The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.[1][2]
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The CCMA held the first Canadian Country Music Awards ceremony in 1982. Information about the nomination process can be found at the CCMA's website.
2011
| Fans' Choice Award: | Johnny Reid |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Johnny Reid |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Terri Clark |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Hey Romeo |
| Songwriter(s) of the Year: | "Trail in Life" - Dean Brody (Dean Brody) |
| Single of the Year: | "Trail in Life" - Dean Brody |
| Album of the Year: | Trail in Life - Dean Brody |
| Top Selling Album: | Speak Now - Taylor Swift |
| Top Selling Canadian Album: | A Place Called Love - Johnny Reid |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" - Johnny Reid |
| Rising Star: | Chad Brownlee |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Jimmy Rankin |
2010
| Fans' Choice Award: | Johnny Reid |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Gord Bamford |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Victoria Banks |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Doc Walker |
| Songwriter(s) of the Year: | "Dance with Me" - Victoria Banks, Johnny Reid, Tia Sillers (Johnny Reid) |
| Single of the Year: | "Dance with Me" - Johnny Reid |
| Album of the Year: | Day Job - Gord Bamford |
| Top Selling Album: | Fearless - Taylor Swift |
| Top Selling Canadian Album: | Dance with Me - Johnny Reid |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "Day Job" - Gord Bamford |
| Rising Star: | One More Girl |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Corb Lund |
2009
| Fans' Choice Award: | Johnny Reid |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Johnny Reid |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Crystal Shawanda |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Doc Walker |
| Songwriter(s) of the Year: | "A Woman Like You" - Johnny Reid, Brent Maher (Johnny Reid) |
| Single of the Year: | "Brothers" - Dean Brody |
| Album of the Year: | Dance with Me - Johnny Reid |
| Top Selling Album: | Fearless - Taylor Swift |
| Top Selling Canadian Album: | Dance with Me - Johnny Reid |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "A Woman Like You" - Johnny Reid |
| Rising Star: | Tara Oram |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Corb Lund |
2008
| Fans' Choice Award: | Doc Walker |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Johnny Reid |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Jessie Farrell |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Doc Walker |
| Songwriter(s) of the Year: | "Beautiful Life" - Murray Pulver, Chris Thorsteinson, Dave Wasyliw (Doc Walker) |
| Single of the Year: | "Beautiful Life" - Doc Walker |
| Album of the Year: | Beautiful Life - Doc Walker |
| Top Selling Album: | The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks |
| Top Selling Canadian Album: | Kicking Stones - Johnny Reid |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "Beautiful Life" - Doc Walker |
| Top New Talent of the Year: | Jessie Farrell |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Corb Lund |
| Top New Talent of the Year - Group or Duo: | Hey Romeo |
| Top Male Talent of the Year: | Gord Bamford |
| Top Female Talent of the Year: | Jessie Farrell |
2007
| Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award: | Terri Clark |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Brad Johner |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Emerson Drive |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Hold My Beer" - Mitch Merrett, Aaron Pritchett, Deric Ruttan (Aaron Pritchett) |
| Single of the Year: | "Moments" - Emerson Drive |
| Album of the Year: | Doc Walker - Doc Walker |
| Top Selling Album: | Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "Moments" - Emerson Drive |
| Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award: | Shane Yellowbird |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Corb Lund |
2006
| Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award: | Terri Clark |
| Male Artist of the Year: | George Canyon |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | The Road Hammers |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" - Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson (Carrie Underwood) |
| Single of the Year: | "Somebody Wrote Love" - George Canyon |
| Album of the Year: | Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer - Corb Lund |
| Top Selling Album: | The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "East Bound And Down" - The Road Hammers |
| Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award: | Johnny Reid |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Corb Lund |
2005
| Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award: | George Canyon |
| Male Artist of the Year: | George Canyon |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Terri Clark |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | The Road Hammers |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "My Name" - George Canyon, Gordie Sampson (George Canyon) |
| Single of the Year: | "My Name" - George Canyon |
| Album of the Year: | This Time Around - Paul Brandt |
| Top Selling Album: | Greatest Hits - Shania Twain |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "Convoy" - Paul Brandt |
| Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award: | Amanda Wilkinson |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Corb Lund |
2004
| Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award: | Terri Clark |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Jason McCoy |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Terri Clark |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Doc Walker |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Die Of A Broken Heart" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Carolyn Dawn Johnson) |
| Single of the Year: | "Simple Life" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Album of the Year: | Dress Rehearsal - Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Top Selling Album: | Greatest Hits Volume II - Alan Jackson |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "Simple Life" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award: | George Canyon |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Corb Lund |
2003
| Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award: | Terri Clark |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Aaron Lines |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Shania Twain |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Emerson Drive |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Rocket Girl" - Jason McCoy, Denny Carr (Doc Walker) |
| Single of the Year: | "I Just Wanna Be Mad" - Terri Clark |
| Album of the Year: | Up! - Shania Twain |
| Top Selling Album: | Up! - Shania Twain |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain |
| Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award: | Aaron Lines |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Sean Hogan |
2002
| Fans' Choice Award: | Terri Clark |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Paul Brandt |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Emerson Drive |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Ten Million Teardrops" - Jason McCoy, Tim Taylor (Jason McCoy) |
| Single of the Year: | "I Don't Want You to Go" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Album of the Year: | Small Towns and Big Dreams - Paul Brandt |
| Top Selling Album: | Scarecrow - Garth Brooks |
| CMT Video of the Year: | "I Don't Want You to Go" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award: | Emerson Drive |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Jimmy Rankin |
2001
| Telus Mobility Fans' Choice Award: | Terri Clark |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Jason McCoy |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | The Wilkinsons |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Complicated" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Carolyn Dawn Johnson) |
| Single of the Year: | "Complicated" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Album of the Year: | Room With A View - Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Top Selling Album: | Breathe - Faith Hill |
| Video of the Year: | "No Fear" - Terri Clark |
| Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award: | Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Roots Artist or Group of the Year: | Natalie MacMaster |
2000
| Chevy Fans' Choice Award: | The Wilkinsons |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Paul Brandt |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Michelle Wright |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | The Wilkinsons |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Daddy Won't Sell The Farm" - Steve Fox, Robin Branda (Montgomery Gentry) |
| Single of the Year: | "Jimmy's Got A Girlfriend" - The Wilkinsons |
| Album of the Year: | Here and Now - The Wilkinsons |
| Top Selling Album: | Fly - Dixie Chicks |
| Video of the Year: | "That's the Truth" - Paul Brandt |
| FACTOR Rising Star Award: | Tara Lyn Hart |
| Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year: | "Get Me Through December" - Natalie MacMaster & Alison Krauss |
1999
| CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award: | Shania Twain |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Paul Brandt |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Shania Twain |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | The Wilkinsons |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "26 Cents" - Steve Wilkinson, William Wallace (The Wilkinsons) |
| Single of the Year: | "26 Cents" - The Wilkinsons |
| Album of the Year: | Nothing But Love - The Wilkinsons |
| Top Selling Album: | Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks |
| Video of the Year: | "That Don't Impress Me Much" - Shania Twain |
| Wrangler Rising Star Award: | The Wilkinsons |
| Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year: | "From This Moment On" - Shania Twain & Bryan White |
1998
| CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award: | Shania Twain |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Paul Brandt |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Shania Twain |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Leahy |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Born Again in Dixieland" - Jason McCoy, Naoise Sheridan, Denny Carr (Jason McCoy) |
| Single of the Year: | "You're Still the One" - Shania Twain |
| Album of the Year: | Come On Over - Shania Twain |
| Top Selling Album: | Come On Over - Shania Twain |
