48th Annual CMA Awards First Round of Performers Announced

A number of performers were announced for the 48th annual CMA Awards, and all are current nominees for CMA’s prestigious Entertainer of the Year trophy.

Three-time nominee Luke Bryan, nine-time nominee Miranda Lambert, three-time nominee Blake Shelton, and four-time nominee Keith Urban will all perform at the awards show on Wednesday, Nov. 5. It will air live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on the ABC Television Network.

Bryan is nominated for Entertainer of the Year, as well as for Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for Crash My Party.

Lambert is nominated this year for Entertainer, Female Vocalist and Album of the Year for Platinum. She is in the Musical Event Category twice, once for “We Were Us” with Urban and “Somethin’ Bad” with Carrie Underwood. Her nominations for the awards also include Music Video of the Year for both “Automatic” and “Somethin’ Bad.” In addition, “Automatic” is also nominated for Single and Song of the Year.

Shelton has been nominated for Entertainer three times, including a win in 2012. He is nominated again in 2014 for Male Vocalist, Entertainer and Single of the Year for “Mine Would Be You.”

Urban is nominated for Entertainer, which he won in 2005; Male Vocalist, which he has won three times; Album of the Year for Fuse, and Musical Event with Lambert for “We Were Us.”

Winners of “The 48th Annual CMA Awards” will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of the Country Music Association. CMA Awards balloting is officiated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. The third and final ballot will be emailed to CMA members emailed to CMA members Thursday, Oct. 9. Voting for the CMA Awards final ballot ends Monday, Oct. 27 (5:00 PM/CT).