2012 CMA Awards Winners

2012 CMA Awards Winners:

Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton — WINNER
Taylor Swift

Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelly Clarkson
Miranda Lambert — WINNER
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Blake Shelton — WINNER
Keith Urban

Vocal Group of the Year
The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town — WINNER
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Love and Theft
Sugarland
The Civil Wars
Thompson Square — WINNER

New Artist of the Year
Lee Brice
Brantley Gilbert
Hunter Hayes — WINNER
Love and Theft
Thompson Square

Album of the Year
Luke Bryan, ‘Tailgates and Tanlines’
Eric Church, ‘Chief’ — WINNER
Miranda Lambert, ‘Four the Record’
Dierks Bentley, ‘Home’
Lady Antebellum, ‘Own the Night’

Song of the Year (Awarded to songwriters)
‘Even if It Breaks Your Heart,’ Will Hoge and Eric Paslay
‘God Gave Me You,’ Dave Barnes
‘Home,’ Dierks Bentley and Jon Randall Stewart
‘Over You,’ Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton — WINNER
‘Springsteen,’ Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell

Single of the Year
Jason Aldean, ‘Dirt Road Anthem’
Blake Shelton, ‘God Gave Me You’
Dierks Bentley, ‘Home’
Little Big Town, ‘Pontoon’ — WINNER
Eric Church, ‘Springsteen’

Musical Event of the Year
‘Dixie Highway,’ Alan Jackson and Zac Brown Band
‘Feel Like a Rock Star,’ Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw — WINNER
‘Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,’ Willie Nelson featuring Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson
‘Safe and Sound,’ Taylor Swift featuring the Civil Wars
Stuck on You,’ Lionel Richie and Darius Rucker

Music Video of the Year
Eric Church, ‘Springsteen’
Kenny Chesney, ‘Come Over’
Miranda Lambert, ‘Over You’
Little Big Town, ‘Pontoon’
Toby Keith, ‘Red Solo Cup’ — WINNER

2012 CMA Awards Winners