CALGARY (CelebrityAccess) – Canadian country music’s biggest night of the year, the CCMA Awards, went off without a hitch Sunday evening at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome.
This year’s event was co-hosted by CCMA Male Artist of the Year Dallas Smith and Billboard’s latest record-smasher, Billy Ray Cyrus.
The hosts took the stage to open the show with their own individual musical performances before inviting a variety of other acts to the stage to share some of their biggest hits, including Meghan Patrick, Old Dominion and Tebey among many others. Cyrus, who has spent the summer atop of the charts thanks to his collab with Lil Nas X on mega-hit “Old Town Road,” also performed his 1992 smash, “Achy Breaky Heart.”
Going into the show, Alberta-based singer-songwriter Brett Kissel led the male nominations with five nods. He took home the Apple Music Fans’ Choice Award. Meanwhile, Tenille Townes and Lindsay Ell tied for most female nominations with four acknowledgments each. Townes was named Female Artist of The Year and won in the Single of The Year category for her song “Somebody’s Daughter,” while Ell took home the award for Interactive Artist or Group of the Year.
The show, which travels across the country each year, last came to the city 14 years ago. This was the ninth time Calgary has hosted.
Check out the full list of 2019 CCMA Award winners below:
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
