November date picked for country music awards
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - The Country Music Association and the ABC television network announced on Tuesday that the 41st annual CMA awards show will be broadcast live live on November 7 from 8 to 11 p.m. EST.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Texan George Strait, once called a "honky tonk Sinatra," led the list of the 42nd Academy of Country Music Awards nominees announced on Monday at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood led the nominees for Country Music Television's 2007 CMT Music Awards with three apiece Wednesday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - Kenny Chesney won the Country  Music Association's top "Entertainer of the Year" award along  with the "Album of the Year" prize at Tuesday night's 38th  annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.
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Alan Jackson leads all nominees at Tuesday's Country Music Association awards with seven, including entertainer of the year and song of the year for "Remember When."
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Kenny Chesney won the Country Music Association's top "Entertainer of the Year" award along with the "Album of the Year" prize at Tuesday night's 38th annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.
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In a development surprising only to the person who's unfamiliar   with country music, songs extolling the virtues of beer, Wal-Mart and   rednecks received a big "Hell, yeah!" as nominations were announced   Monday for the 38th annual Country Music Association Awards.
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Country music acts are one of the few highlights in an off year for concert tours. At least seven of the 25 top grossing tours this year are likely to be country artists &#151; up from five last year and only two a few years ago, according to the industry trade magazine Billboard.
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Brad Paisley and George  Strait topped the list of finalists with five nominations each  for the annual Country Music Association awards, the music  industry group announced on Thursday.
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Construction on a &#36;3.5 million restaurant and music hall being built by country singer Toby Keith could begin next month.
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The popular country music act of Brooks &amp; Dunn head the entertainment lineup for the Republican National Convention in New York that starts in a week.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Look for these five artists to make a big splash on the touring scene in 2008.
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It has been four years since Emmylou  Harris&#39; last studio album, but patient fans will be rewarded in  the coming months with two new releases, Billboard has learned.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - A career-best week for Tim McGraw  should net the country king his third No. 1 on the Billboard  200 for the week ending Aug. 29.
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George Strait and Brad Paisley lead the field at the Country Music Awards, with five nominations apiece.
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The newest members of the Country Hall of Fame are Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall, the Statler Brothers and the late Ernest "Pop" Stoneman.
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Kenny Chesney waited 12 years to win a Country Music Association award &#151; but had less than two minutes to give his acceptance speech. Chesney won album of the year honors Tuesday for "When The Sun Goes Down," and, at the end of the night, received the coveted entertainer of the year award.