Nominierungen für die CMT Music Awards 2008

Die Nominierungen für die erste Wahlrunde bei den CMT Music Awards 2008 stehen fest. Der amerikanische Countrymusic-Sender veranstaltet jedes Jahr diese Preisverleihung in mehreren Runden. In der ersten Runde können alle Internet Benutzer in jeder Kategorie zwischen 8 Videos wählen. Am 06. März 2008 geht es dann in die zweite Runde, wo dann die besten vier Videos gegeneinander antreten. Die Endergebnisse werden dann in einer grossen Show am 14. April 2008 in Nashville bekannt gegeben. Dieses Jahr gibt es 13 Kategories, mehr als je zuvor. Nominiert werden konnten alle Videos, die zwischen 16. Januar 2007 und 17. Januar 2008 Premiere hatten. Die Vorauswahl wurde von einer Fachjury vorgenommen, welche aus Journalisten und Verantwortlichen aus dem Musikgeschäft bestand. Die eigentliche Wahl der Gewinner liegt aber bei den Fans. Jeder, der sich auf der Webseite von CMT anmeldet, kann auch mit abstimmen.

Hier die komplette Liste aller Nominierten:

Video des Jahres

"Because of You" Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson (Roman White)
"Don't Blink" Kenny Chesney (Shaun Silva)
"Nothin' Better to Do" LeAnn Rimes (David McClister and LeAnn Rimes)
"Online" Brad Paisley (Jason Alexander)
"Our Song" Taylor Swift (Trey Fanjoy)
"Stay" Sugarland (Shaun Silva)
"Take Me There" Rascal Flatts (Shaun Silva)
"Wasted" Carrie Underwood (Roman White)

Bestes Video von einem Sänger

"Don't Blink" Kenny Chesney
"Firecracker" Josh Turner
"High Maintenance Woman" Toby Keith
"I Got My Game On" Trace Adkins
"I Told You So" Keith Urban
"Johnny Cash" Jason Aldean
"Online" Brad Paisley
"Small Town Southern Man" Alan Jackson

Bestes Video von einer Sängerin

"Anyway" Martina McBride
"As If" Sara Evans
"Come to Bed" Gretchen Wilson
"Famous in a Small Town" Miranda Lambert
"Nothin' Better to Do" LeAnn Rimes
"Our Song" Taylor Swift
"So Small" Carrie Underwood
"Wasted" Carrie Underwood

Bestes Video von einem Duo

"Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" Big & Rich
"Everyday America" Sugarland
"Goes Down Easy" Van Zant
"Lost in This Moment" Big & Rich
"Proud of the House We Built" Brooks & Dunn
"Stay" Sugarland
"What Do Ya Think About That" Montgomery Gentry

Bestes Video von einer Gruppe

"A Little More You" Little Big Town
"How Long" Eagles
"I Hear Them All" Old Crow Medicine Show
"Love Don't Live Here" Lady Antebellum
"One More Goodbye" Randy Rogers Band
"Stand" Rascal Flatts
"Take Me There" Rascal Flatts
"(You Want To) Make a Memory" Bon Jovi

Bestes Video von einem neuen Künstler (von einem Debutalbum)

"A Different World" Bucky Covington
"All My Friends Say" Luke Bryan
"Guys Like Me" Eric Church
"I Wonder" Kellie Pickler
"Livin' Our Love Song" Jason Michael Carroll
"Love Don't Live Here" Lady Antebellum
"Startin' With Me" Jake Owen
"Stealing Cinderella" Chuck Wicks

Bestes Video von einer Zusammenarbeit verschiedener Künstler

"Because of You" Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson
"Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
"I Need You" Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
"Missing You" Alison Krauss and John Waite
"Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" Bon Jovi featuring LeAnn Rimes
"Workin' for a Livin'" Garth Brooks and Huey Lewis

Bestes Video von einem Künstler mit besonderer Individualität

"Close Up the Honky Tonks" Dwight Yoakam
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan" Billy Joe Shaver
"Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
"Gravedigger" Willie Nelson
"How Long" Eagles
"I Hear Them All" Old Crow Medicine Show
"Measure of a Man" Jack Ingram
"Walk of Life" Shooter Jennings

Bester Gaststar in einem Video

"I Got My Game On" Rodney Carrington in Trace Adkins' video
"Justice for All" James Denton in Dale Watson's video
"Online" Jason Alexander in Brad Paisley's video
"Online" Maureen McCormick in Brad Paisley's video
"Online" William Shatner in Brad Paisley's video
"So Small" Christian Kane in Carrie Underwood's video
"Teardrops on My Guitar" Tyler Hilton in Taylor Swift's video
"Walk of Life" Drea De Matteo in Shooter Jennings' video

Emotionalstes Video des Jahres

"18 Video Tapes" Jason Meadows
"Because of You" Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson
"Don't Blink" Kenny Chesney
"I Need You" Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
"I Wonder" Kellie Pickler
"Lost in This Moment" Big & Rich
"Ready, Set, Don't Go" Billy Ray Cyrus
"Stay" Sugarland

Witzigstes Video des Jahres

"All My Friends Say" Luke Bryan
"High Maintenance Woman" Toby Keith
"Hollywood Hillbilly" Dale Watson
"I Got My Game On" Trace Adkins
"Online" Brad Paisley
"The More I Drink" Blake Shelton
"The One in the Middle" Sarah Johns
"Walk of Life" Shooter Jennings

Bester Regisseur des Jahres

Deaton Flanigen
"Anyway" - Martina McBride
"Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" - Big & Rich
"I Wonder" - Kellie Pickler
Trey Fanjoy
"Famous In a Small Town" - Miranda Lambert
"Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love" - Trisha Yearwood
"Our Song" - Taylor Swift
David McClister
"Lightning" - Eric Church
"Livin' Our Love Song" - Jason Michael Carroll
"Nothin' Better to Do" - LeAnn Rimes
Charles Mehling
"Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" - Dierks Bentley
"I Told You So" - Keith Urban
"I'm with the Band" - Little Big Town
Michael Salomon
"High Maintenance Woman" - Toby Keith
"I Got My Game On" - Trace Adkins
"Love Me If You Can" - Toby Keith
Rocky Schenck
"Everyday America" - Sugarland
"Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" - Alison Krauss
"Missing You" - Alison Krauss
Shaun Silva
"Don't Blink" - Kenny Chesney
"Stay" - Sugarland
"Take Me There" - Rascal Flatts
Roman White
"As If" - Sara Evans
"Because of You" - Reba McEntire
"So Small" - Carrie Underwood