The Country Music Association of Ontario (CMAOntario) just announced the nominees for the 9th Annual CMAOntario Awards, taking place Sunday, May 30, 2021, as a drive-in style event at the Ancaster Fairgrounds in Hamilton.<\/p>\n
Leading the nominations are 15-time CMAOntario Award winner Meghan Patrick, nine-time CMAOntario Award winner Tim Hicks, and viral sensation Robyn Ottolini, with five nominations each.<\/p>\n
Hosted by Jason McCoy and Beverley Mahood, the CMAOntario Award Show will close out the CMAOntario Festival & Awards Weekend May 28 \u2013 30, 2021.<\/p>\n
After presenting the first-ever, live, drive-in country music awards show in October 2020, CMAOntario is happy to do it all again this year in Hamilton.<\/p>\n
The Final Nominees for the 9th Annual CMAOntario Awards are:<\/p>\n
SINGLE OF THE YEAR<\/strong> ALBUM OF THE YEAR<\/strong> SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR<\/strong> FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/strong> MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/strong> GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR<\/strong> FRANCOPHONE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR<\/strong> RISING STAR OF THE YEAR<\/strong> MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong> FANS\u2019 CHOICE<\/strong> RECORD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR<\/strong> ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR<\/strong> RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (LARGE MARKET)\u00a0<\/strong> RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM MARKET)\u00a0<\/strong> RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKET)\u00a0<\/strong> MUSIC INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR<\/strong> THE COMPASS AWARD<\/strong> THE HOLLY & STEVE KASSAY GENEROUS SPIRIT AWARD<\/strong> Performers, ticket details and additional events from the CMAOntario Festival & Awards Weekend will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Country Music Association of Ontario (CMAOntario) just announced the nominees for the 9th Annual CMAOntario Awards, taking place Sunday, May 30, 2021, as a drive-in style event at the Ancaster Fairgrounds in Hamilton.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":21561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1714,965,1866,1798,200,2860,367,1868,2164,2657,407],"class_list":["post-21560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-aaron-allen","tag-cmao","tag-cmao-awards","tag-cmaontario","tag-jade-eagleson","tag-kelly-prescott","tag-meghan-patrick","tag-nicole-rayy","tag-owen-barney","tag-robyn-ottolini","tag-tim-hicks"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 19:35:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2021\/04\/cmaontario-awards-announce-2021-nominees\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21562,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21560\/revisions\/21562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cAll I Can Do\u201d – Buck Twenty
\n\u201cF-150\u201d – Robyn Ottolini
\n\u201cGirls Like Me\u201d – Meghan Patrick
\n\u201cNo Truck Song\u201d – Tim Hicks
\n\u201cThank Her For That\u201d – Owen Barney<\/p>\n
\nAll Woman – Nicole Rayy
\nHighway Mile – Aaron Allen
\nJade Eagleson – Jade Eagleson
\nLove Wins – Kelly Prescott
\nThe I’m Not Always Hilarious EP – Robyn Ottolini<\/p>\n
\nCallie McCullough, Scotty Kipfer \u2013 \u201cAfter Midnight\u201d Recorded by Callie McCullough
\nJamie Appleby, Owen Barney, Alyssa Reid, Dave Thomson, Mike Wise \u2013 \u201cThank Her For That\u201d Recorded by Owen Barney
\nMeghan Patrick, Jobe Fortner, Ryan Nelson \u2013 \u201cGirls Like Me\u201d Recorded by Meghan Patrick
\nRobyn Ottolini, Mark Schroor, Erik Fintelman \u2013 \u201cF-150\u201d Recorded by Robyn Ottolini
\nTim Hicks, Bruce Wallace, Jeffrey Coplan \u2013 \u201cNo Truck Song\u201d Recorded by Tim Hicks<\/p>\n
\nElyse Saunders
\nKelsi Mayne
\nMeghan Patrick
\nRobyn Ottolini
\nTianna Woods<\/p>\n
\nAaron Allen
\nAndrew Hyatt
\nDarcy John
\nDavid Boyd Janes
\nTim Hicks<\/p>\n
\nBuck Twenty
\nJess and Tay
\nThe Abrams
\nThe Reklaws
\nThe Western Swing Authority<\/p>\n
\nKristine St-Pierre
\nLes Rats D\u2019Swompe
\nMelissa Ouimet
\nReney Ray
\nStef Paquette<\/p>\n
\nBuck Twenty
\nCallie McCullough
\nElyse Saunders
\nRobyn Ottolini
\nSacha<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAll I Can Do\u201d – Buck Twenty
\n\u201cBroken Boys\u201d – Nicole Rayy
\n\u201cGirls Like Me\u201d – Meghan Patrick
\n\u201cNo Truck Song\u201d – Tim Hicks
\n\u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d – The Reklaws<\/p>\n
\nAndrew Hyatt
\nJade Eagleson
\nJames Barker Band
\nMeghan Patrick
\nSteven Lee Olsen
\nTebey
\nThe Reklaws
\nTim Hicks<\/p>\n
\nDustin Olyan \u2013 Callie McCullough, Twin Kennedy, Mallory Johnson
\nJeff Dalziel – Aaron Allen, David Boyd Janes, River Town Saints
\nMark Schroor, Erik Fintelman – Robyn Ottolini, Alexa Goldie, Cory James Mitchell
\nJ. Richard Hutt \u2013 Jamie Warren, Sean Hogan, Jessie T, Tianna Woods
\nShawn Moore \u2013 Ben Hudson, Matt Teed, Emily Clair, Evan Farrell, Emily Kate<\/p>\n
\nKelly Prescott
\nThe Abrams
\nThe Good Brothers
\nThe Redhill Valleys
\nThe Western Swing Authority<\/p>\n
\nCHKX KX 94.7, Hamilton
\nCIKZ COUNTRY 106.7, Kitchener
\nCJKX KX 96, Oshawa
\nCKDK COUNTRY 104, Woodstock
\nCKKL PURE COUNTRY 94, Ottawa<\/p>\n
\nCFCO COUNTRY 92.9, Chatham<\/em>
\nCHCQ-FM COOL 100.1 FM, Belleville
\nCJQM COUNTRY 104.3, Sault Ste. Marie
\nCKQM PURE COUNTRY 105, Peterborough
\nCKXC COUNTRY 93.5, Kingston<\/p>\n
\nCFDC COUNTRY 105, Shelburne
\nCHAW COUNTRY 103, Little Current
\nCHVR PURE COUNTRY 96.7, Pembroke
\nCICX PURE COUNTRY 106, Orillia
\nCJDL COUNTRY 107.3, Tillsonburg
\nCKYY COUNTRY 89, Welland<\/p>\n
\nAmanda Kingsland, Country 92.3\/Rogers Communications
\nDave Woods, In The Country
\nRandy Owen, Radio Host\/Personality
\nSteve Coady, Warner Music Canada
\nTommy KW Lam, Reve Music Group Inc.<\/p>\n
\nThis recipient is based on a combination of Nielsen Audio On-Demand Streams, Album Sales, Digital Song downloads, and Airplay Spins metrics along with statistics for Facebook, Instagram and, Twitter. The artist, duo, or group with the largest overall outcome of said metrics during the applicable period will be deemed the recipient.<\/p>\n
\nThis award recognizes a person who has dedicated their time and efforts above and beyond the call of duty. It acknowledges that demonstrated passion and dedication plays an integral role in the continued development of the organization and its initiatives. The recipient of this award is determined by the award Sponsor in consultation with the CMAOntario Board of Directors.<\/p>\n