Country_Music_Association_Award_for_Male_Vocalist_of_the_Year

Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year

Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year

Music award

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year.[1] This Award goes to the artist. The Award is based on individual musical performance on a solo Country single or album release, as well as the overall contribution to Country Music.[2] This award was one of the original awards given at the first ceremony in 1967.

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The inaugural recipient of the award was Jack Greene in 1967. Chris Stapleton holds the record for most wins in the category, with six, while five-time recipient George Strait has a leading twenty-five nominations. Dierks Bentley and Eric Church holds the record for most nominations without a win, with nine each. The current holder of the award is Stapleton, who won at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2022.

Recipients

Seven-time winner Chris Stapleton
Blake Shelton is tied for the second most wins in this category with five.
Three-time winner Brad Paisley was crowned Entertainer of the Year in 2010.
Keith Urban has received nine nominations and three wins.
Alan Jackson was the back-to-back male vocalist in 2002 and 2003.
Two-time winner Tim McGraw.
George Strait is tied for the second most wins in this category.
Five-time recipient Vince Gill is also a back-to-back Entertainer of the Year.
Clint Black won the award in 1990.
1982 recipient Ricky Skaggs
George Jones was nominated five times and won twice.
1972 and 1973 winner Charley Pride was the first person of colour to ever win a CMA Award.
Merle Haggard won both the male vocalist and Entertainer of the Year awards in 1970.
Inaugural recipient Jack Greene also won Single and Album of the Year awards at the 1967 ceremony.
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Artists with multiple wins

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Artists with multiple nominations

25 nominations
16 nominations
11 nominations
10 nominations
9 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Won on First nomination

In CMA history only thirteen men have won Male Vocalist of the Year the very first time they were nominated. They are:

References

  1. [1]
    "Past CMA Awards Winners and Nominees". CMA World. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "About". CMA Awards 2021 | Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "CMA Awards 2020: Here's the full list of nominees".
  4. [4]
    McCarthy, Kelly (August 28, 2018). "2018 CMA Awards nominations: See the full list". ABC News. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

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