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2013 CMT Music Awards
The 2013 CMT Music Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. CMT. The show was hosted by CMT Award winner Jason Aldean and Kristen Bell. Winners and nominees The winners are highlighted in bold. Presenters *Kellie Pickler & Scotty McCreery — presented USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year *Anna Sophia Robb & Brantley Gilbert — Introduced Miranda Lambert *Scott Avett & Seth Avett — Introduced Kacey Musgraves. * Duane "Dog" Chapman & Beth Champan — Presented CMT Performance of the Year *Florida Georgia Line — Introduced Darius Rucker. *Larry the Cable Guy — Presented Collaborative Video of the Year *Jana Kramer & Charles Esten — Presented Duo Video of the Year *Ed Sheeran & Lisa Marie Presley — Introduced Lady Antebellum *Lenny Kravitz — Presented Female Video of the Year *The Band Perry — Introduced Keith Urban. *Keith Urban — Introduced Little Big Town. *Dax Shepard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgestone Arena
Bridgestone Arena (originally Nashville Arena, and formerly Gaylord Entertainment Center and Sommet Center) is a multi-purpose venue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Completed in 1996, it is the home of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League. Ownership Designed by HOK Sport in conjunction with the Nashville-based architecture/engineering firm Hart Freeland Roberts, INC., it was designed at an angle on the corner of Broadway and 5th Avenue in Nashville in physical homage to the historic Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry. Bridgestone Arena is owned by the Sports Authority of Nashville and Davidson County and operated by Powers Management Company, a subsidiary of the Nashville Predators National Hockey League franchise, which has been its primary tenant since 1998. Events The Predators hosted the NHL Entry Draft here in 2003; it was also the location for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game. In 1997, it was the venue of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Hill
Audrey Faith McGraw (; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American singer and actress. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Hill's first two albums, '' Take Me as I Am'' (1993) and ''It Matters to Me'' (1995), were major successes and placed a combined three number ones on ''Billboard'''s country charts. She then achieved mainstream and crossover success with her next two albums, '' Faith'' (1998) and '' Breathe'' (1999). ''Faith'' spawned her first international success in early 1998, " This Kiss", while ''Breathe'' became one of the best-selling country albums of all time, led by the huge crossover success of the songs " Breathe" and " The Way You Love Me". It had massive sales worldwide and earned Hill three Grammy Awards. In 2001, she recorded "There You'll Be" for the '' Pearl Harbor'' soundtrack and it became an international success and her best-selling si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Church
Kenneth Eric Church (born May 3, 1977) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has released nine studio albums through Capitol Nashville since 2005. His debut album, 2006's ''Sinners Like Me'', produced three singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts including the top 20 hits "How 'Bout You", " Two Pink Lines", and " Guys Like Me". His second album, 2009's ''Carolina'', produced three more singles: " Smoke a Little Smoke" and his first top 10 hits, "Love Your Love the Most" and "Hell on the Heart". 2011's '' Chief'', his first No. 1 album, gave him his first two No. 1 singles, "Drink in My Hand" and " Springsteen", and the hits " Homeboy", " Creepin'", and " Like Jesus Does". His third No. 1 single was " The Only Way I Know", which he, Jason Aldean, and Luke Bryan recorded for Aldean's album '' Night Train''. A fourth album, '' The Outsiders'', was released in February 2014. It produced five new singles between 2013 and 2015 with the title track, "Give Me Back My H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Over (Kenny Chesney Song)
"Come Over" is a song written by Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in May 2012 as the second single from Chesney's 2012 album ''Welcome to the Fishbowl''. Content The song is set in the key of D major with a main chord pattern of Bm7–Gsus2–D/F-Dsus-D–A. Co-writer Josh Osborne said that when writing the song, he and the co-writers were composing melodies when co-writer Sam Hunt suggested to make it a "kind of desperate thing, like the guy is pleading with this girl to come over." Upon reaching the chorus, they decided to repeat the phrase "come over" five times to " etinto the emotion of the situation." Critical reception Billy Dukes of '' Taste of Country'' gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that "the songwriters show power in efficiency, yet the singer never really conveys the physical need for this woman that the repetition begs for." Matt Bjorke of ''Roughsto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Chesney
Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has recorded more than 20 albums and has produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, 32 of which have reached number one. Many of these have also charted within the Top 40 of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making him one of the most successful crossover country artists. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Chesney has received twelve Country Music Association Awards (including winning their top Entertainer of the Year honor four times) and eleven Academy of Country Music Awards (including four consecutive Entertainer of the Year awards from 2005 to 2008), as well as six Grammy Award nominations. He is one of the most popular touring acts in country music, regularly selling out the venues in which he performs. His 2007 ''Flip-Flop Summer'' Tour was the highest-grossing country road trip of the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take A Little Ride
