2024 CCMA Award Nominees

Artist Awards

Entertainer of the Year presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels (Award #1)

  • Jade Eagleson
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • The Reklaws
  • Owen Riegling
  • Josh Ross

Ford F-150 Album of the Year (Award #2)

  • Complicated – Josh Ross
  • Dallas Smith – Dallas Smith
  • Do It Anyway – Jade Eagleson
  • Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart – MacKenzie Porter
  • Spillin’ My Truth – Tyler Joe Miller

Fans’ Choice (Award #3)

  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • High Valley
  • James Barker Band
  • Tyler Joe Miller
  • Steven Lee Olsen
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • The Reklaws
  • Josh Ross
  • Dallas Smith

Female Artist of the Year (Award #4)

  • Lindsay Ell
  • Madeline Merlo
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • Tenille Townes
  • Alli Walker

Group or Duo of the Year (Award #5)

  • High Valley
  • Hunter Brothers
  • James Barker Band
  • The Reklaws
  • The Washboard Union

Musical Collaboration of the Year (Award #6)

  • Cowboy Boots (feat. Gord Bamford) – Chris Buck Band, Gord Bamford
  • Day After Day – Dallas Smith, Shawn Austin
  • Honky Tonkin’ About – The Reklaws, Drake Milligan
  • Take Me Backroad – Tim & The Glory Boys feat. High Valley
  • Two of Us – Brett Kissel & Cooper Alan

Male Artist of the Year (Award #7)

  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Owen Riegling
  • Josh Ross
  • Dallas Smith

Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year (Award #8)

  • Hailey Benedict
  • Dax
  • Teigen Gayse
  • Matt Lang
  • Owen Riegling

Alternative Country Album of the Year (Award #9)

  • 12 to 6 Central – The Western Swing Authority
  • BOOTCUT – Bahamas
  • The Compass Project: West Album – Brett Kissel
  • Stand In The Joy – William Prince
  • A Way Through Time – JJ Shiplett

Single of the Year (Award #10)

  • Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter
  • Meet Your Mama – James Barker Band
  • Outta Yours – Steven Lee Olsen
  • Rodeo Queen – Jade Eagleson
  • Trouble – Josh Ross

Songwriter(s) of the Year (Award #11)

  • Country Dance (Artist: Aaron Goodvin) – Aaron Goodvin, Catt Gravitt, Skip Black
  • Hey Mom I Made It (Artist: Sacha) – Sacha Visagie, Shawn Chambliss, Jake Saghi
  • Old Dirt Roads (Artist: Owen Riegling) – Owen Riegling
  • Rodeo Queen (Artist: Jade Eagleson) – Jade Eagleson, Daryl Scott
  • Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens) – Tony Stevens, Dan Swinimer, Wes Mack, David Borys

Video of the Year (Award #15)

  • Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter
  • Honky Tonkin’ About – The Reklaws, Drake Milligan
  • Trouble Is – The Prairie States
  • Two of Us – Brett Kissel & Cooper Alan

Industry Awards

Booking Agency of the Year (Award #26)

  • Fame Group Agency
  • The Feldman Agency
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Paquin Entertainment Group
  • Sakamoto Agency

Country Club of the Year (Award #27)

  • Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB)
  • King Eddy (Calgary, AB)
  • Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB)

Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year (Award #28)

  • Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose, AB)
  • Boots And Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON)
  • Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB)
  • Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PEI)
  • LASSO Montreal (Montreal, QC)

Country Music Program or Special of the Year (Award #29)

  • Boomers Canadian Club (Rogers Sports & Media)
  • Heartstrings & Honkytonks (CFCW & SILVERPLOW Productions)
  • Home For The Holidays with High Valley (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
  • Jess Moskaluke’s Winter Wonderland Radio Special (Gunfighter Productions)
  • A Washboard Union Christmas Special (Washboard Union Prod Inc)

Management Company of the Year (Award #30)

  • Big Loud Management
  • The Core Entertainment
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Starseed Entertainment
  • Willing Entertainment

Music Publishing Company of the Year presented by CMRRA (Award #31)

  • Anthem Entertainment Group
  • Big Loud Publishing
  • Sony Music Canada Publishing
  • Universal Music Publishing Canada
  • Warner Chappell Music Canada

Record Company of the Year (Award #32)

  • Big Loud Records
  • Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
  • Starseed Records
  • Universal Music Canada
  • Willing Records

Industry Person of the Year (Award #33)

  • Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
  • Lindsay Hyslop (BBR Music Group)
  • Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada)
  • Samantha Pickard (Strut Entertainment)
  • Bobby Wills (Willing Entertainment)

Creative Team or Designer of the Year (Award #34)

