Two Pre-Show CMA Awards Presented This Morning on 'Good Morning America' Program

Winners in two of the 12 CMA Awards categories were announced live on “Good Morning America” this morning from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, which is the site of “The 47th Annual CMA Awards.” Find out what songs won "Musical Event" and which song won "Music Video of the Year."

The news was delivered by GMA anchor Robin Roberts and welcomed with cheers from thousands of fans gathered on the plaza at the Bridgestone Arena waiting to watch three-time CMA Awards nominee Luke Bryan perform.

“We got a jump start on ‘Country Music’s Biggest Night™’ by announcing our winners on ‘Good Morning America’ and sharing the news with the GMA viewers and the enthusiastic fans here in Nashville,” said Ed Hardy, President of the CMA Board of Directors.

Hosted for the sixth time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, “The 47th Annual CMA Awards” airs tonight(8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Winning CMA Musical Event of the Year was Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban for “Highway Don’t Care.”

“Highway Don’t Care,” which was directed by Shane Drake, also won CMA Music Video of the Year for McGraw, Swift and Urban.

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One of the top CMA Awards winners of all time, McGraw has now won 14 trophies throughout his career, including two for Male Vocalist of the Year and one for Entertainer of the Year. He is nominated for one more Award tonight for Single of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care.” McGraw will perform during the broadcast.

Swift, is now a nine-time CMA Awards winner and is a top nominee this year with six nominations including Entertainer and Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for RED, and Single of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care” with McGraw and Urban. Swift will perform on “The 47th Annual CMA Awards” with Alison Krauss and Vince Gill. Swift is also scheduled to receive the CMA Pinnacle Award during the broadcast.

Male Vocalist of the Year nominee Urban is also nominated for Single of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care." Urban has been named Male Vocalist of the Year three times (2004-2006) and is now an eight-time CMA Awards winner with 29 career CMA Awards nominations. He will perform on the CMA Awards with five-time nominee this year Miranda Lambert.

This marked the second year the categories were announced on “Good Morning America.” In previous years, the winners were announced in pre-televised activities and acknowledged during the CMA Awards broadcast. CMA Vocal Duo of the Year nominees Thompson Square will host pre-tel ceremonies tonight and will present the trophies to the winners as well as Musician of the Year and CMA Broadcast Awards winners for Radio Station and Radio Personality of the Year. The recipients will be acknowledged during the broadcast and participate in backstage media interviews.

CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by more than 7,000 professional members of CMA, which was the first trade organization formed to promote an individual genre of music in 1958. The first “CMA Awards Banquet and Show” was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA Awards was broadcast for the first time – making it the longest running, annual music awards program on network television. The Awards have aired on ABC since 2006. ABC will be the network home of the CMA Awards and CMA’s other two television properties, “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” and “CMA Country Christmas,” through 2021.

For information, visit CMAawards.com. Or follow the conversation on Twitter at #CMAawards.

“The 47th Annual CMA Awards” is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the Executive Producer and Paul Miller is the Director. 

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