a Mama Don’t Know” Mica Roberts & Toby Keith
“Life Is Good” Laura Bryna
“Til It Feels Like Cheating” Jewel
“White Horse” Taylor Swift
“You Should Be with Me” Taylor Swift
SONGWRITER-ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kings of Leon (Caleb, Nathan, Jared and Matthew Followill)
Kings of Leon: Only By the Night
Kings of Leon “Sex on Fire”
Kings of Leon “Use Somebody”
Kings of Leon “Notion”
Jamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson: That Lonesome Song
Jamey Johnson “In Color”
Jamey Johnson “The High Cost of Living”
John Michael Montgomery “Mad Cowboy Disease”
Bill Anderson “Give it Away”
Dolly Parton
Original Cast: 9 To 5: The Musical
Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie
Dolly Parton “Better Get to Livin’”
Dolly Parton “Shinola”
Dolly Parton “Backwoods Barbie”
Teddy Thompson “My Blue Tears”
Randy Owen & Megan Mullins “Holding Everything”
Olivia Newton-John “Jolene”
Misty Blue “Jolene”
Mark Burchfield “Jolene”
Jill Johnson “Jolene”
Lucy Lehmann “Jolene”
Susanna & the Magical Orchestra “Jolene”
Jeneen Terrana “Jolene”
Logan Wells “Jolene”
Taylor Swift - WINNER
Taylor Swift: Fearless
Taylor Swift “Should’ve Said No”
Taylor Swift “Love Story”
Taylor Swift “White Horse”
Taylor Swift “You Should Be with Me”
Kellie Pickler “The Best Days of Your Life”
Matthew West
Matthew West: Something to Say
Matthew West “The Motions”
Mallary Hope “Love Lives On”
Mandisa “(Never Gonna) Steal My Joy”
Jump5 “All I Want”
PureNRG “Any Which Way”
Natalie Grant “Back at My Heart”
Mandisa “Christmas Makes Me Cry”
Michael English “Feels Like Redemption”
PureNRG “Here We Go Again”
PureNRG “Inside Out”
Mandisa “Not Guilty”
POSTER / ALBUM ARTWORK / PACKAGING OF THE YEAR
To view: http://www.nashvillemusicawards.com/PosterAlbumArtPkgNominees.pdf
Dave Barnes, Me + You + The World, Matt Lehman-Designer
Leeland, Opposite Way, Tim Parker - Designer
Roy Orbison, The Soul Of Rock And Roll Boxed Set, Jeff Crump – Graphic Designer Luellyn Latocki – Art Director - WINNER
Joel Auge, On The Blue, Benji Peck - Designer
Third Day, Revelation, Tim Parker - Designer
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Bela Fleck
Edgar Meyer
Jeff Taylor
Steve Wariner
Jack White - WINNER
MUSIC VIDEO / FILM OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean "She's Country" - Directed by Wes Edwards
Justin Townes Earle "Midnight At The Movies" - Directed by Ryan Newman
Jars Of Clay "Two Hands" - Directed by Eric Welch
Rascal Flatts "Here Comes Goodbye" - Directed by Shaun Silva - WINNER
John Rich "Shuttin' Detroit Down" - Directed by Deaton-Flanigan
MADE IN MUSIC CITY AWARD (for a recording made in Nashville by a non-Nashville artist)
Joan Baez The Day After Tomorrow
Steve Earle producer
Sound Emporium studio
Room and Board studio
Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant
Jay Joyce producer
Tragedy & Da House studios
Elvis Costello Secret, Profane & Sugarcane - WINNER
T Bone Burnett producer
Sound Emporium studio
John Oates 1,000 Miles of Life
John Oates & Jed Leiber producers
Ronnie’s Place studio
Trivium Shogun
Nick Raskulinecz producer
Sound Kitchen studio
BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dale Ann Bradley Don't Turn Your Back
Compass Records
Dailey & Vincent Brothers from Different Mothers
Rounder Records
The Grascals Keep on Walkin'
Rounder Records
The Infamous Stringdusters The Infamous Stringdusters
Sugar Hill Records
The Steeldrivers The Steeldrivers - WINNER
Rounder Records
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Eric Church Carolina
Capitol Nashville Records
Jamey Johnson That Lonesome Song
Mercury Records
Brad Paisley American Saturday Night
Arista Records
Taylor Swift Fearless - WINNER
Big Machine Records
Lee Ann Womack Call Me Crazy
MCA Nashville Records
AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Justin Townes Earle Midnight at the Movies
Bloodshot Records
Chuck Mead Journeyman's Wager
Grassy Knoll Records
Buddy & Julie Miller Written in Chalk
New West Records
Sarah Siskind Say It Louder - WINNER
Request/Thirty Tigers Records
Todd Snider The Excitement Plan
Yep Roc Records
URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
All-Star Starlito's Way
Grind Hard Records
William Davenport William Davenport (EP)
Self Released
FUTURE Sci Fly Project (EP)
Clean Cut Recordings
Kloud9 Enjoy the Ride
