Join us here for the live blog of the 2011 CMA Awards as they happen!

It's that time again! Time for us to break out our crystal ball and predict what will happen during Country's Night To Rock, November 9, 2011! The CMA Awards are here! Read our thoughts on each award category and what we think will and what we think should happen.

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will host the CMA Awards show next Wednesday on ABC TV! Read on to find out more about how this year's CMA Awards show came to be! We'd love to hear from you if you plan on watching the show!

Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and former CMA Entertainers of the Year will pay tribute to Country Music Hall of Fame member and former CMA Entertainer of the Year Glen Campbell, who is retiring due to Alzheimer's Disease, this year. Read on to find out more!

Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Thompson Square and Chris Young, will join the previously announced The Band Perry to perform on the 45th Annual CMA Awards telecast. It'll be the first time since 2008 that all five nominees will perform on Country Music's Biggest Night.

The CMA Awards show, with performances from Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum and more already scheduled, has announced today the addition of two high-voltage star-powered duet songs to the show. Read on to find out what they are.

After years away from the mainstream country radio spotlight, things are about to change in less than a month when Faith Hill debuts her new single on the CMA Awards show, performing there for the first time since 2006. Read on to find out more!

It's been a big year for Jason Aldean in country music and it's no surprise to us to see him personally nominated five times, a feat tied with Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton. Read on to see what awards they got nomiated for and if other favorites did as well!

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