| Video of the Year: | "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" - Shania Twain |
| Wrangler Rising Star Award: | Bruce Guthro |
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year: | "Your Love" - Michelle Wright & Jim Brickman |
1997
| CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award: | Terri Clark |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Paul Brandt |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Terri Clark |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Farmer's Daughter |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "I Do" - Paul Brandt (Paul Brandt) |
| Single of the Year: | "I Do" - Paul Brandt |
| Album of the Year: | Just the Same - Terri Clark |
| Top Selling Album: | The Woman in Me - Shania Twain |
| Video of the Year: | "I Do" - Paul Brandt |
| Wrangler Rising Star Award: | Julian Austin |
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year: | "Two Names On An Overpass" - Duane Steele & Lisa Brokop |
1996
| NCN Fans' Choice Award: | Shania Twain |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Charlie Major |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Shania Twain |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Prairie Oyster |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "My Heart Has a History" - Paul Brandt, Mark D. Sanders (Paul Brandt) |
| Single of the Year: | "Better Things to Do" - Terri Clark |
| Album of the Year: | Terri Clark - Terri Clark |
| Top Selling Album: | Fresh Horses - Garth Brooks |
| Video of the Year: | "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" - Shania Twain |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Terri Clark |
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year: | Jim Witter & Cassandra Vasik |
1995
| Bud Country Fans' Choice Award: | Michelle Wright |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Charlie Major |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Shania Twain |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Prairie Oyster |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" - Shania Twain (Shania Twain) |
| Single of the Year: | "Any Man of Mine" - Shania Twain |
| Album of the Year: | The Woman in Me - Shania Twain |
| Top Selling Album: | The Hits - Garth Brooks |
| Video of the Year: | "Any Man of Mine" - Shania Twain |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Farmer's Daughter |
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year: | Jim Witter & Cassandra Vasik |
1994
| Bud Country Fans' Choice Award: | Prairie Oyster |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Charlie Major |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Patricia Conroy |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Prairie Oyster |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind" - Charlie Major, Barry Brown (Charlie Major) |
| Single of the Year: | "I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind" - Charlie Major |
| Album of the Year: | The Other Side - Charlie Major |
| Top Selling Album: | In Pieces - Garth Brooks |
| Video of the Year: | "Stolen Moments" - Jim Witter |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Susan Aglukark |
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year: | Quartette |
1993
| Bud Country Fans' Choice Award: | Michelle Wright |
| Male Artist of the Year: | George Fox |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Michelle Wright |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | The Rankin Family |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Backroads" - Charlie Major (Ricky Van Shelton) |
| Single of the Year: | "He Would Be Sixteen" - Michelle Wright |
| Album of the Year: | Bad Day For Trains - Patricia Conroy |
| Top Selling Album: | Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Video of the Year: | "He Would Be Sixteen" - Michelle Wright |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | The Rankin Family |
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year: | Cassandra Vasik & Russell deCarle |
1992
| Bud Country Fans' Choice Award: | Rita MacNeil |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Ian Tyson |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Michelle Wright |
| Group or Duo of the Year: | Prairie Oyster |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Did You Fall In Love With Me" - Joan Besen (Prairie Oyster) |
| Single of the Year: | "Take It Like a Man" - Michelle Wright |
| Album of the Year: | Everybody Knows - Prairie Oyster |
| Top Selling Album: | Ropin' the Wind - Garth Brooks |
| Video of the Year: | "Take It Like a Man" - Michelle Wright |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Cassandra Vasik |
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year: | Gary Fjellgaard & Linda Kidder |
1991
| Bud Country Fans' Choice Award: | Rita MacNeil |
| Male Artist of the Year: | George Fox |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Michelle Wright |
| Group of the Year: | Prairie Oyster |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Lonely You, Lonely Me" - Joan Besen (Prairie Oyster) |
| Single of the Year: | "New Kind Of Love" - Michelle Wright |
| Album of the Year: | Michelle Wright - Michelle Wright |
| Top Selling Album: | Home I'll Be - Rita MacNeil |
| Video of the Year: | "Springtime In Alberta" - Ian Tyson |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | South Mountain |
