# 2020 Canadian Country Music Awards

The 2020 Canadian Country Music Awards, honouring achievements in Canadian country music in 2019 and 2020, were presented on September 27, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the event was presented as an outdoor ceremony from the Burl's Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario.
Performers included Dean Brody, Brett Kissel, The Reklaws, Dallas Smith, Don Amero, Jade Eagleson, Hunter Brothers, James Barker Band, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jojo Mason, Jess Moskaluke, Tebey and Marie-Mai at Burl's Creek, and Lindsay Ell, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Meghan Patrick, MacKenzie Porter and Tenille Townes performing remotely from Nashville, as well as guest appearances by American country stars Tim McGraw, Kane Brown and Sam Hunt with Breland.
The ceremony was broadcast by the Global Television Network, as well as on several country radio stations owned by Corus Entertainment.

## Nominees and winners

Nominations were announced on July 22, 2020.

### Music

| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Dallas Smith Dean Brody Brett Kissel The Reklaws Tenille Townes | Brett Kissel, Now or Never Tenille Arts, Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between Dean Brody, Black Sheep James Barker Band, Singles Only Meghan Patrick, Wild As Me |
| Male Artist of the Year | Female Artist of the Year |
| Brett Kissel Dean Brody Jade Eagleson Dallas Smith Tebey | Tenille Townes Lindsay Ell Jess Moskaluke Meghan Patrick MacKenzie Porter |
| Group or Duo of the Year | Interactive Artist or Group of the Year |
| The Washboard Union High Valley Hunter Brothers James Barker Band The Reklaws | Lindsay Ell Dan Davidson Aaron Goodvin Nice Horse Tenille Townes |
| Rising Star | Fan Choice |
| Tenille Arts Sons of Daughters Matt Lang Tyler Joe Miller Emily Reid | Brett Kissel Dean Brody Jade Eagleson Hunter Brothers James Barker Band MacKenzie Porter The Reklaws Dallas Smith Tebey Tenille Townes |
| Roots Album of the Year | Single of the Year |
| The Washboard Union, Everbound Kalsey Kulyk, Kalsey Kulyk Kelly Prescott, Love Wins JJ Shiplett, Fingers Crossed Donovan Woods, The Other Way | James Barker Band, "Keep It Simple" Dean Brody, "Whiskey in a Teacup" Jade Eagleson, "Count the Ways" High Valley, "Single Man" Dallas Smith, "Drop" |
| Songwriter of the Year | Video of the Year |
| Tina Parol, Gordie Sampson and Tenille Townes — Tenille Townes, "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)" Skip Back, Aaron Goodvin, Matt Nolen — Aaron Goodvin, "Good Ol' Bad Days" Jeff Coplan, Tim Hicks, Bruce Wallace — Tim Hicks, "No Truck Song" MacKenzie Porter, Jordan Sapp, Parker Welling — MacKenzie Porter, "These Days" Brad Rempel, Ben Stennis, The Reklaws — The Reklaws, "I Do Too" | Tenille Townes, "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)" Brett Kissel, "Drink About Me" Tim Hicks, "No Truck Song" Hunter Brothers, "Silver Lining" The Washboard Union, "Country Thunder" |
| Guitar Player of the Year | Bass Player of the Year |
| Matt McKay Paul Chapman Ryan Davidson Chad Murphy Darren Savard | Justin Kudding Lisa Dodd Kirby Barber Curtis Ebner Doug Elash Matt Genereux |
| Steel Guitar Player of the Year | Drummer of the Year |
| Mitch Jay Chris Altmann Doug Johnson | Ben Bradley Matthew Atkins Spencer Cheyne Flavio Cirillo Rob Wells Greg Williamson |
| Keyboard Player of the Year | Fiddle Player of the Year |
| Brendan Waters Mike Little Scott Wilkinson | Tyler Vollrath Linsey Beckett Tyler Beckett Denis Dufresne Matt Piche Mike Sanyshyn |
| Specialty Instrument Player of the Year | Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year |
| Mitch Jay Connor Riddell Tyler Vollrath | Dallas Smith, "Drop" |
| Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year | Top Selling International Album of the Year |
| Dallas Smith, The Fall | Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get |

