2008 CMA Award Winners

The winners of The 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards are:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: Kenny Chesney

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Brad Paisley

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Carrie Underwood

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: Rascal Flatts

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR: Sugarland

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Lady Antebellum

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Troubadour, George Strait, Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait, MCA Nashville

SINGLE OF THE YEAR: “I Saw God Today,” George Strait, Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait,
MCA Nashville

SONG OF THE YEAR: “Stay,” Jennifer Nettles, Jennifer Nettles Publishing

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),”
Rounder Records

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: “Waitin’ On a Woman,” Brad Paisley featuring Andy Griffith, Directed by Jim Shea and Peter Tilden

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Mac McAnally – Guitar