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CMT Music Awards
The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The awards ceremony is held every year in Nashville, Tennessee, and broadcast live on the CMT (Country Music Television) channel. Voting takes place on CMT's website, CMT.com. History Beginning in 1967, the Music City News Awards were presented yearly by the now-defunct ''Music City News'' magazine. In 1988, The Nashville Network (TNN) began a fan-voted awards show dubbed the Viewers' Choice Awards to help the network celebrate its fifth anniversary. In 1990, the two awards shows merged to become the TNN/Music City News Country Awards. The TNN contract with ''Music City News'' ended in 1999, and the magazine ceased publication shortly thereafter. '' Country Weekly'' became the presenting sponsor of the awards show in 2000, and the show was known as ''Country Weekly'' presents the TNN Music Awards. In 2001, as TNN began to phase out its association with country music, the decisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, which is one of the fastest growing in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded with Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first state capital in the Confederacy to be taken by Union forces. After the war, the city reclaimed its position and developed a manufacturing base. Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions (DCP, stylized in lowercase as dick clark productions or dcp) is an American multinational television production company founded by radio and TV host Dick Clark. The studio primarily produces award shows and other music entertainment programs, including the Academy of Country Music Awards, the DCP-created American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards (presented by co-owned music magazine '' Billboard''), '' Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'', the Golden Globe Awards, and '' So You Think You Can Dance'' (with 19 Entertainment). Some of its earlier productions, such as ''American Bandstand'', ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' and ''Bloopers'', were hosted by Clark himself. The company was sold to a group led by Daniel Snyder in 2007 for $150 million. In September 2012, it was sold again to Guggenheim Partners, Mandalay Entertainment and Mosaic Media Investment Partners for $350 million. Guggenheim's stake was later spun out to former president Todd B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brokenheartsville
"Brokenheartsville" is a song written by Donny Kees, Blake Mevis, Randy Boudreaux, and Clint Daniels and recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols. It was released in November 2002 as the second single from Nichols' 2002 album ''Man with a Memory''. The song became Nichols' first number one hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and earned him his second consecutive Grammy nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. The song also was later covered by Johnny Rodriguez on his 2011 album ''Live from Texas''. Critical reception Wade Jessen of ''Billboard'' called the song a "beer-can-crushing, honky-tonk lament of lost love."''Billboard'', March 29, 2003 Music video The video starts out with Nichols drinking at a rotating bar in the city, and talking to his friends. They watch a singer sing live on stage. The subplot is that his girlfriend rides off with another man in an Eldorado convertible; in contrast to the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Nichols
Joseph Edward Nichols (born November 26, 1976) is an American country music artist. Between 1996 and 2001, he held recording contracts with the Intersound and Giant Records (Warner), Giant labels. In 2002, he signed with Universal South Records, now known as Show Dog Nashville, Show Dog-Universal Music. Nichols began his career with The Rodeo Band, playing in high school gymnasiums and small clubs. Throughout the course of his career, Nichols has released nine studio albums: ''Joe Nichols (album), Joe Nichols'' (1996), ''Man with a Memory'' (2002), ''Revelation (Joe Nichols album), Revelation'', ''A Traditional Christmas'' (both 2004), ''III (Joe Nichols album), III'' (2005), ''Real Things (Joe Nichols album), Real Things'' (2007), ''Old Things New'' (2009), ''Crickets (Joe Nichols album), Crickets'' (2013), and ''Never Gets Old'' (2017). These albums have produced over 14 Top 40 singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concrete Angel
"Concrete Angel" is a song written by Stephanie Bentley and Rob Crosby, and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in November 2002 as the fourth and last single from McBride's ''Greatest Hits'' compilation album. The song reached number 5 on the country music charts. "Concrete Angel" was ranked No. 1 by Rolling Stone on its list of the 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time in 2019. Content The song is a power ballad, centering on a main theme of child abuse. The narrator tells a story about a 7-year-old girl named Angela Carter, who endures severe abuse at the hands of her mother. The abuse is silently questioned by Angela's teachers and neighbors, but goes unreported. By the song's end, Angela is killed by her mother during another act of abuse, and goes on to an afterlife where "she is loved" more than she was on earth. The song is very similar to the life of Judith Barsi, a child actress who was murdered along with her mother by her abusiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtesy Of The Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)