Shanachie Entertainment
April Rucker Here I Stand - WINNER
One Staj Music Group
GOSPEL / CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Francesca Battistelli My Paper Heart
Fervent Records
Ashley Cleveland God Don't Never Change
Koch Records/E1 Entertainment
Brandon Heath What If We
Reunion Records
Jars of Clay The Long Fall Back To Earth - WINNER
Gray Matters/Essential Records
RED Innocence & Instinct
Essential Records
JAZZ / BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Pat Coil Sextet Bird House
Liberty Hill Records
Jonell Mosser Trust Yourself
Better Angels Records
Jason Ricci & New Blood Done with the Devil
Elexcto Groove Records
Take 6 The Standard - WINNER
Heads Up Records (Telarc)
Victor Wooten Palmystery
Heads Up Records (Telarc)
POP / ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Gabe Dixon Band The Gabe Dixon Band
Fantasy
The Features Some Kind of Salvation
429 Records/Bug
Kings of Leon Only By the Night - WINNER
RCA
Erin McCarley Love, Save the Empty
Universal Republic
The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely
Third Man/Warner Bros.
INNOVATOR
BMS/Chace for Archiving & Digital Asset Management
Digome LLC for 360 PPV Internet e-Ticketing
Landmark Digital Services, LLC for BlueArrow Audio Recognition - WINNER
Mozes, Inc. for Mozes Connect
StudioNow, Inc. for Custom Video Creation, Management & Syndication Solutions
HERITAGE AWARD
The Fisk Jubilee Singers - WINNER
June 16, 2009 (Nashville, TN): In a partnership with Next Big Nashville (NBN), Leadership Music, Inc. (LM) will be reviving the Nashville Music Awards (NMA), which were produced by LM from 1995 through 2000. The NMAs recognized outstanding contributions in all genres of music, and celebrated the diversity and quality of artists and music professionals who call Nashville their home. Winners will be announced during the NBN festival taking place Wednesday, October 7 through Sunday, October 11, 2009, and are chosen by popular vote via online balloting. Click HERE to submit names/titles before August 7, 2009.
Submissions are being solicited from the public at www.nashvillemusicawards.com in nineteen (19) categories (listed below). Final nominees will be chosen by committees consisting of experts in the various genres/categories. Eligible recordings or projects must have been active in the marketplace between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Submissions of names and titles may be made via online survey through August 7. Final nominees in each category will be announced and instructions on voting will be publicized in August.
“I am honored and excited to be a part of the revival of the Nashville Music Awards,” says Jason Moon Wilkins, Director and Owner of Next Big Nashville. “I was involved in the nominating process for three of the last four years of the original NMA’s and I remember how integral the NMA’s were in the recognition of the diversity of Nashville’s music community. That musical diversity has grown substantially since then and I look forward to working with Leadership Music in rebuilding the NMA’s and doing our part to highlight the creative depth of Music City.”
The 2009 Nashville Music Award winners will be announced at a reception on the first evening of NBN, Wednesday, October 7 at the Cannery Ballroom (Time TBA) followed by a special NBN Opening Night Showcase. Between 1995 and 2000, the Nashville Music Award shows were held at the Ryman Auditorium and TPAC’s Jackson Hall and featured performances by many of the nominees and winners. For a list of previous winners, visit www.nashvillemusicawards.com.
More details will be announced.
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ELIGIBILITY:
- NMA awards are limited to persons and organizations residing in Davidson County and surrounding counties, including Williamson, Wilson, Rutherford, Sumner, Robertson, Cheatham, Dickson, Maury, Hickman, Bedford and Montgomery counties encompassing such communities as Franklin, Murfreesboro, Lebanon, Dickson, Gallatin, Hendersonville, Goodlettsville, Ashland City, Shelbyville, Columbia and Clarksville, as well as Nashville.
- Honorees must have resided in the NMA area for more than half of the eligibility period. Part-time residents are eligible, but must maintain a Nashville-area profile in the judgment of the nominating committee.
