Our 2017 CMA Picks
Who are you rooting for?
By Doug Lazy on November 8, 2017
The CMAs are tonight at eight on channel 10 and even though you should still tune in because there’s gonna be plenty of great performances, we’ve got your winners in the major categories. Never mind that we don’t agree on our picks, that’s just a small detail (pro tip: I’m right).
Entertainer of the year: Your nominees are last year’s winner, Garth, Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban and Luke Bryan.
Pat: Church
Cody: Stapleton
Tom: Church
Female artist of the year: Reba, Carrie, Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, and Miranda Lambert
Pat: Miranda
Cody: Maren
Tom: Maren
Male artist: Eric Church, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Chris Stapleton
Pat: Church
Cody: Church
Tom: Thomas Rhett
New Artist: Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, Brett Young, Old Dominion, Lauren Alaina
Pat: Pardi
Cody: Pardi
Tom: Pardi
Single of the year (award goes to singer): Better Man, Little Big Town, Keith Urban, Blue Ain’t Your Color, Jon Pardi, Dirt on My Boots, Body Like a Backroad, Sam Hunt, Tin Man, Miranda Lambert
Pat: Better Man
Cody: Blue Ain’t Your Color
Tom: Better Man
Song of the Year (award goes to songwriter): Better Man (Taylor Swift), Tin Man (Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, Miranda), Dirt On My Boots (Rhett Akins, John Frasure, Ashley Gorley), Body Like a Backroad(Josh Osborne, Sam Hunt, Zac Crowell, Shane MacAnally), Blue Ain’t Your Color (Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey, Steven Lee Olsen)
Pat: Dirt on my boots
Cody: Blue Ain’t Your Color
Tom: Better Man
Duo of the Year: Maddie and Tae, Florida Georgia Line, Dan + Shay, Brothers Osborne, LoCash
Pat: Florida-Georgia Line
Cody: Brothers Osborne
Tom: Brothers Osborne
Group: Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, Zac Brown Band, Old Dominion, Lady Antebellum
Pat: Little Big Town
Cody: Little Big Town
Tom: Little Big Town
Album of the Year: Miranda, The Weight of these Wings, Little Big Town, The Breaker, Lady Antebellum, Heart Break, Chris Stapleton, From a Room, Vol. 1, Jason Isbell, The Nashville Sound
Pat: Miranda
Cody: Miranda
Tom: Miranda
Who will really win? Well, duh, tune in at 8 tonight on Channel 10 and find out.
