# 48th Annual Country Music Association Awards

The 48th Annual Country Music Association Awards were held on November 5, 2014, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and were hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, marking their seventh time as co-hosts. Miranda Lambert became the most awarded female artist in CMA history with eleven wins, a record she extended in 2015, 2017, and 2020.

## Nominees and winners

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Miranda Lambert Luke Bryan Blake Shelton George Strait Keith Urban | Platinum — Miranda Lambert Fuse — Keith Urban Crash My Party — Luke Bryan Riser — Dierks Bentley The Outsiders — Eric Church |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Blake Shelton Luke Bryan Eric Church Dierks Bentley Keith Urban | Miranda Lambert Martina McBride 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 Dan + Shay Love and Theft The Swon Brothers Thompson Square |
| Single of the Year | Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award) |
| "Automatic" — Miranda Lambert "Drunk on a Plane" — Dierks Bentley "Give Me Back My Hometown" — Eric Church "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill "Mine Would Be You" — Blake Shelton | "Follow Your Arrow" — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves "Automatic" — Nicolle Galyon, Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby "Give Me Back My Hometown" — Eric Church and Luke Laird "I Don't Dance" — Rob Hatch, Lee Brice and Dallas Davidson "I Hold On" — Brett James and Dierks Bentley |
| New Artist of the Year | Musician of the Year |
| Brett Eldredge Brandy Clark Kip Moore Thomas Rhett Cole Swindell | Mac McAnally Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dann Huff Sam Bush |
| Music Video of the Year | Musical Event of the Year |
| "Drunk on a Plane" — Dierks Bentley "Bartender" — Lady Antebellum "Automatic" — Miranda Lambert "Follow Your Arrow" — Kacey Musgraves "Somethin' Bad" — Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood | "We Were Us" — Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill "Somethin' Bad" — Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood "Bakersfield" — Vince Gill and Paul Franklin "You Can't Make Old Friends" — Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |

### Special awards

| Award | Recipient |
| Irving Waugh | Vince Gill |

## Performers

| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Kenny Chesney | "American Kids" |
| Miranda Lambert Meghan Trainor | "All About That Bass" |
| Lady Antebellum | "Bartender" |
| Florida Georgia Line | "Dirt" |
| Keith Urban | "Somewhere in My Car" |
| The Band Perry | "Gentle On My Mind" |
| Kacey Musgraves Loretta Lynn | "You're Lookin' at Country" |
| Jason Aldean | "Burnin' It Down" |
| Little Big Town Ariana Grande | "Day Drinking" "Bang Bang" |
| Tim McGraw | "Shotgun Rider" |
| Dierks Bentley | "Drunk on a Plane" |
| Brad Paisley | "Perfect Storm" |
| Blake Shelton Ashley Monroe | "Lonely Tonight" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Something In The Water" |
| Luke Bryan | "Roller Coaster" |
| Miranda Lambert Little Big Town | "Smokin' and Drinkin'" |
| The Doobie Brothers Hunter Hayes Hillary Scott Michael McDonald Jennifer Nettles | "Listen to the Music" "Takin' It to the Streets" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Award |
| Steven Tyler | Single of the Year |
| Darius Rucker and Tim Tebow | Song of the Year |
| Lee Brice and Brantley Gilbert | New Artist of the Year |
| Lucy Hale and Dan + Shay | Vocal Group of the Year |
| Brett Eldredge, Brandy Clark, and Kip Moore | Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Martina McBride and Connie Britton | Album of the Year |
| Trisha Yearwood | Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Lily Aldridge and Sam Hunt | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Garth Brooks | Entertainer of the Year |