2024 Canadian Country Music Association Awards Winners
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 3:24 pmARTIST AWARDS
1. Entertainer of the Year
presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels
Jade Eagleson
MacKenzie Porter
The Reklaws
Owen Riegling
Josh Ross - WINNER
2. Ford F-150 Album of the Year
Complicated – Josh Ross - WINNER
Dallas Smith – Dallas Smith
Do It Anyway – Jade Eagleson
Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart – MacKenzie Porter
Spillin’ My Truth – Tyler Joe Miller
3. Fans’ Choice
Dean Brody
Jade Eagleson
High Valley
James Barker Band - WINNER
Tyler Joe Miller
Steven Lee Olsen
MacKenzie Porter
The Reklaws
Josh Ross
Dallas Smith
4. Female Artist of the Year
Lindsay Ell
Madeline Merlo
MacKenzie Porter - WINNER
Tenille Townes
Alli Walker
5. Group or Duo of the Year
High Valley
Hunter Brothers
James Barker Band - WINNER
The Reklaws
The Washboard Union
6. Musical Collaboration of the Year
Cowboy Boots (feat. Gord Bamford) – Chris Buck Band, Gord Bamford
Day After Day – Dallas Smith, Shawn Austin
Honky Tonkin’ About – The Reklaws, Drake Milligan - WINNER
Take Me Backroad – Tim & The Glory Boys feat. High Valley
Two of Us – Brett Kissel, Cooper Alan
7. Male Artist of the Year
Dean Brody
Jade Eagleson
Owen Riegling
Josh Ross - WINNER
Dallas Smith
8. Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year
Hailey Benedict
Dax
Teigen Gayse
Matt Lang
Owen Riegling - WINNER
9. Alternative Country Album of the Year
12 to 6 Central – The Western Swing Authority
BOOTCUT – Bahamas
The Compass Project: West Album – Brett Kissel - WINNER
Stand In The Joy – William Prince
A Way Through Time – JJ Shiplett
10. Single of the Year
Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter
Meet Your Mama – James Barker Band
Outta Yours – Steven Lee Olsen
Rodeo Queen – Jade Eagleson
Trouble – Josh Ross - WINNER
11. Songwriter(s) of the Year
presented by SOCAN
Country Dance (Artist: Aaron Goodvin) – Aaron Goodvin, Catt Gravitt, Skip Black
Hey Mom I Made It (Artist: Sacha) – Sacha Visagie, Shawn Chambliss, Jake Saghi
Old Dirt Roads (Artist: Owen Riegling) – Owen Riegling - WINNER
Rodeo Queen (Artist: Jade Eagleson) – Jade Eagleson, Daryl Scott
Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens) – Tony Stevens, Dan Swinimer, Wes Mack, David Borys
15. Video of the Year
Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter - WINNER
Honky Tonkin’ About – The Reklaws, Drake Milligan
Take Me Backroad – Tim & The Glory Boys ft. High Valley
Trouble Is – The Prairie States
Two of Us – Brett Kissel & Cooper Alan
MUSICIAN AWARDS
16. Bass Player of the Year
Lisa Dodd
Lisa Jacobs - WINNER
Justin Kudding
Ben Miller
Holt Stuart-Hitchcox
17. Drummer of the Year
Matthew Atkins
Spencer Cheyne
Flavio Cirillo
Rich DaSilva - WINNER
Brendan Lyons
18. Fiddle Player of the Year
Linsey Beckett - WINNER
Tyler Beckett
Denis Dufresne
Julie Kennedy
Mike Sanyshyn
19. Guitar Player of the Year
presented by PRS Guitars
Chris Bray - WINNER (TIE)
Russell Broom
Jay Buettner
Ryan Davidson
Brennan Wall - WINNER (TIE)
20. Keyboard Player of the Year
Matt Koebel
Brendon Schmidt
Brendan Waters - WINNER
21. Speciality Instrument of the Year
Denis Dufresne
Johnny Gasparic
Shane Guse - WINNER
Tyler Vollrath
22. Steel Guitar Player of the Year
Chris Altmann
Doug Johnson
Matt McKay - WINNER
Kevin Neal
Marcus Ramsay
RADIO AWARDS
23. Country Personalitie(s) of the Year
Wendy Boomer (CKBY-FM)
Dan Davidson & Stella Stevens (CFCW)
Shannon Ella (Pure Country)
Jackie Rae Greening (CFCW) - WINNER
Gregg Reynolds & Josie Balka (CKRY-FM)
24. Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)
presented by AdmitOne
CFCW (Edmonton, AB) - WINNER
CHKX-FM (Hamilton, ON)
CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC)
CJKX-FM (Oshawa, ON)
CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON)
25. Radio Station of the Year (Medium or Small Market)
CFWC-FM (Brantford, ON)
CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON)
CJGX-940 (Yorkton, SK)
CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB) - WINNER
CKXC-FM (Kingston, ON)
