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CMAA finalists announced
The event was hosted by Saturday Night Country's own Felicity Urquhart. The awards recognise the best releases from the country music genre in the past twelve months.
Leading the nominations was Kasey Chambers with a total of seven. They included: Album of the Year; Female Artist of the Year; Single of the Year; Heritage Song of the Year; Video Clip of the Year; APRA Song of the Year; and Vocal Collaboration of the Year for her duet with Kevin Bennett.
Closely following was Lee Kernaghan with Planet Country, earning six nominations with; Album of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Heritage Song of the Year; Single of the Year; APRA Song of the Year; and Video Clip of the Year.
Hot on the heels of their ARIA Award, The McClymonts received four nominations for Wrapped Up Good - Album of the Year; Single of the Year; Group or Duo of the Year; and Video Clip of the Year, plus another nomination for Vocal Collaboration of the Year with Adam Harvey from his album Both Sides Now.
The 2011 Tamworth Country Music Festival takes place between 14 -23 January 2011, with the 39th Country Music Awards on Saturday, 22nd January. Ray Hadley and Beccy Cole were confirmed as hosts for the night.
The full list of finalists for the 2011 Country Music Awards of Australia are:
Album of the Year
Keep Breathing - Dianna Corcoran, produced by Rebecca Lyn Howard (USA) & Elisha Hoffman (USA)
Little Bird - Kasey Chambers, produced by Kasey Chambers & the Millionaires
Planet Country - Lee Kernaghan, produced by Garth Porter
Still Walking - Graeme Connors, produced by Matt Fell
Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts, produced by Nath Chapman (USA) & Adam Anders (USA)
Male Artist of the Year
Luke Austen - She's So You
Adam Brand - It's Gonna Be OK
Graeme Connors - A Good Life
Lee Kernaghan - Planet Country
Markus Meier - A Different Land,
Female Artist of the Year
Catherine Britt - Can't Change A Thing
Kasey Chambers - Little Bird
Dianna Corcoran - Thank You For Cheating On Me
Tracy Killeen - Brave
Melinda Schneider - The Deadwood Stage
New Talent of the Year
Luke Austen - She's So You
Tracy Killeen - Brave
McAlister Kemp - All Kinds Of Tough
Markus Meier - A Different Land
Peter McWhirter - I Will Stand By You
Group or Duo of the Year
The Bostocks - Not By A Long Shot
Jonah's Road - End Of The World
McAlister Kemp - All Kinds Of Tough
The McClymonts - Wrapped Up Good
The Sunny Cowgirls - Summer
Vocal Collaboration of the Year
Both Sides Now - Adam Harvey & The McClymonts
Here We Are - Anne Kirkpatrick & Bill Chambers
Love Like A Hurricane - Kasey Chambers & Kevin Bennett
Seven Spanish Angels - Adam Harvey & Troy Cassar-Daley
Sing Me Home - McAlister Kemp & Adam Brand
Heritage Song of the Year
Angels Without Halos - written & recorded by Graham Rodger
Australian Boy - written by Lee Kernaghan, Col Buchanan & Garth Porter, recorded by Lee Kernaghan
Children Of The Gurindji - written by Sara Storer, recorded by Sara Storer & Kev Carmody
Nullabor (The Biggest Backyard) - written & recorded by Kasey Chambers
Sacred Bones - written by Luke Austen & Troy Cassar-Daley, recorded by Luke Austen
Instrumental of the Year
Badl Bounce - Steve Passfield
Dixie Breakdown - Ian Simpson & John Kane
Optimystical - Michael Fix
Pronto Tonto - Brendan Radford
Run And Hide - The Bostocks
APRA Song of the Year
All The Money's Gone - written by Graeme Connors
Better Than This - written by Rod McCormack & Adam Harvey
It Don't Buy You Love - written by Drew McAlister & Mike Carr
Little Bird - written by Kasey Chambers
Planet Country - written by Lee Kernaghan, Matt Scullion, Garth Porter, Colin Buchanan
Video Clip of the Year
Australian Boy - Lee Kernaghan, directed by Jesse Frazer
Calling Me Home - Sara Storer, directed by Duncan Toombs
Girl In The Mall - Felicity Urquhart, directed by Erica Davis
Little Bird - Kasey Chambers, directed by Gemma Lee, Blackeberry Films
Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts, directed by Conti Brothers
Single of the Year
A Beach House in the Blue Mountains - Graeme Connors
Little Bird - Kasey Chambers
Planet Country - Lee Kernaghan
Thank You For Cheating On Me - Dianna Corcoran
Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts
Bush Ballad of the Year
The Battered Billy Tin - written by Shaza Leigh & Ben Jacobs, recorded by Brian Letton
The Cooper Coming Down - written & recorded by Graham Rodger
Every Time He Travels Through Cloncurry - written by Peter Denahy, recorded by Luke Austen
Kings Without A Crown - written by Ray Rose, recorded by Tom Maxwell
Say G'Day From Me - written & recorded Ian Quinn
Source: Country Music Association of Australia 
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Lee Kernaghan OAM (born 15 April 1964 in Corryong, Victoria) is an Australian country music singer and songwriter. He was the 2008 Australian of the Year.
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