2009 Country Music Association Awards


The 2009 Country Music Association Awards, 43rd Annual Ceremony, was held on November 11, 2009, at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee and was hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for the second time. Taylor Swift became the youngest person in CMA history to be nominated for and win Entertainer of the Year.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in Bold.
Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year
Taylor Swift
Fearless — Taylor Swift
  • * American Saturday Night — Brad Paisley
  • * Defying Gravity — Keith Urban
  • * Love on the Inside — Sugarland
  • * That Lonesome Song — Jamey Johnson
    • Male Vocalist of the YearFemale Vocalist of the Year
    Brad Paisley
  • * Kenny Chesney
  • * Darius Rucker
  • * George Strait
  • * Keith Urban
    		• Taylor Swift
  • * Miranda Lambert
  • * Martina McBride
  • * Reba McEntire
  • * Carrie Underwood
    • Vocal Group of the YearVocal Duo of the Year
    Lady Antebellum
  • * Eagles
  • * Little Big Town
  • * Rascal Flatts
  • * Zac Brown Band
    		• Sugarland
  • * Big & Rich
  • * Brooks & Dunn
  • * Joey + Rory
  • * Montgomery Gentry
    • Single of the YearSong of the Year
  • "I Run to You" — Lady Antebellum
  • *"Chicken Fried" — Zac Brown Band
  • *"In Color" — Jamey Johnson
  • *"People Are Crazy" — Billy Currington
  • *"Then" — Brad Paisley
  • "In Color" — Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto
  • *"Chicken Fried" — Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrette III
  • *"I Told You So" — Randy Travis
  • *"People Are Crazy" — Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette III, John Driskell Hopkins and Shawn Mullins
  • *"Then" — Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley
    • New Artist of the YearMusician of the Year
  • Darius Rucker
  • *Randy Houser
  • *Jamey Johnson
  • *Jake Owen
  • *Zac Brown Band
  • Mac McAnally
  • *Eddie Bayers
  • *Paul Franklin
  • *Dan Huff
  • *Brent Mason
    • Music Video of the YearMusical Event of the Year
  • "Love Story" — Taylor Swift
  • *"Boots On" — Randy Houser
  • *"People Are Crazy" — Billy Currington
  • *"Start a Band" — Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
  • *"Old Enough" — The Raconteurs, Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
  • "Start a Band" — Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
  • *"Cowgirl's Don't Cry" — Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire
  • *"Down The Road" — Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally
  • *"Everything But Quits" — Lee Ann Womack and George Strait
  • *"Old Enough" — The Raconteurs, Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
  • *"I Told You So" — Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis