2018 Country Music Association of Ontario Award Nominees
The 2018 final nominees for the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards have been announced!
The awards will be handed out on Sunday, June 3 in London, ON at Centennial Hall, hosted by Jason McCoy. And along with the 15 awards up for grabs, Michelle Wright will be honoured with the Impact Award sponsored by Canadian Music Week.
Wright’s career has given country music fans great hits, longtime favourites, and has earned her a spot in the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Her recognition with the 2018 Impact Award is well deserved, and we’re happy to see it.
Along with her award, Michelle Wright has been announced as a performer at the CMAO Award show, along with some other great Ontario talent. Meghan Patrick, Tim Hicks, Tebey, Cold Creek County, The Western Swing Authority, and host Jason McCoy are also scheduled to take the stage, turning the award show into a great night of live country music as well.
While opinions may vary from category to category, one thing that all Ontario country music fans should be able to agree on when they look at this list, is that there’s a lot of talent in our province.
Meghan Patrick (Single, Songwriter, Female Artist, Music Video, Fans Choice) and James Barker Band (Single, Album, Group, Video, Fans Choice) lead the way with five nominations each in 2018. Although, JBB does take a slight edge if you include James’s Songwriter of the Year nomination as part of the group that penned Chills.
Tim Hicks leads the male performers with four nominations of his own this year. And, a solid list of country music artists come into the CMAOntario Awards with three nominations including Jason Blaine, Jessica Mitchell, The Road Hammers, Cold Creek Country, and Andrew Hyatt.
As fans, and voting members of the association, it’s important to us to celebrate these nominations. We know how hard these artists, writers, producers, and their teams have worked to make the music that we sing along to.
And while they’ll all tell us that they don’t do it for awards – we know that it feels good to be recognized for the great work that you’ve done.
So, check out the complete list of CMAOntario Awards Final Nominees, and stay tuned because we’ve got more coverage coming – including the chance to win your way into the award show in London, ON on June 3, 2018!
SINGLE OF THE YEAR sponsored by KICX 106
• Born To Love – Jason Blaine
• Chills – James Barker Band
• Country Music Made Me Do It – Meghan Patrick
• Slide Over – Tim Hicks
• You Me We – Genevieve Fisher
ALBUM OF THE YEAR sponsored by Freedom Music & Creative
• Game On – James Barker Band
• Homemade – Cold Creek County
• Iron and Ashes – Andrew Hyatt
• River Town Saints – River Town Saints
• The Squeeze – The Road Hammers
SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR sponsored by SOCAN
• Clayton Bellamy, Chris Byrne, Jason McCoy – Crazy About You, Recorded by The Road Hammers
• Dan Isbell, Meghan Patrick, Jeremy Stover – Country Music Made Me Do It, Recorded by Meghan Patrick
• James Barker, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood, Donovan Woods – Chills, Recorded by James Barker Band
• Jessica Mitchell, Matthew Tishler – Don’t Love Me, Recorded by Jessica Mitchell
• Kelly Archer, Adam Hambrick, Tebey Ottoh – Somebody Else Will, Recorded by Justin Moore
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by Spring Tree Farm
• Dani Strong
• Genevieve Fisher
• Jessica Mitchell
• Meghan Patrick
• Tianna Woods
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by ECAO/IBEW
• Andrew Hyatt
• Anthony Tullo
• Jason Blaine
• Tebey
• Tim Hicks
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR sponsored by Country 103
• Blue Rodeo
• Cold Creek County
• James Barker Band
• Runaway Angel
• The Lovelocks
• The Reklaws
ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR sponsored by Skelton Truck Lines
• Jessica Mitchell
• Lindi Ortega
• The Abrams
• The Lovelocks
• The Western Swing Authority
RISING STAR sponsored by Slaight Music
• Andrew Hyatt
• Eric Ethridge
• Nicole Rayy
• Shae Dupuy
• The Reklaws
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Chills – James Barker Band
• Country Music Made Me Do It – Meghan Patrick
• Haulin’ Ass – The Road Hammers
• Homemade – Cold Creek County
• Slide Over – Tim Hicks
• Woke Up Like This – River Town Saints
FANS’ CHOICE sponsored by OMDC
• James Barker Band
• Tim Hicks
• Meghan Patrick
• River Town Saints
• The Road Hammers
RECORD PRODUCER(S) OF THE YEAR
• David “Dwave” Thomson, Jason Blaine – Jason Blaine, Born to Love
• Jason Barry – Runaway Angel, Zero; Western Swing Authority, I’m Sending You My Heart This Christmas; Dean Brody, Beautiful Freakshow
• Jeff Dalziel – The Washboard Union, Shine; Dan Davidson, Barn Burner; River Town Saints
• Karen Kosowski – Jessica Mitchell, Don’t Love Me; Madeline Merlo, Motel Flamingo
• Scott Cooke, Doug Oliver – Cold Creek County, Homemade
• The Agenda – Justine Chantale, Fly
INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Seeds & Co.
• Amanda Kingsland, Country 101.1
• Anya Wilson, Anya Wilson Promotion & Publicity
• Mike Denney, MDM Recordings
• Ron Kitchener, RGK Entertainment
• Steve Coady, Warner Music Canada
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (LARGE MARKET)
• CHKX KX 94.7, Hamilton
• CJBX BX 93, London
• CJKX KX96, Oshawa
• CKBY Country 101.1, Ottawa
• CKDK NEW Country 104, Woodstock
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM MARKET) sponsored by Lucknow’s Music in the Fields
• CFCO Country 92.9, Chatham
• CHCQ-FM Cool 100.1 FM, Belleville
• CICS KICX 91.7, Sudbury
• CKQM Country 105, Peterborough
• CKXC Country 93.5, Kingston
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKET)
• CHAW Country 103, Little Current
• CICX KICX 106, Orillia
• CJDL-FM Country 107.3, Tillsonburg
• CKAT, Country 600, North Bay
• CKYC Country 93, Owen Sound
• CKYY Country 89, Welland
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