2013 Country Music Association Awards

The 2013 Country Music Association Awards, 47th Annual Ceremony, is a music award ceremony that was held on November 6, 2013, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The show was hosted for the sixth consecutive time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. At the ceremony, Taylor Swift became the second artist ever, and the first woman to receive the Pinnacle Award.^[1]

2013 Country Music Association Awards
Date	November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Hosted by	Brad Paisley Carrie Underwood
Most wins	Various Artists (2)
Most nominations	Taylor Swift (6) Kacey Musgraves (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Viewership	16.6 million
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Winners and nominees

^[2] Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
George Strait Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Blake Shelton Taylor Swift	Based on a True Story… — Blake Shelton Blown Away — Carrie Underwood Red — Taylor Swift Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves Tornado — Little Big Town
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Eric Church Keith Urban	Miranda Lambert Kelly Clarkson Kacey Musgraves Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Little Big Town Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Zac Brown Band	Florida Georgia Line Big and Rich Love and Theft Sugarland The Civil Wars Thompson Square
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Cruise" — Florida Georgia Line "Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban "Mama's Broken Heart" — Miranda Lambert "Merry Go Round" — Kacey Musgraves "Wagon Wheel" — Darius Rucker	"I Drive Your Truck" — Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Jimmy Yeary "Mama's Broken Heart" — Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves "Merry Go Round" — Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally "Pontoon" — Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird and Barry Dean "Wagon Wheel" — Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor
New Artist of the Year	Musician of the Year
Kacey Musgraves Lee Brice Brett Eldredge Florida Georgia Line Kip Moore	Mac McAnally, Guitar Sam Bush, Mandolin Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar Dann Huff, Guitar Brent Mason, Guitar
Music Video of the Year	Musical Event of the Year
"Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban "Blown Away" — Carrie Underwood "Boys 'Round Here" — Blake Shelton and Pistol Annies "Downtown" — Lady Antebellum "Mama's Broken Heart" — Miranda Lambert "Tornado" — Little Big Town	"Highway Don't Care" — Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban "Boys 'Round Here" — Blake Shelton and Pistol Annies "Cruise" — Florida Georgia Line and Nelly "Don't Rush" — Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill "The Only Way I Know" — Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Eric Church

Special awards

Award	Recipient
Pinnacle Award	Taylor Swift
International Artist Achievement Award

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Luke Bryan Florida Georgia Line	"That's My Kind of Night" "Cruise"
Kacey Musgraves	"Follow Your Arrow"
Jason Aldean	"Night Train"
Little Big Town	"Sober"
Taylor Swift Vince Gill Alison Krauss Edgar Meyer Eric Darken	"Red"
Lady Antebellum	"Compass"
Florida Georgia Line	"Round Here"
Miranda Lambert Keith Urban	"We Were Us"
Tim McGraw	"Southern Girl"
Blake Shelton	"Mine Would Be You"
The Band Perry	"Don't Let Me Be Lonely"
Eric Church	"The Outsiders"
Zac Brown Band Dave Grohl	"Day For The Dead"
Brad Paisley	"The Mona Lisa"
Jennifer Nettles Rascal Flatts Darius Rucker	Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award honoring Kenny Rogers
Luke Bryan	"Drink a Beer"
Alan Jackson George Strait	"He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Carrie Underwood	"Good Girl" "Blown Away" "Two Black Cadillacs" "See You Again"

Presenters

Presenter(s)	Award
Jake Owen and Lucy Hale	Song of the Year
Willie, Jase, Korie, and Missy Robertson	Single of the Year
Sheryl Crow	Album of the Year
Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, and Kip Moore	Vocal Duo of the Year
Hunter Hayes and Jason Mraz	New Artist of the Year
Kellie Pickler	Vocal Group of the Year
Kelly Clarkson	Male Vocalist of the Year
Charles Esten and Connie Britton	Female Vocalist of the Year
Robin Roberts	Entertainer of the Year