CMC Music Awards

CMC Music Awards was an Australian music awards ceremony held annually from 2011 to 2018. They were provided by the Country Music Channel (CMC), which is owned by Foxtel, and were determined by fan votes. From 2015 the ceremonies were staged in the Brisbane to Gold Coast region. Since 2016 there were three international categories, where Australians residing abroad are acknowledged.^{[citation needed]}

CMC Music Awards
Current: CMC Music Awards 2018
Awarded for	Favourite artists chosen in an online voting and jury board
Country	Australia
First award	2011
Final award	2018
Most wins	Keith Urban (15)

Categories

• Oz Artist of the Year
• Australian Artist of the Year (male)
• Australian Artist of the Year (female)
• New Australian Artist of the Year
• Video of the Year
• International Artist of the Year
• International Video of the Year
• ARIA Highest-selling Album of the Year
• Group/Duo of the Year
• ARIA Highest-selling International Album of the Year
• CMC Hall of Fame

Not all categories were used in each year.

Ceremonies

From 2007 to 2010, CMC awarded only one category, Oz Artist of the Year; Adam Brand won the trophy four years in a row.^[1] In March 2011 the ceremony was expanded to four awards – all fan voted.^[1]

2011: 1st CMC Music Awards

The first ceremony was held at the Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley, on 4 March 2011.^[1][2]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2011	Adam Brand	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	McAlister Kemp	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban – "'Til Summer Comes Around"	Video of the Year	Won
	Taylor Swift	International Artist of the Year	Won

2012: 2nd CMC Music Awards

The second ceremony was held at the Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley on 16 March 2012 with Jay and Mark O'Shea hosting.^[3]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	Jasmine Rae	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	Peter McWhirter	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban – "Without You"	Video of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban	International Artist of the Year	Won
	James Blundell	CMC Hall of Fame	inductee

2013: 3rd CMC Music Awards

The third ceremony was held at the Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley on 15 March 2013.^[4]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	The McClymonts	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	Morgan Evans	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	McAlister Kemp – "Country Proud"	Video of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban	International Artist of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban – "For You"	International Video of the Year	Won

2014: 4th CMC Music Awards

The fourth ceremony was held at the Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley on 14 March 2014 with the McClymonts hosting.^[5]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	Morgan Evans	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	Morgan Evans	Australian Artist of the Year (male)	Won
	Jasmine Rae	Australian Artist of the Year (female)	Won
	The Wolfe Brothers	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	Morgan Evans – "Carry On"	Video of the Year	Won
	Taylor Swift	International Artist of the Year	Won
	Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift (featuring Keith Urban on guitar) – "Highway Don't Care"	International Video of the Year	Won

2015: 5th CMC Music Awards

The fifth ceremony was held at Brisbane's QPAC on 12 March 2015 with Morgan Evans hosting.^[6]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	Adam Brand	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	Morgan Evans	Australian Artist of the Year (male)	Won
	Amber Lawrence	Australian Artist of the Year (female)	Won
	Christie Lamb	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	Adam Brand – "What Your Love Looks Like"	Video of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban	International Artist of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban – "Cop Car"	International Video of the Year	Won
	The McClymonts	Group/Duo of the Year	Won

2016: 6th CMC Music Awards

Morgan and Kelsea on the red carpet being interviewed by Planet Country with Big Stu & MJ before hosting the awards.

The sixth ceremony was held at Brisbane's QPAC on 10 March 2016 with Morgan Evans and Kelsea Ballerini hosting.^[7]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Adam Brand	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	Lee Kernaghan	Australian Artist of the Year (male)	Won
	Amber Lawrence	Australian Artist of the Year (female)	Won
	Caitlyn Shadbolt	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	Lee Kernaghan – "Spirit of the ANZACs"	Video of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban	International Artist of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban – "Raise 'Em Up" (featuring Eric Church)	International Video of the Year	Won
	Lee Kernaghan – Spirit of the ANZACs	ARIA Highest Selling Album	Won
	The Wolfe Brothers	Group/Duo of the Year	Won
	Alan Jackson – Angels and Alcohol	ARIA Highest Selling International Album	Won

2017: 7th CMC Music Awards

The seventh ceremony was held on 23 March 2017 on the Gold Coast with Morgan Evans hosting.^[8][9]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Travis Collins	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	Travis Collins	Australian Artist of the Year (male)	Won
	Chelsea Basham	Australian Artist of the Year (female)	Won
	Fanny Lumsden	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	Travis Collins – "Call Me Crazy"	Video of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban	International Artist of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban – "Wasted Time"	International Video of the Year	Won
	Adam Brand and the Outlaws – Adam Brand and the Outlaws	ARIA Highest Selling Album	Won
	The McClymonts	Group/Duo of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban – Ripcord	ARIA Highest Selling International Album	Won
	Lee Kernaghan	CMC Hall of Fame	inductee

2018: 8th CMC Music Awards

The eighth ceremony was held on 15 March 2018 on the Gold Coast with the McClymonts hosting.^[10]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Adam Brand	Oz Artist of the Year	Won
	Travis Collins	Australian Artist of the Year (male)	Won
	Christie Lamb	Australian Artist of the Year (female)	Won
	Tailgate Drive	New Australian Artist of the Year	Won
	Adam Brand – "Drunk"	Video of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban	International Artist of the Year	Won
	Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood – "The Fighter"	International Video of the Year	Won
	The McClymonts	Group/Duo of the Year	Won