### Radio

| Music Director of the Year, Large Market | Music Director of the Year, Medium/Small Market |
| Amanda Kingsland – CKBY-FM (Ottawa, ON) A.J. Keller – CFCW (Edmonton, AB) Jaxon Hawks – CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC) Peter Walker – CJKX-FM/CHKX-FM (Oshawa, ON/Hamilton, ON) Steph Hansen – CISN-FM/CKRY-FM (Edmonton, AB/Calgary, AB) | Shilo Bellis – CJXL-FM (Moncton, NB) Cal Gratton – CJVR-FM (Melfort, SK) Luca James – CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB) Paul Ferguson – CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON) Peter Morena – CKYY-FM (St. Catharines, ON) |
| Radio Station of the Year, Large Market | Radio Station of the Year, Medium/Small Market |
| CKRY-FM (Calgary, AB) CFCW (Edmonton, AB) CJKX-FM (Oshawa, ON) CKBY-FM (Ottawa, ON) CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON) | CJXL-FM (Moncton, NB) CFXO-FM (High River, AB) CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON) CICX-FM (Orillia, ON) CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB) |
| Radio Personality of the Year |
| Shannon Ella (Pure Country) Paul McGuire (Stingray Music) Randy Owen (CJDL-FM) Sarah Scott (CFXO-FM) Wendy Boomer (CKBY-FM) |

### Industry

| Booking Agency of the Year | Country Music Program or Special of the year |
| Sakamoto Agency Invictus Entertainment Group Paquin Artist Agency The Feldman Agency United Talent Agency | Canada Together: In Concert (Corus Entertainment) A Kissel Country Christmas (BAK 2 BAK Entertainment Inc./Stingray) Casey Clarke Country Countdown (Casey Clarke Productions) Girl Power Hour (Rogers Media) The Paul McGuire Show (Stingray) |
| Country Club of the Year | Music Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year |
| King Eddy (Calgary, AB) Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB) Cowboys Roadhouse (Winnipeg, MB) Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB) Rock 'N Horse Saloon (Toronto, ON) | Boots and Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON) Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB) Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PE) Centerfield Music Festival (St. Paul, AB) Diesel Bird Digital Music Festival (Online) |
| Management Company of the Year | Music Publishing Company of the Year |
| Invictus Entertainment Group Big Loud Management MDM Artist Management Services RGK Entertainment Group Starseed Entertainment | Warner Chappell Music Canada Anthem Entertainment Big Loud Publishing Sony / ATV Music Publishing Universal Music Publishing Group |
| Record Company of the Year | Industry Person of the Year |
| Warner Music Canada MDM Recordings Inc. Open Road Recordings Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc. Universal Music Canada | Mike Denney (MDM Recordings Inc.) Anya Wilson (Anya Wilson Promotion) Brianne Deslippe (Big Loud Records) Steve Coady (Warner Music Canada) Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment Canada) |
| Creative Director(s) of the Year | Recording Studio of the Year |
| Brett Kissel, Connor Scheffler - Brett Kissel, Now Or Never Bronwin Parks - Gord Bamford, Just Let Go; Ryan Langlois, "It Was a Song"; The Washboard Union, "Country Thunder" and "Dock Rock" Mitchell Nevins and Madeline Merlo - Emma-Lee ("Kiss Kiss", "If You Never Broke My Heart", "It Didn't"; Madeline Merlo, Digital Marketing Nick Perreault, James Murdoch, Ben Shillabeer - The Dungarees Wes Mack, Kyle Bottoms - Wes Mack, Soul | Noble Street Studios (Toronto, ON) Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB) Bart McKay Productions (Saskatoon, SK) MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB) OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB) |
| Record Producer of the Year | Retailer of the Year |
| Scott Moffatt - Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get Jacob Durrett, Brett Kissel, Bart McKay - Brett Kissel, Now or Never Jeff Dalziel - Aaron Allen, Highway Mile; Nice Horse, "Hot Mess"; Dan Davidson, "I Do" Joey Moi, Dave Cohen - MacKenzie Porter, "These Days" Karen Kosowski - The Washboard Union, "Country Thunder" | Apple Music Amazon Music Spotify Canada |
| Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year | Video Director of the Year |
| Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency) Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment Inc.) Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group) | Ben Knechtel Emma Higgins Raphael Mazzucco Stephano Barberis Travis Nesbitt |