2009 Country Music Association Awards

2009 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 11, 2009 (2009-11-11)
Location	Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Hosted by	Brad Paisley Carrie Underwood
Most awards	Taylor Swift (4)
Most nominations	Brad Paisley (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Viewership	17.1 million

The 2009 Country Music Association Awards, 43rd Annual Ceremony, was held on November 11, 2009, at the Sommet Center (later the Bridgestone Arena) 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 Year	Album of the Year
Taylor Swift Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban	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 Year	Female 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 Year	Vocal 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 Year	Song of the Year (Songwriters' Award)
"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 Year	Musician 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 Year	Musical 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
International Artist Achievement Award
Taylor Swift

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Taylor Swift	"Forever & Always"
Darius Rucker	"Alright"
Miranda Lambert	"White Liar"
Brad Paisley	"Welcome to the Future"
Zac Brown Band	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
George Strait	"Twang"
Lady Antebellum	"Need You Now"
Carrie Underwood	"Cowboy Casanova"
Vince Gill Daughtry	"Tennessee Line"
Keith Urban	"'Til Summer Comes Around"
Tim McGraw	"Southern Voice"
Sugarland	"Keep You"
Brooks & Dunn Billy Gibbons	"Honky Tonk Stomp"
Jamey Johnson Kid Rock	"Between Jennings and Jones"
Taylor Swift	"Fifteen"
Jason Aldean	"Big Green Tractor"
Martina McBride George Strait	Tribute to Barbara Mandrell "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
Reba McEntire	"Consider Me Gone"
Billy Currington	"People Are Crazy"
Kenny Chesney Dave Matthews	"I'm Alive"

Presenters

Presenter(s)	Award
Kid Rock	Single of the Year
Kellie Pickler and Jake Owen	Song of the Year
Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn	Vocal Group of the Year
The Judds	New Artist of the Year
Randy Houser and Robin Roberts	Album of the Year
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Julianne Hough	Vocal Duo of the Year
LeAnn Rimes	Male Vocalist of the Year
Kris Kristofferson and Lee Ann Womack	Female Vocalist of the Year
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill	Entertainer of the Year