| Duo of the Year: | The Johner Brothers |
1990
| Bud Country Fans' Choice Award: | k.d. lang |
| Male Artist of the Year: | George Fox |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Michelle Wright |
| Group of the Year: | Prairie Oyster |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Pioneers" - Barry Brown (Family Brown) |
| Single of the Year: | "Goodbye, So Long, Hello" - Prairie Oyster |
| Album of the Year: | Absolute Torch and Twang - k.d. lang |
| Top Selling Album: | Rita - Rita MacNeil |
| Video of the Year: | "Pioneers" - Family Brown |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Patricia Conroy |
| Duo of the Year: | Gary Fjellgaard & Linda Kidder |
1989
| Entertainer of the Year: | k.d. lang |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Gary Fjellgaard |
| Female Artist of the Year: | k.d. lang |
| Group of the Year: | Family Brown |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Town Of Tears" - Barry Brown, Randall Prescott, Bruce Campbell (Family Brown) |
| Single of the Year: | "Town Of Tears" - Family Brown |
| Album of the Year: | Shadowland - k.d. lang |
| Top Selling Album: | Old 8x10 - Randy Travis |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | George Fox |
| Duo of the Year: | Gary Fjellgaard & Linda Kidder |
1988
| Entertainer of the Year: | k.d. lang |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Ian Tyson |
| Female Artist of the Year: | k.d. lang |
| Group of the Year: | Family Brown |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "One Smokey Rose" - Tim Taylor (Anita Perras) |
| Single of the Year: | "One Smokey Rose" - Anita Perras |
| Album of the Year: | Shadowland - k.d. lang |
| Top Selling Album: | Always & Forever - Randy Travis |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Blue Rodeo |
| Duo of the Year: | Anita Perras & Tim Taylor |
1987
| Entertainer of the Year: | k.d. lang |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Ian Tyson |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Anita Perras |
| Group of the Year: | Family Brown |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Heroes" - Gary Fjellgaard (Mercey Brothers) |
| Single of the Year: | "Navajo Rug" - Ian Tyson |
| Album of the Year: | Cowboyography - Ian Tyson |
| Top Selling Album: | Storms of Life - Randy Travis |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | k.d. lang |
| Duo of the Year: | Anita Perras & Tim Taylor |
1986
| Entertainer(s) of the Year: | Family Brown |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Terry Carisse |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Anita Perras |
| Group of the Year: | Family Brown |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Now And Forever" - David Foster, Jim Vallance, Charles Randolph Goodrum (Anne Murray) |
| Single of the Year: | "Now And Forever" - Anne Murray |
| Album of the Year: | Feel The Fire - Family Brown |
| Top Selling Album: | Hymns Of Gold - Carroll Baker |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | J.K. Gulley |
| Duo of the Year: | Anita Perras & Tim Taylor |
1985
| Entertainer of the Year: | Dick Damron |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Terry Carisse |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Carroll Baker |
| Group of the Year: | Mercey Brothers |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Counting The I Love You's" - Terry Carisse, Bruce Rawlins (Terry Carisse) |
| Single of the Year: | "Riding On The Wind" - Gary Fjellgaard |
| Album of the Year: | Closest Thing To You - Terry Carisse |
| Top Selling Album: | Once Upon a Christmas - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Ginny Mitchell |
| Duo of the Year: | Anita Perras & Tim Taylor |
1984
| Entertainer of the Year: | Ronnie Prophet |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Terry Carisse |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Marie Bottrell |
| Group of the Year: | Family Brown |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Jesus It's Me Again" - Dick Damron (Dick Damron) |
| Single of the Year: | "A Little Good News" - Anne Murray |
| Album of the Year: | Repeat After Me - Family Brown |
| Top Selling Album: | Eyes That See in the Dark - Kenny Rogers |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Roni Summers |
| Duo of the Year: | Glory Anne Carriere & Ronnie Prophet |
1983
| Entertainer(s) of the Year: | Family Brown |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Dick Damron |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Marie Bottrell |
| Group of the Year: | Family Brown |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Raised On Country Music" - Family Brown (Family Brown) |
| Single of the Year: | "Raised On Country Music" - Family Brown |
| Album of the Year: | Raised On Country Music - Family Brown |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Kelita Haverland |
| Duo of the Year: | Donna & LeRoy Anderson |
1982
| Entertainer(s) of the Year: | Family Brown |
| Male Artist of the Year: | Terry Carisse |
| Female Artist of the Year: | Carroll Baker |
| Group of the Year: | Family Brown |
| SOCAN Song of the Year: | "Some Never Stand A Chance" - Family Brown (Family Brown) |
| Single of the Year: | "Some Never Stand A Chance" - Family Brown |
| Album of the Year: | Raised On Country Music - Family Brown |
| Vista Rising Star Award: | Ruth Ann |
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