INDUSTRY AWARDS
26. Booking Agency of the Year
Fame Group Agency
The Feldman Agency
Invictus Entertainment Group
Paquin Entertainment Group - WINNER
Sakamoto Agency
27. Country Club of the Year
Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB)
King Eddy (Calgary, AB) - WINNER
Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB)
28. Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year
Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose, AB)
Boots and Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON) - WINNER
Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB)
Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PEI)
LASSO Montreal (Montreal, QC)
29. Country Music Program or Special of the Year
Boomers Canadian Club (Rogers Sports & Media)
Heartstrings & Honkytonks (CFCW & SILVERPLOW Productions)
Home For The Holidays with High Valley (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
Jess Moskaluke’s Winter Wonderland Radio Special (Gunfighter Productions)
A Washboard Union Christmas Special (Washboard Union Prod Inc)
30. Management Company of the Year
Big Loud Management
The Core Entertainment - WINNER
Invictus Entertainment Group
Starseed Entertainment
Willing Entertainment
31. Music Publishing Company of the Year
presented by CMRRA
Anthem Entertainment Group
Big Loud Publishing - WINNER
Sony Music Canada Publishing
Universal Music Publishing Canada
Warner Chappell Music Canada
32. Record Company of the Year
Big Loud Records - WINNER
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Starseed Records
Universal Music Canada
Willing Records
33. Industry Person of the Year
Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
Lindsay Hyslop (BBR Music Group) - WINNER
Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada)
Samantha Pickard (Strut Entertainment)
Bobby Wills (Willing Entertainment)
34. Creative Team or Designer of the Year
Design Team: Dan Davidson, Travis Nesbitt – Album: Nineteen Eighty Something (Artist: Dan Davidson)
Design Team: Kyle McKearney, Roberta Landreth, Chris Doi, Jeff Ojeda – Single: Lonesome (Artist: Kyle McKearney)
Design Team: Mitchell Nevins – EP: Burning Down The Barn (Artist: Hunter Brothers), Single: Yee To The Haw (Artist; Tim Hicks), Album: Throw Down (Deluxe Remastered – 10th Anniversary) (Artist: Tim Hicks), Album: Campfire Troubador Vol. 2 (Artist: Tim Hicks), Album: Talk To Time (Deluxe) (Artist: Tim Hicks), Single: The Way You Lie (Artist: Dayna Reid), Single: This House (Artist: Dayna Reid)
Design Team: Bronwin Parks (Feisty Creative) – Single: Intruder (Artist: Amanda Rheaume), Single: Flowers (Artist: Amanda Rheaume), Album: Fire It Up (Artist: Gord Bamford), EP: Ahead of Our Time (Artist: James Barker Band), Single: On The Water (Artist: James Barker Band ft. Dalton Dover), Single: Things I Wish I Didn’t Know (Artist: Nice Horse) - WINNER
Design Team: Michelle Spice, Joanne Howard (Michelle Spice Photography & Small Dog Design) – Single: The Country Kind (Artist: Chad Brownlee)
35. Recording Studio of the Year
80A Studios (Toronto, ON)
Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB)
MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB) - WINNER
OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB)
Revolution Recording (Toronto, ON)
36. Record Producer(s) of the Year
Jeff Dalziel – Single: Mind Of Its Own (Artist: New Moon Junction), Single: Won’t Forget (Artist: Dan Davidson, Tim Hicks, Max Jackson)
Danick Dupelle – Album: Spillin’ My Truth (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller), Single: Broken Man (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller), Single: Hold Your Horses (Artist: Tebey)
Joey Moi – Album: Dallas Smith (Artist: Dallas Smith), Album: One Thing At A Time (Artist: Morgan Wallen) - WINNER
Gavin Slate – Single: Feel Like Home (Artist: Karli June feat. Ryan Langdon)
Dan Swinimer – Single: Never Have I Ever (Artist: Elyse Saunders), Single: Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens)
37. Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year
Amazon Music
Apple Music - WINNER
Spotify Canada Inc.
