# 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards

The 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards, honouring achievements in Canadian country music, were presented on September 14, 2024, at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. For the second year in a row, they were broadcast by CTV over its television network, website, and mobile app.
The ceremony was hosted by co-hosted by Canadian country singer and actress MacKenzie Porter and American country singer and songwriter Thomas Rhett, both of whom performed during the show. There were also performances by Jade Eagleson, Brett Kissel, The Reklaws, Dallas Smith, Dasha, Madeline Merlo, Owen Riegling, Tenille Townes, Jake Worthington, and Josh Ross with Julia Michaels. Additionally, k.d. lang and The Reclines performed together for the first time in 35 years in commemoration of lang's induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
Nominees were announced on July 18. Jade Eagleson and MacKenzie Porter tied for the most nominations with six each. Josh Ross won the most awards, with five in total.

## Nominees and winners
### Music

| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Josh Ross Jade Eagleson MacKenzie Porter The Reklaws Owen Riegling | Jade Eagleson, Do It Anyway Josh Ross, Complicated Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith MacKenzie Porter, Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart Tyler Joe Miller, Spillin' My Truth |
| Male Artist of the Year | Female Artist of the Year |
| Josh Ross Dean Brody Jade Eagleson Owen Riegling Dallas Smith | MacKenzie Porter Lindsay Ell Madeline Merlo Tenille Townes Alli Walker |
| Group or Duo of the Year | Single of the Year |
| James Barker Band High Valley Hunter Brothers The Reklaws The Washboard Union | Josh Ross, "Trouble" MacKenzie Porter, "Chasing Tornadoes" James Barker Band, "Meet Your Mama" Steven Lee Olsen, "Outta Yours" Jade Eagleson, "Rodeo Queen" |
| Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year | Fans' Choice |
| Owen Riegling Hailey Benedict Dax Teigen Gayse Matt Lang | James Barker Band Dean Brody Jade Eagleson High Valley Tyler Joe Miller Steven Lee Olsen MacKenzie Porter The Reklaws Josh Ross Dallas Smith |
| Alternative Country Album of the Year | Musical Collaboration of the Year |
| Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - West Album The Western Swing Authority, 12 to 6 Central Bahamas, BOOTCUT William Prince, Stand in the Joy JJ Shiplett, A Way Through Time | The Reklaws with Drake Milligan, "Honky Tonkin' About" Chris Buck Band feat. Gord Bamford, "Cowboy Boots" Dallas Smith feat. Shawn Austin, "Day After Day" Tim and the Glory Boys feat. High Valley, "Take Me Backroad" Brett Kissel with Cooper Alan, "Two of Us" |
| Songwriter of the Year | Video of the Year |
| Owen Riegling — Owen Riegling, "Old Dirt Roads" Aaron Goodvin, Catt Gravitt, Skip Black — Aaron Goodvin, "Country Dance" Sacha Visagie, Shawn Chambliss, Jake Saghi — Sacha, "Hey Mom I Made It" Jade Eagleson, Daryl Scott — Jade Eagleson, "Rodeo Queen" Tony Stevens, Dan Swinimer, Wes Mack, David Borys - Tony Stevens, "Whiskey in Colorado" | MacKenzie Porter, "Chasing Tornadoes" The Reklaws with. Drake Milligan, "Honky Tonkin' About" Tim and the Glory Boys feat. High Valley, "Take Me Backroad" The Prairie States, "Trouble Is" Brett Kissel with Cooper Alan, "Two of Us" |
| Guitar Player of the Year | Bass Player of the Year |
| Chris Bray Brennan Wall Russell Broom Jay Buettner Ryan Davidson | Lisa Jacobs Lisa Dodd Justin Kudding Ben Miller Holt Stuart-Hitchcox |
| Steel Guitar Player of the Year | Drummer of the Year |
| Matt McKay Chris Altmann Doug Johnson Kevin Neal Marcus Ramsay | Rich DaSilva Matthew Atkins Spencer Cheyne Flavio Cirillo Brendan Lyons |
| Fiddle Player of the Year | Keyboard Player of the Year |
| Linsey Beckett Tyler Beckett Denis Dufresne Julie Kennedy Mike Sanyshyn | Brendan Waters Matt Koebel Brendon Schmidt |
| Specialty Instrument Player of the Year | Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year |
| Shane Guse Denis Dufresne Johnny Gasparic Mitch Jay | Josh Ross, Trouble |
| Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year | Top Selling International Album |
| Josh Ross, Complicated | Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time |

