The biggest night in Canadian country music honoured the next wave of country talent at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday night.
The 2019 CCMAs struck a progressive balance between the old and new through its co-hosts Dallas Smith, the reigning CCMA Male Artist of the Year, and Billy Ray Cyrus, country music legend who has experienced a reinvigoration of sorts thanks to the record-breaking nineteen week Billboard Number One collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X, Old Town Road.
Calgary holds a special meaning to Cyrus; it was where the musician was awarded, at the bowling alley Silver Dollar Saloon, his first Gold record for his 1992 album Some Gave All, which featured his runaway hit Achy Breaky Heart.
Smith and Cyrus opened the show with individual musical performances, and a multitude of country acts performed throughout the show, such as Meghan Patrick, Old Dominion and Tebey.
A synthesis of the old and new points the way for the evolution of the country music genre, as evidenced by Cyrus’ savvy rap collaboration and reflected in the winners of this year’s CCMAs, with Grand Prairie musician Tenille Townes winning her four nominations, including Female Artist of the Year and Single of the Year for Somebody’s Daughter.
Below is a complete list of the 2019 CCMA winners:
Group or Duo of the Year
WINNER – The Washboard Union
High Valley
Hunter Brothers
James Barker Band
The Reklaws
Rising Star Award
WINNER – Jade Eagleson
Shawn Austin
Eric Ethridge
JoJo Mason
Sons of Daughters
MNP Male Artist of the Year
WINNER – Dallas Smith
Paul Brandt
Dean Brody
Tim Hicks
Brett Kissel
Female Artist of the Year
WINNER – Tenille Townes
Lindsay Ell
Jess Moskaluke
Meghan Patrick
Guylaine Tanguay
Single of the Year
WINNER – Somebody’s Daughter — Tenille Townes
Criminal — Lindsay Ell
Dive Bar — Gord Bamford
Good Together — James Barker Band
Walls Come Down — Meghan Patrick
Ford Album of the Year
WINNER – Feels Like That — The Reklaws
The Fall — Dallas Smith
The Journey BNA Vol. 2 — Paul Brandt
Love a Girl — Tebey
New Tattoo — Tim Hicks
State of Mind — Hunter Brothers
Apple Music Fans’ Choice
WINNER – Brett Kissel
Gord Bamford
Paul Brandt
Dean Brody
Tim Hicks
Hunter Brothers
James Barker Band
The Reklaws
Dallas Smith
Guylaine Tanguay
Entertainer of the Year
WINNER – Dallas Smith
Paul Brandt
Dean Brody
Tim Hicks
Brett Kissel
Interactive Artist or Group of the Year
WINNER – Lindsay Ell
Aaron Goodvin
James Barker Band
Brett Kissel
Nice Horse
Video of the Year
WINNER – Somebody’s Daughter — Tenille Townes
Camouflage — Jess Moskaluke
Criminal — Lindsay Ell
Feels Like That — The Reklaws
Walls Come Down — Meghan Patrick
Roots Album of the Year
WINNER – Both Ways — Donovan Woods
Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion — Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
Heart of Glass — Jessica Mitchell
Juliet — Dan Davidson
What We’re Made of — The Washboard Union
Anthem Entertainment Songwriter(s) of the Year
WINNER – Barry Dean, Luke Laird, Tenille Townes
Somebody’s Daughter — Tenille Townes
Brett Kissel, Seth Mosley, Brad Rempel
Cecilia — Brett Kissel
Gord Bamford, Bart Butler, Brice Long
Down — Gord Bamford
James Barker Band, Todd Clark, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood
Keep it Simple — James Barker Band
Corey Crowder, Jess Moskaluke, Jared Mullins
Save Some of That Whiskey — Jess Moskaluke
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame 2019 Inductees
Charlie Major
Anya Wilson
