The 2007 CMA Awards Aftermath: Country Music Hijacked

Brody Vercher | November 8th, 2007 Email Share

  1. Victor
    November 8, 2007 at 11:53 am Permalink

    I loved this year CMA… Rascal Flatts along with Gary LeVox and Jamie Foxx were great! I saw this great country music directory with lots of videos from people like Taylor Swift, Dierk Bentley and Alan Jackson: weshow.com/us/c/83/country_and_folk
    Which one of those is your favorite singer?

  2. Linda
    November 8, 2007 at 12:22 pm Permalink

    I love Josh Turner and his newly released album should get best album next year. His voice is awesome, and he has an amazing range. He was up for male vacalist this year and should have won. Of course we knew he plabably wouldn’t get it with his first nomination, but if they just picked best vocalists without the politice involved it would have been him.

  3. Dave S
    November 8, 2007 at 3:52 pm Permalink

    See slave to mainstream pop culture: 11:53 post

  4. mickersss
    November 9, 2007 at 10:44 am Permalink

    hey, who’s the fat girl that sings lead for rascal flatts?

  5. Dave S
    November 9, 2007 at 5:16 pm Permalink

    Thrilled to see Miranda’s album at such a high ranking in Stylus Magazine. I had high hopes for it, sales-wise, after its release; but now it has dropped out of the Billboard Top 25 which is where it lingered since the May 1st release date. Now I’m not exactly sure it will have the success of her debut album.

    Although “Famous In A Small Town” has done better than her “Kerosene” single in 2005/2006, it’s showing a less that impressive impact on her sales. When “Kerosene” (single) was released, her debut album climbed about 20 spots and back into the Top 10 Billboard Country Albums chart for the first time since it was released in March 2005, which later resulted in a Gold certification. Lambert is only about half way to Gold at this point with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”

  6. Billy
    November 9, 2007 at 7:54 pm Permalink

    I’ll say one thing… this years CMA’s, just like country music in general has become SO mainstream. There is such a huge audience listening to the different styles of Country Music these days, and it’s popularity keeps rising. The great thing is that within the country genre, there is truly something for everyone. From the more pop sounds to the grittier outlaw country, this aint your grandaddy’s country days! lol.
    I’m currently working with a station called Lone Star 92.5 and they play ALL styles of country including Classic Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Roots Rock, and Americana, all with barely any commercials!
    Check it out: http://www.lonestar925.com
    What’s YOUR favorite style?

  7. Katie
    February 15, 2009 at 7:06 pm Permalink

    hey, who’s the fat girl that sings lead for rascal flatts?

    u S.O.B.!!!!!!!!!! >:(

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