2008 Country Music Association Awards


The 2008 Country Music Association Awards, 42nd Annual Ceremony, was held on November 12, 2008, at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee and was hosted by CMA Award winners Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Kenny Chesney and Sugarland led the night with 6 nomination each.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year

  • Troubadour — George Strait
  • *Carnival Ride — Carrie Underwood
  • *Cowboy Town — Brooks & Dunn
  • *Good Time — Alan Jackson
  • *Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates — Kenny Chesney
    • Male Vocalist of the YearFemale Vocalist of the Year
  • Brad Paisley
  • *Kenny Chesney
  • *Alan Jackson
  • *George Strait
  • *Keith Urban
  • Carrie Underwood
  • *Alison Krauss
  • *Miranda Lambert
  • *Martina McBride
  • *Taylor Swift
    • Vocal Group of the YearVocal Duo of the Year
  • Rascal Flatts
  • *Eagles
  • *Emerson Drive
  • *Lady A
  • *Little Big Town
  • Sugarland
  • *Big & Rich
  • *Brooks & Dunn
  • *Montgomery Gentry
  • *The Wreckers
    • Single of the YearSong of the Year
  • "I Saw God Today" — George Strait
  • *"Don't Blink" — Kenny Chesney
  • *"Gunpowder & Lead" — Miranda Lambert
  • *"Stay" — Sugarland
  • *"You're Gonna Miss This" — Trace Adkins
  • "Stay" — Jennifer Nettles
  • *"Good Time" — Alan Jackson
  • *"I Saw God Today" — Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby
  • *"Letter to Me" — Brad Paisley
  • *"You're Gonna Miss This" — Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller
    • New Artist of the YearMusician of the Year
  • Lady Antebellum
  • *Jason Aldean
  • *Rodney Atkins
  • *James Otto
  • *Kellie Pickler
  • Mac McAnally
  • *Jerry Douglas
  • *Paul Franklin
  • *Dan Huff
  • *Brent Mason
    • Music Video of the YearMusical Event of the Year
  • "Waitin' on a Woman" — Brad Paisley
  • *"Don't Blink" — Kenny Chesney
  • *"Good Time" — Alan Jackson
  • *"Stay" — Sugarland
  • *"You're Gonna Miss This" — Trace Adkins
  • "Gone, Gone, Gone" — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • *"Another Try" — Josh Turner
  • *"Every Other Weekend" — Reba McEntire
  • *"Life in a Northern Town" — Sugarland
  • *"Shiftwork" — Kenny Chesney

    • Presenters