2010 CCMA Fans’ Choice Award Nominees Announced
July 22, 2010
2010 CCMA Fans’ Choice Award Nominees Announced
Voting opens Friday, July 23 at CCMA.org
(Toronto, ON) July 22, 2010 – The Canadian Country Music Association announced today the nominees for the 2010 CCMA Fans’ Choice Award: Gord Bamford, George Canyon, Doc Walker, Corb Lund and Johnny Reid.
Beginning Friday, July 23 until Saturday, September 11 at 11:59pm EST, the public can vote online at www.ccma.org for their favourite Canadian Country Star. The winner will be announced during the CCMA Awards at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta on Sunday, September 12, 2010.
Lacombe, Alberta’s, Gord Bamford’s, Honkytonks and Heartaches was named ‘Album of the Decade’ by Country Music News. In April, he released his latest album, “Day Job,” with the title track flying up the charts.
Two-time JUNO winner, George Canyon, received the CCMA’s Humanitarian Award in 2008 for his work with the Canadian Forces and his continuing work with children with type one diabetes, a condition he is also stricken with. George has had many top selling albums, his latest is entitled, "What I Do".
Canada's reigning Group of the Year, Doc Walker filmed their first live concert special this week in Kelowna for fall airings on CMT and release on DVD. Doc Walker just had a top 5 single and #1 video with "I'm Going To Make You Love Me"
Six-time CCMA Roots Artist of the Year winner, Corb Lund was recently nominated in the Emerging Artist category for the Americana Music Awards. He will be performing on the Americana Honors & Awards show at the Ryman in September, before embarking on a headline tour of Australia for 2 weeks.
Johnny Reid has seen his current album Dance With Me go platinum in just two months. In 2009 Johnny took home 6 awards, including the hardware for the CCMA’s Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year and the Fans’ Choice Award.
For more information regarding the 2010 CCMA Awards, please visit www.ccma.org or www.countrymusicedmonton.com. Nominees will be announced at a media conference in Edmonton, AB on Wednesday, July 28.
Tickets for the CCMA Awards are available at all Ticketmaster locations, or online at www.ticketmaster.ca. Ticket prices range from $35 to $95 (plus applicable taxes and service charges).
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