38. Ron Sakamoto Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year
Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)
Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions)
Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group)
Brooke Dunford (Republic Live) - WINNER
Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment)
39. Video Director of the Year
Stephano Barberis
Ben Knechtel, Chad Tennies, Mac Grant
Codi McIvor
Travis Nesbitt
Ryan Nolan - WINNER
40. Innovative Campaign of the Year
presented by TD
“Blinding Lights” Case Study (Tebey) - WINNER
“Country Dance” Line Dance Campaign (Aaron Goodvin)
“Do It Anyway” Album Setup & Release Campaign (Jade Eagleson)
Festival Launch Campaign (Boots and Hearts Music Festival)
“Right Round Here” Album Setup & Release Campaign, Canadian Tour of the Same Name (Dean Brody)
Top Selling Album of the Year
One Thing At A Time – Morgan Wallen
Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year, presented by Anthem Entertainment
Complicated – Josh Ross
Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year
Trouble – Josh Ross
Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award
Lindsay Ell — The Make You Movement
1. Entertainer of the Year
presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels
Jade Eagleson
MacKenzie Porter
The Reklaws
Owen Riegling
Josh Ross - WINNER
2. Ford F-150 Album of the Year
Complicated – Josh Ross - WINNER
Dallas Smith – Dallas Smith
Do It Anyway – Jade Eagleson
Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart – MacKenzie Porter
Spillin’ My Truth – Tyler Joe Miller
3. Fans’ Choice
Dean Brody
Jade Eagleson
High Valley
James Barker Band - WINNER
Tyler Joe Miller
Steven Lee Olsen
MacKenzie Porter
The Reklaws
Josh Ross
Dallas Smith
4. Female Artist of the Year
Lindsay Ell
Madeline Merlo
MacKenzie Porter - WINNER
Tenille Townes
Alli Walker
5. Group or Duo of the Year
High Valley
Hunter Brothers
James Barker Band - WINNER
The Reklaws
The Washboard Union
6. Musical Collaboration of the Year
Cowboy Boots (feat. Gord Bamford) – Chris Buck Band, Gord Bamford
Day After Day – Dallas Smith, Shawn Austin
Honky Tonkin’ About – The Reklaws, Drake Milligan - WINNER
Take Me Backroad – Tim & The Glory Boys feat. High Valley
Two of Us – Brett Kissel, Cooper Alan
7. Male Artist of the Year
Dean Brody
Jade Eagleson
Owen Riegling
Josh Ross - WINNER
Dallas Smith
8. Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year
Hailey Benedict
Dax
Teigen Gayse
Matt Lang
Owen Riegling - WINNER
9. Alternative Country Album of the Year
12 to 6 Central – The Western Swing Authority
BOOTCUT – Bahamas
The Compass Project: West Album – Brett Kissel - WINNER
Stand In The Joy – William Prince
A Way Through Time – JJ Shiplett
10. Single of the Year
Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter
Meet Your Mama – James Barker Band
Outta Yours – Steven Lee Olsen
Rodeo Queen – Jade Eagleson
Trouble – Josh Ross - WINNER
11. Songwriter(s) of the Year
presented by SOCAN
Country Dance (Artist: Aaron Goodvin) – Aaron Goodvin, Catt Gravitt, Skip Black
Hey Mom I Made It (Artist: Sacha) – Sacha Visagie, Shawn Chambliss, Jake Saghi
Old Dirt Roads (Artist: Owen Riegling) – Owen Riegling - WINNER
Rodeo Queen (Artist: Jade Eagleson) – Jade Eagleson, Daryl Scott
Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens) – Tony Stevens, Dan Swinimer, Wes Mack, David Borys
15. Video of the Year
Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter - WINNER