### Radio

| Radio Station of the Year, Large Market | Radio Station of the Year, Medium/Small Market |
| CFCW — Edmonton, Alberta CHKX-FM — Hamilton, Ontario CJJR-FM — Vancouver, British Columbia CJKX-FM — Oshawa, Ontario CKKL-FM — Ottawa, Ontario | CKGY-FM — Red Deer, Alberta CFWC-FM — Brantford, Ontario CHCQ-FM — Belleville, Ontario CJGX-940 — Yorkton, Saskatchewan CKXC-FM — Kingston, Ontario |
| Radio Personality of the Year |
| Jackie Rae Greening, CFCW-FM Wendy Boomer, CKBY-FM Dan Davidson and Stella Stevens, CFCW-FM Shannon Ella, Pure Country Gregg Reynolds and Josie Balka, CKRY-FM |

### Industry

| Booking Agency of the Year | Country Club of the Year |
| Paquin Entertainment Group Fame Group Agency The Feldman Agency Invictus Entertainment Group Sakamoto Agency | The King Eddy — Calgary, Alberta Cook County Saloon — Edmonton, Alberta Ranchman's Cookhouse and Dancehall — Calgary, Alberta |
| Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year | Country Music Program or Special of the year |
| Boots and Hearts Music Festival — Oro-Medonte, Ontario Big Valley Jamboree — Camrose, Alberta Calgary Stampede — Calgary, Alberta Cavendish Beach Music Festival — Cavendish, Prince Edward Island LASSO Montreal — Montreal, Quebec | Boomer's Canadian Club (Rogers Sports & Media) Heartstrings & Honkytonks (CFCW & SILVERFLOW 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 | Music Publishing Company of the Year |
| The Core Entertainment Big Loud Management Invictus Entertainment Starseed Entertainment Willing Entertainment | Big Loud Publishing Anthem Entertainment Group Sony Music Publishing Universal Music Publishing Warner Chappell Music Canada |
| Record Company of the Year | Industry Person of the Year |
| Big Loud Records Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. Starseed Records Universal Music Canada Warner Music Canada | Lindsay Hyslop (BBR Music Group) Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc) Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada) Samantha Pickard (Strut Entertainment) Bobby Wills (Willing Entertainment) |
| Creative Team or Director of the Year | Recording Studio of the Year |
| Bronwin Parks (Feisty Creative) Dan Davidson, Travis Nesbitt Kyle McKearney, Roberta Landreth, Chris Doi, Jeff Ojeda Mitchell Nevins Michelle Spice, Joanne Howard (Michelle Spice Photography & Small Dog Design) | MCC Recording Studio — Calgary, Alberta 80A Studios — Toronto, Ontario Barrytone Studios — Miramichi, New Brunswick OCL Studios — Chestermere, Alberta Revolution Recording — Toronto, Ontario |
| Record Producer of the Year | Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year |
| Joey Moi — Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith and Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time Jeff Dalziel — New Moon Junction, "Mind of Its Own" and Dan Davidson, "Won't Forget" Danick Dupelle — Tyler Joe Miller, Spillin' My Truth, "Broken Man" and Tebey, "Hold Your Horses" Gavin Slate — Karli June, "Feel Like Home" Dan Swinimer - Elyse Saunders, "Never Have I Ever" and Tony Stevens, "Whiskey in Colorado" | Apple Music Amazon Music Spotify Canada Inc. |
| Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year | Video Director of the Year |
| Brooke Dunford (Republic Live) Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency) Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions) Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group) Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment) | Ryan Nolan Stephano Barberis Ben Knechtel, Chad Tennies, Mac Grant Codi McIvor Travis Nesbitt |
| Innovative Campaign of the Year | Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award |
| "Blinding Lights" Case Study — Tebey "Country Dance" Line Dane 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 | Lindsay Ell — The Make You Movement |