"Take a Little Ride" is a song written by Dylan Altman, Rodney Clawson and Jim McCormick and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on July 16, 2012, as the first single from his fifth studio album '' Night Train''. Content The song "Take a Little Ride" revolves around the happenings of a man getting off work, and going to pick up his love interest that night to take her out for a drive in his Chevy truck. It is in the key of E minor with a chord pattern of E-G-D-A. Eight days after the song's release, Broken Bow Records released a re-recording of the song, in which the line "a little Shiner Bock" is changed to "a couple Rocky Tops", in reference to Coors beer. This re-recording was done because Aldean had signed an endorsement deal with Coors. Critical reception Billy Dukes of ''Taste of Country'' gave "Take a Little Ride" a four-star review, praising the song's "colorful" and "welcoming" verses, and stating how "ballads like 'Laughed Until We Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sure Be Cool If You Did
"Sure Be Cool If You Did" is a song written by Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins, and Jimmy Robbins and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on January 8, 2013, as the first single from Shelton's 2013 album ''Based on a True Story…''. The song reached number one on both the US ''Billboard'' Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts. Content Shelton described "Sure Be Cool If You Did" as having "a lot of the elements that you try and include on an album, all in one song", calling it "kind of manic" and "a little bit mischievous". He compared its production to that of songs by artists like Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Carrie Underwood, which he considered indicative of where he wanted to be "going musically", and said, "It’s got a loop in it, and it’s got some snaps and some samples and different sounds like that that people I don’t think would have ever expected to hear from me." Shelton compared the song to R&B, which he felt was " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. The now Platinum-certified debut album also produced two more top 20 entries ("All Over Me" and "Ol' Red"). His second and third albums, 2003's ''The Dreamer'' and 2004's '' Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill'', are gold and platinum, respectively. His fourth album, '' Pure BS'' (2007), was re-issued in 2008 with a cover of Michael Bublé's pop hit "Home" as one of the bonus tracks. His fifth album, '' Startin' Fires'' was released in November 2008. It was followed by the extended plays '' Hillbilly Bone'' and '' All About Tonight'' in 2010, and the albums '' Red River Blue'' in 2011, '' Based on a True Story...'' in 2013, '' Bringing Back the Sunshine'' in 2014, '' If I'm Honest'' in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Black Cadillacs
"Two Black Cadillacs" is a song by American recording artist Carrie Underwood, taken from her fourth studio album, '' Blown Away.'' The song served as the album's third single on November 18, 2012, through Arista Nashville. Written by Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, and Josh Kear, "Two Black Cadillacs" is a country pop song with lyrics addressing the story of two women who, when they realize they are both involved with the same man, decide to kill him. It was produced by Mark Bright, and the instrumentation was compared to songs by Dixie Chicks and Miranda Lambert. Upon its release, "Two Black Cadillacs" was met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised its story and Underwood's versatility as an artist. Commercially, the song was successful. In the United States, it reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart, and also reached number 41 on the Hot 100. As of July 2020, "Two Black Cadillacs" was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begin Again (Taylor Swift Song)
"Begin Again" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her fourth studio album, ''Red'' (2012). It was released as the second single from ''Red'' on October 1, 2012, by Big Machine Records. Produced by Swift, Dann Huff, and Nathan Chapman, "Begin Again" is a gentle country and soft rock ballad with acoustic guitar, steel guitar, and percussion. Its lyrics are about falling in love again after a failed, toxic previous relationship. Music critics praised the gentle production, the narrative songwriting, and welcomed Swift's mature perspective on love. "Begin Again" was nominated for Best Country Song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. In the United States, the single peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It peaked at number four on the Canadian Hot 100 and was certified gold by Music Canada (MC). The song's accompanying music video was di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merry Go 'Round
"Merry Go 'Round" is the debut single by American country music artist Kacey Musgraves. It was released in September 2012 as the lead single from her debut album ''Same Trailer Different Park''. Musgraves co-wrote and co-produced the song with Shane McAnally, with additional writing from Josh Osborne and production assistance from Luke Laird. "Merry Go 'Round" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 56th Grammy Awards. Content The song is a cynical observation on life in the American heartland. It uses samples of the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary as a continued play-on-words. The latter part of the song retells another traditional nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill, in a modernized fashion. It is in the key of F-sharp major, in a 2/2 time signature with an approximate tempo of 88 beats per minute. The song's main accompaniment is guitar and banjo. The song's plays on words in the chorus are only made possible by the General American merger of ''Mary'', ''marry'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American country singer. She has won six Grammy Awards, seven Country Music Association Awards, and three Academy of Country Music Awards. Musgraves self-released three solo albums and one as Texas Two Bits, before appearing on the fifth season of the USA Network's singing competition ''Nashville Star'' in 2007, where she placed seventh. Musgraves also released a Christmas-themed album, '' A Very Kacey Christmas,'' in 2016. Her fourth studio album '' Golden Hour'' (2018) was released to widespread critical acclaim and won all four of its nominated Grammy Award categories, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album. The album's first two singles, " Space Cowboy" and "Butterflies", won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance respectively. Musgraves' fifth studio album, ''Star-Crossed'', was released in September 2021. Early life Kacey Lee Musgraves was born August 21, 1988, in Golden, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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