Honky Tonkin’ About – The Reklaws, Drake Milligan
Take Me Backroad – Tim & The Glory Boys ft. High Valley
Trouble Is – The Prairie States
Two of Us – Brett Kissel & Cooper Alan
MUSICIAN AWARDS
16. Bass Player of the Year
Lisa Dodd
Lisa Jacobs - WINNER
Justin Kudding
Ben Miller
Holt Stuart-Hitchcox
17. Drummer of the Year
Matthew Atkins
Spencer Cheyne
Flavio Cirillo
Rich DaSilva - WINNER
Brendan Lyons
18. Fiddle Player of the Year
Linsey Beckett - WINNER
Tyler Beckett
Denis Dufresne
Julie Kennedy
Mike Sanyshyn
19. Guitar Player of the Year
presented by PRS Guitars
Chris Bray - WINNER (TIE)
Russell Broom
Jay Buettner
Ryan Davidson
Brennan Wall - WINNER (TIE)
20. Keyboard Player of the Year
Matt Koebel
Brendon Schmidt
Brendan Waters - WINNER
21. Speciality Instrument of the Year
Denis Dufresne
Johnny Gasparic
Shane Guse - WINNER
Tyler Vollrath
22. Steel Guitar Player of the Year
Chris Altmann
Doug Johnson
Matt McKay - WINNER
Kevin Neal
Marcus Ramsay
RADIO AWARDS
23. Country Personalitie(s) of the Year
Wendy Boomer (CKBY-FM)
Dan Davidson & Stella Stevens (CFCW)
Shannon Ella (Pure Country)
Jackie Rae Greening (CFCW) - WINNER
Gregg Reynolds & Josie Balka (CKRY-FM)
24. Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)
presented by AdmitOne
CFCW (Edmonton, AB) - WINNER
CHKX-FM (Hamilton, ON)
CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC)
CJKX-FM (Oshawa, ON)
CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON)
25. Radio Station of the Year (Medium or Small Market)
CFWC-FM (Brantford, ON)
CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON)
CJGX-940 (Yorkton, SK)
CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB) - WINNER
CKXC-FM (Kingston, ON)
INDUSTRY AWARDS
26. Booking Agency of the Year
Fame Group Agency
The Feldman Agency
Invictus Entertainment Group
Paquin Entertainment Group - WINNER
Sakamoto Agency
27. Country Club of the Year
Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB)
King Eddy (Calgary, AB) - WINNER
Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB)
28. Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year
Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose, AB)
Boots and Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON) - WINNER
Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB)
Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PEI)
LASSO Montreal (Montreal, QC)
29. Country Music Program or Special of the Year
Boomers Canadian Club (Rogers Sports & Media)
Heartstrings & Honkytonks (CFCW & SILVERPLOW Productions)
Home For The Holidays with High Valley (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
Jess Moskaluke’s Winter Wonderland Radio Special (Gunfighter Productions)
A Washboard Union Christmas Special (Washboard Union Prod Inc)
30. Management Company of the Year
Big Loud Management
The Core Entertainment - WINNER
Invictus Entertainment Group
Starseed Entertainment
Willing Entertainment
31. Music Publishing Company of the Year
presented by CMRRA
Anthem Entertainment Group
Big Loud Publishing - WINNER
Sony Music Canada Publishing
Universal Music Publishing Canada
Warner Chappell Music Canada
32. Record Company of the Year
Big Loud Records - WINNER
Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Starseed Records
Universal Music Canada
Willing Records
33. Industry Person of the Year
Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
Lindsay Hyslop (BBR Music Group) - WINNER
Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada)
Samantha Pickard (Strut Entertainment)