- The nomination period is for projects which were active in the marketplace between January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
NOMINATING / BALLOTING PROCESS:
- Nominees are chosen by a select committee of volunteers, who are chosen for their expertise in the specific musical genres and areas represented. Their work begins in July and ends in August. The nominating committees will be overseen by Jason Moon Wilkins, Tracy Gershon and Robert K. Oermann -- the latter two served in this same capacity during the previous incarnation of the Nashville Music Awards.
- Submissions (names, titles) for all categories may be made at www.nashvillemusicawards.com through August 7, 2009. There is no limit to the number of submissions that may be made, however candidates need only be submitted once. There is no advantage to making multiple submissions.
- Final nominees will be announced in August. Winners are chosen by popular vote with balloting information and links running a number of times in print publication and on numerous websites, including www.nashvillemusicawards.com . Winners will be announced at a reception on Wednesday, October 7, the first evening of the NBN festival at the Cannery Ballroom.
CATEGORIES:
1. Artist of the Year
2. Best New Artist
3. Song of the Year
4. Next Big Nashville Award (for Emerging Independent Artists)
5. Songwriter of the Year
6. Poster / Album Artwork / Packaging of the Year
7. Instrumentalist of the Year
8. Music Video / Film of the Year
9. Made in Music City Award: for a recording made in Nashville by a non-Nashville artist
10. Bluegrass / Old-Time Music Album of the Year
11. Country Album of the Year
12. Folk / Americana Album of the Year
13. Urban Recording of the Year
14. Gospel / Contemporary Christian Album of the Year
15. Jazz / Blues Album of the Year
16. Pop / Rock Album of the Year
The last three categories are not voted on by the public:
17. Heritage Award
18. Brian Williams Ambassador Award (formerly titled the “Bridge Award”)
19. Innovator of the Year: for a Nashville music-related tech innovator
SPONSORSHIPS:
Sponsorships are available for the NMA reception to announce the winners, and for the Next Big Nashville festival. Contact nextbignashville@mac.com.
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About Leadership Music: Leadership Music, Inc. is an educational non-profit 501c3 organization founded in 1989 whose mission is to nurture a knowledgeable, issue-oriented community of music industry professionals through an annual educational program and events. This is accomplished through the identification and exploration of topical issues in an annual series of off-the-record educational seminars (the Program), and continued alumni nurturing and education, including an annual digital music conference; the Leadership Music Digital Summit. Over the past 20 years, Leadership Music has graduated more than 785 music industry leaders. http://www.leadershipmusic.org and http://www.digitalsummit.org.
About Next Big Nashville: A nationally recognized music festival and conference begun in 2006, NBN serves as an annual destination for artists, innovators and business leaders in the creative community at large and continues to provide a deserving spotlight to the depth and diversity of the music and business “Made in Music City.” NBN 2009 will feature over 200 performers ranging from unsigned singer songwriters to major label artists playing at over a dozen of Nashville’s most prestigious venues. Over 15,000 people attended the festival in 2008 and 2009 is expanding to include even more daytime events, parties, interactivity and exciting opportunities for the participating artists. http://nextbignashville.wordpress.com
Contact: info@nashvillemusicawards.com
Nashville Music Awards
The Nashville Music Awards were produced by Leadership Music, Inc. from 1995 through 2000, and honored the music contributions and achievements of artists and music professionals who chose to call Nashville, Tennessee their home. They celebrated the diversity and quality of music crafted by those who nurture musical ideas from hearts to ears.
The nominees were chosen by a volunteer committee of industry leaders, some expert in specific musical genres and others whose knowledge was broader. The committee included individuals familiar with both the recording and live music scene here.
Winners were chosen by popular vote. Ballots were printed in several Nashville area publications, and ballots were counted and certified by an accounting firm.
The Nashville Music Award trophy was Tennessee born and bred; the hand-sculptured logo – crafted from steel – sat on a base of Tennessee marble. Each one was an original, hand-made by Nashville artists P.J. Maxwell and Don Adams, of Maxwell Metalworks, to reflect the spirit and creativity that the winners represented.
Plans are ongoing to revive the Nashville Music Awards, including a NMA winner tribute concert held in June 2006 during the CMA Music Fest, and plans for an shortened version in the fall of 2009.
For more information, contact: info@NashvilleMusicAwards.com, 615.770.7090.
www.leadershipmusic.org
Leadership Music is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization established in 1989 to nurture a knowledgeable, issue-oriented community of music industry professionals through programming and events.