  • Design Team: Dan Davidson, Travis Nesbitt – Album: Nineteen Eighty Something (Artist: Dan Davidson)
  • Design Team: Kyle McKearney, Roberta Landreth, Chris Doi, Jeff Ojeda – Single: Lonesome (Artist: Kyle McKearney)
  • Design Team: Mitchell Nevins – EP: Burning Down The Barn (Artist: Hunter Brothers), Single: Yee To The Haw (Artist; Tim Hicks), Album: Throw Down (Deluxe Remastered – 10th Anniversary) (Artist: Tim Hicks), Album: Campfire Troubador Vol. 2 (Artist: Tim Hicks), Album: Talk To Time (Deluxe) (Artist: Tim Hicks), Single: The Way You Lie (Artist: Dayna Reid), Single: This House (Artist: Dayna Reid)
  • Design Team: Bronwin Parks (Feisty Creative) – Single: Intruder (Artist: Amanda Rheaume), Single: Flowers (Artist: Amanda Rheaume), Album: Fire It Up (Artist: Gord Bamford), EP: Ahead of Our Time (Artist: James Barker Band), Single: On The Water (Artist: James Barker Band ft. Dalton Dover), Single: Things I Wish I Didn’t Know (Artist: Nice Horse)
  • Design Team: Michelle Spice, Joanne Howard (Michelle Spice Photography & Small Dog Design) – Single: The Country Kind (Artist: Chad Brownlee)

Recording Studio of the Year (Award #35)

  • 80A Studios (Toronto, ON)
  • Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB)
  • MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB)
  • OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB)
  • Revolution Recording (Toronto, ON)

Record Producer(s) of the Year (Award #36)

  • Jeff Dalziel – Single: Mind Of Its Own (Artist: New Moon Junction), Single: Won’t Forget (Artist: Dan Davidson, Tim Hicks, Max Jackson)
  • Danick Dupelle – Album: Spillin’ My Truth (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller), Single: Broken Man (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller), Single: Hold Your Horses (Artist: Tebey)
  • Joey Moi – Album: Dallas Smith (Artist: Dallas Smith), Album: One Thing At A Time (Artist: Morgan Wallen)
  • Gavin Slate – Single: Feel Like Home (Artist: Karli June feat. Ryan Langdon)
  • Dan Swinimer – Single: Never Have I Ever (Artist: Elyse Saunders), Single: Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens)

Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year (Award #37)

  • Amazon Music
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify Canada Inc.

Ron Sakamoto Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year (Award #38)

  • Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)
  • Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions)
  • Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group)
  • Brooke Dunford (Republic Live)
  • Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment)

Video Director of the Year (Award #39)

  • Stephano Barberis
  • Ben Knechtel, Chad Tennies, Mac Grant
  • Codi McIvor
  • Travis Nesbitt
  • Ryan Nolan

Innovative Campaign of the Year presented by TD (Award #40)

  • “Blinding Lights” Case Study (Tebey)
  • “Country Dance” Line Dance Campaign (Aaron Goodvin)
  • “Do It Anyway” Album Setup & Release Campaign (Jade Eagleson)
  • Festival Launch Campaign (Boots and Hearts Music Festival)
  • “Right Round Here” Album Setup & Release Campaign, Canadian Tour of the Same Name (Dean Brody)

Musician Awards

Bass Player of the Year (Award #16)

  • Lisa Dodd
  • Lisa Jacobs
  • Justin Kudding
  • Ben Miller
  • Holt Stuart-Hitchcox

Drummer of the Year (Award #17)

  • Matthew Atkins
  • Spencer Cheyne
  • Flavio Cirillo
  • Rich DaSilva
  • Brendan Lyons

Fiddle Player of the Year (Award #18)

  • Linsey Beckett
  • Tyler Beckett
  • Denis Dufresne
  • Julie Kennedy
  • Mike Sanyshyn

Guitar Player of the Year presented by PRS Guitars (Award #19)

  • Chris Bray
  • Russell Broom
  • Jay Buettner
  • Ryan Davidson
  • Brennan Wall

Keyboard Player of the Year (Award #20)

  • Matt Koebel
  • Brendon Schmidt
  • Brendan Waters

Specialty Instrument Player of the Year (Award #21)

  • Denis Dufresne
  • Johnny Gasparic
  • Shane Guse
  • Tyler Vollrath

Steel Guitar Player of the Year (Award #22)

  • Chris Altmann
  • Doug Johnson
  • Matt McKay
  • Kevin Neal
  • Marcus Ramsay

Radio Awards

Country Personality(ies) of the Year (Award #23)

  • Wendy Boomer (CKBY-FM)
  • Dan Davidson & Stella Stevens (CFCW)
  • Shannon Ella (Pure Country)
  • Jackie Rae Greening (CFCW)
  • Gregg Reynolds & Josie Balka (CKRY-FM)

Radio Station of the Year (Large Market) presented by AdmitOne (Award #24)

  • CFCW (Edmonton, AB)
  • CHKX-FM (Hamilton, ON)
  • CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC)
  • CJKX-FM (Oshawa, ON)
  • CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON)

Radio Station of the Year (Medium or Small Market) (Award #25)

  • CFWC-FM (Brantford, ON)
  • CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON)
  • CJGX-940 (Yorkton, SK)
  • CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB)
  • CKXC-FM (Kingston, ON)
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