Bobby Wills (Willing Entertainment)
34. Creative Team or Designer of the Year
Design Team: Dan Davidson, Travis Nesbitt – Album: Nineteen Eighty Something (Artist: Dan Davidson)
Design Team: Kyle McKearney, Roberta Landreth, Chris Doi, Jeff Ojeda – Single: Lonesome (Artist: Kyle McKearney)
Design Team: Mitchell Nevins – EP: Burning Down The Barn (Artist: Hunter Brothers), Single: Yee To The Haw (Artist; Tim Hicks), Album: Throw Down (Deluxe Remastered – 10th Anniversary) (Artist: Tim Hicks), Album: Campfire Troubador Vol. 2 (Artist: Tim Hicks), Album: Talk To Time (Deluxe) (Artist: Tim Hicks), Single: The Way You Lie (Artist: Dayna Reid), Single: This House (Artist: Dayna Reid)
Design Team: Bronwin Parks (Feisty Creative) – Single: Intruder (Artist: Amanda Rheaume), Single: Flowers (Artist: Amanda Rheaume), Album: Fire It Up (Artist: Gord Bamford), EP: Ahead of Our Time (Artist: James Barker Band), Single: On The Water (Artist: James Barker Band ft. Dalton Dover), Single: Things I Wish I Didn’t Know (Artist: Nice Horse) - WINNER
Design Team: Michelle Spice, Joanne Howard (Michelle Spice Photography & Small Dog Design) – Single: The Country Kind (Artist: Chad Brownlee)
35. Recording Studio of the Year
80A Studios (Toronto, ON)
Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB)
MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB) - WINNER
OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB)
Revolution Recording (Toronto, ON)
36. Record Producer(s) of the Year
Jeff Dalziel – Single: Mind Of Its Own (Artist: New Moon Junction), Single: Won’t Forget (Artist: Dan Davidson, Tim Hicks, Max Jackson)
Danick Dupelle – Album: Spillin’ My Truth (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller), Single: Broken Man (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller), Single: Hold Your Horses (Artist: Tebey)
Joey Moi – Album: Dallas Smith (Artist: Dallas Smith), Album: One Thing At A Time (Artist: Morgan Wallen) - WINNER
Gavin Slate – Single: Feel Like Home (Artist: Karli June feat. Ryan Langdon)
Dan Swinimer – Single: Never Have I Ever (Artist: Elyse Saunders), Single: Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens)
37. Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year
Amazon Music
Apple Music - WINNER
Spotify Canada Inc.
38. Ron Sakamoto Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year
Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)
Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions)
Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group)
Brooke Dunford (Republic Live) - WINNER
Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment)
39. Video Director of the Year
Stephano Barberis
Ben Knechtel, Chad Tennies, Mac Grant
Codi McIvor
Travis Nesbitt
Ryan Nolan - WINNER
40. Innovative Campaign of the Year
presented by TD
“Blinding Lights” Case Study (Tebey) - WINNER
“Country Dance” Line Dance Campaign (Aaron Goodvin)
“Do It Anyway” Album Setup & Release Campaign (Jade Eagleson)
Festival Launch Campaign (Boots and Hearts Music Festival)
“Right Round Here” Album Setup & Release Campaign, Canadian Tour of the Same Name (Dean Brody)
Top Selling Album of the Year
One Thing At A Time – Morgan Wallen
Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year, presented by Anthem Entertainment
Complicated – Josh Ross
Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year
Trouble – Josh Ross
Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award
Lindsay Ell — The Make You Movement