2011 Country Music Association Awards

Date

November 9, 2011

Location

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

Hosted by

Brad Paisley
Carrie Underwood

Most awards

The Band Perry (3)

Most nominations

Taylor Swift
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley (5 each)

Television/radio coverage

Network

ABC

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The 2011 Country Music Association Awards, 45th Annual Ceremony, is a music award ceremony that was held on November 9, 2011, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony was co-hosted for the fourth consecutive year by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.

The night's top prize, entertainer of the year, went to Taylor Swift, which was her only victory of the evening; She became only the second female artist to ever win the honor twice, after Barbara Mandrell won it in 1980 and 1981.

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Winners and nominees

^[1] Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Taylor Swift Jason Aldean Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Keith Urban	My Kinda Party — Jason Aldean All About Tonight — Blake Shelton Speak Now — Taylor Swift This Is Country Music — Brad Paisley You Get What You Give — Zac Brown Band
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Keith Urban	Miranda Lambert Sara Evans Martina McBride Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Zac Brown Band	Sugarland The Civil Wars Montgomery Gentry Steel Magnolia Thompson Square
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"If I Die Young" — The Band Perry "A Little Bit Stronger" — Sara Evans "Colder Weather" — Zac Brown Band "Don't You Wanna Stay" — Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson "Honey Bee" — Blake Shelton	"If I Die Young" — Kimberly Perry "Colder Weather" — Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Levi Lowrey and Coy Boyels "Dirt Road Anthem" — Brantley Gilbert and Colt Ford "Mean" — Taylor Swift "You and Tequila" — Matraca Berg and Deana Carter
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
The Band Perry Luke Bryan Eric Church Thompson Square Chris Young	Mac McAnally Sam Bush Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dann Huff
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"You and Tequila" — Kenny Chesney "Old Alabama" — Brad Paisley and Alabama "If I Die Young" — The Band Perry "Mean" — Taylor Swift "Honey Bee" — Blake Shelton	"Don't You Wanna Stay" — Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson "As She's Walking Away" — Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson "Coal Miner's Daughter" — Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert "Old Alabama" — Brad Paisley and Alabama "You and Tequila" — Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter
International Artist Achievement Award^[2]
Brad Paisley

Hall of Fame

Country Music Hall of Fame
Bobby Braddock Reba McEntire Jean Shepard

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Blake Shelton Kenny Loggins	"Footloose"
Keith Urban	"You Gonna Fly"
Miranda Lambert	"Baggage Claim"
Rascal Flatts Natasha Bedingfield	"Easy"
Taylor Swift	"Ours"
Luke Bryan	"Country Girl (Shake It for Me)"
Lady Antebellum	"We Owned the Night"
Kenny Chesney Grace Potter	"You and Tequila"
Little Big Town Darius Rucker Rascal Flatts Lionel Richie	"Deep River Woman" "Stuck On You" "Dancing On The Ceiling"
Martina McBride	"I'm Gonna Love You Through It"
The Band Perry	"All Your Life"
Brad Paisley Carrie Underwood	"Remind Me"
Faith Hill	"Come Home"

References

^ "2011 CMA Awards Winners". The Boot. 10 November 2011.
^ "CMA World | International Awards - CMA World". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

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