# 2013 Country Music Association Awards

The 2013 Country Music Association Awards, 47th Annual Ceremony, is a music award ceremony that was held on November 6, 2013, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The show was hosted for the sixth consecutive time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. At the ceremony, Taylor Swift became the second artist ever, and the first woman to receive the Pinnacle Award.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| George Strait Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Blake Shelton Taylor Swift | Based on a True Story… — Blake Shelton Blown Away — Carrie Underwood Red — Taylor Swift Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves Tornado — Little Big Town |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Blake Shelton Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Eric Church Keith Urban | Miranda Lambert Kelly Clarkson Kacey Musgraves Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood |
| Vocal Group of the Year | Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Little Big Town Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Zac Brown Band | Florida Georgia Line Big and Rich Love and Theft Sugarland The Civil Wars Thompson Square |
| Single of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "Cruise" — Florida Georgia Line "Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban "Mama's Broken Heart" — Miranda Lambert "Merry Go Round" — Kacey Musgraves "Wagon Wheel" — Darius Rucker | "I Drive Your Truck" — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Jimmy Yeary "Mama's Broken Heart" — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves "Merry Go Round" — Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally "Pontoon" — Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird and Barry Dean "Wagon Wheel" — Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor |
| New Artist of the Year | Musician of the Year |
| Kacey Musgraves Lee Brice Brett Eldredge Florida Georgia Line Kip Moore | Mac McAnally, Guitar Sam Bush, Mandolin Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar Dann Huff, Guitar Brent Mason, Guitar |
| Music Video of the Year | Musical Event of the Year |
| "Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban "Blown Away" — Carrie Underwood "Boys 'Round Here" — Blake Shelton and Pistol Annies "Downtown" — Lady Antebellum "Mama's Broken Heart" — Miranda Lambert "Tornado" — Little Big Town | "Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban "Boys 'Round Here" — Blake Shelton and Pistol Annies "Cruise" — Florida Georgia Line and Nelly "Don't Rush" — Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill "The Only Way I Know" — Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Eric Church |

### Special awards

| Award | Recipient |
| Pinnacle Award | Taylor Swift |
| International Artist Achievement Award | Taylor Swift |

## Performers

| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Luke Bryan Florida Georgia Line | "That's My Kind of Night" "Cruise" |
| Kacey Musgraves | "Follow Your Arrow" |
| Jason Aldean | "Night Train" |
| Little Big Town | "Sober" |
| Taylor Swift Vince Gill Alison Krauss Edgar Meyer Eric Darken | "Red" |
| Lady Antebellum | "Compass" |
| Florida Georgia Line | "Round Here" |
| Miranda Lambert Keith Urban | "We Were Us" |
| Tim McGraw | "Southern Girl" |
| Blake Shelton | "Mine Would Be You" |
| The Band Perry | "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" |
| Eric Church | "The Outsiders" |
| Zac Brown Band Dave Grohl | "Day For The Dead" |
| Brad Paisley | "The Mona Lisa" |
| Jennifer Nettles Rascal Flatts Darius Rucker | Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award honoring Kenny Rogers |
| Luke Bryan | "Drink a Beer" |
| Alan Jackson George Strait | "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Good Girl" "Blown Away" "Two Black Cadillacs" "See You Again" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Award |
| Jake Owen and Lucy Hale | Song of the Year |
| Willie, Jase, Korie, and Missy Robertson | Single of the Year |
| Sheryl Crow | Album of the Year |
| Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, and Kip Moore | Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Hunter Hayes and Jason Mraz | New Artist of the Year |
| Kellie Pickler and Diddy | Vocal Group of the Year |
| Kelly Clarkson | Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Charles Esten and Connie Britton | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Robin Roberts | Entertainer of the Year |