"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by Keith's father's death in March 2001, as well as the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, '' Unleashed''. The song topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming his biggest solo hit on that chart. Background The reaction was so strong that the Commandant of the Marine Corps James L. Jones told Keith it was his duty as an American citizen to record the song. "It's your job as an entertainer to lift the morale of the troops," Jones said to Keith. "If you want to serve, that is what you can do." In a November 2003 interview with CBS, Keith gave his take on the song: “It wasn’t written for everybody. And when you write some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's '' Toby Keith'', 1994's '' Boomtown'', 1996's '' Blue Moon'' and 1997's '' Dream Walkin''', plus a Greatest Hits package—for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998. These albums all earned Gold or higher certification, and produced several Top Ten singles, including his debut "Should've Been a Cowboy", which topped the country charts and was the most-played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since its release, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1998, Keith released his breakthrough single " How Do You Like Me Now?!" in late 1999. This song, the title track to his 1999 album of the same name, was the number one country song of 2000, and one of several chart-toppers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
"I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" is a song recorded and co-written by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was first recorded by David Kersh on his 1998 album ''If I Never Stop Loving You''; Kersh's version was not released as a single. Cagle himself later recorded the song for a re-issue of his debut album ''Play It Loud''. Released in September 2001, his version reached Number One on the U.S. ''Billboard'' country music charts in early 2002, giving Cagle the only Number One hit of his career. It also reached number 35 on the ''Billboard Hot 100 The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online stream ...'', his only Top 40 hit to date on that chart. Content "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" is a ballad that discusses the end of a relationship, and coping with it. The narrator discusses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cagle
Christopher Norris Cagle (born November 10, 1968) is an American country music artist. He was first known for writing songs for David Kersh before signing to Virgin Records Nashville in 2000. Cagle made his debut on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts with " My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album ''Play It Loud''. The album, which was certified gold in the US, also produced the Top 10 " Laredo" and "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", his only No. 1 hit. ''Play It Loud'' was followed in 2002 by '' Chris Cagle'', released on Capitol Records Nashville. Also a gold album in the United States, it produced the Top 5 hits " What a Beautiful Day" and " Chicks Dig It". '' Anywhere but Here'', his third album, followed in 2005 and produced the No. 12 hit " Miss Me Baby". A fourth studio album, titled '' My Life's Been a Country Song'', was released in 2008, and its lead-off single, "What Kinda Gone", peaked at No. 3 on the country m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blessed (Martina McBride Song)
"Blessed" is a song written by Brett James, Troy Verges, and Hillary Lindsey and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in October 2001 as the second single from McBride’s ''Greatest Hits'' compilation album. In March 2002, it became her fifth and last number one single on the US '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Content The narrator talks about how she is “blessed” in many ways. Music video The music video was directed by Deaton Flanigen and premiered in late 2001. It is the first of her videos to feature her 2 older daughters, who would later appear in the videos for "This One's For The Girls" and " Teenage Daughters". The video also features her husband John, and although set in a forest, it was actually filmed on a soundstage in Nashville. Personnel Compiled from liner notes. * Matt Chamberlain — drums * David Huff — programming * Carolyn Dawn Johnson — background vocals * Troy Lancaster — electric guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina McBride
Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, born July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 1989. She signed to RCA Records in 1991, and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, " The Time Has Come". Over time, she developed a pop-styled crossover sound, similar to Shania Twain and Faith Hill, and had a string of major hit singles on the ''Billboard'' country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003. McBride has fourteen studio albums, two greatest hits compilations, one "live" album, as well as two additional compilation albums. Eight of her studio albums and two of her compilations have an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young (Kenny Chesney Song)
"Young" is a song written by Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan, and Craig Wiseman and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in December 2001 as the lead single from Chesney's 2002 album ''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''. The song peaked at number 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 35 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Content The narrator reflects on what he did when he was in his teen years. Music video The music video was Chesney's first of many videos that were directed by Shaun Silva, and produced by Steve Gainer. It premiered on CMT on January 4, 2002, when CMT named it a "Hot Shot". It was filmed in Sanford, Florida Sanford is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Seminole County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 61,051. Known as the "Historic Waterfront Gateway City", Sanford sits on the southern shore ..., at the old bridge over the St. Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
