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Nashville Music Awards
Taylor Swift was the big winner at the Nashville Music Awards Wednesday night.
She received three trophies for Artist of the Year and Songwriter/Artist of the Year, with her album Fearless earning Country Album of the Year honors.
Presented by Leadership Music in partnership with music festival and conference Next Big Nashville (NBN), the Nashville Music Awards were established to recognize outstanding contributions in all genres of music and to celebrate the diversity and quality of artists and music professionals who call Nashville their home.
After a welcome from Mayor Karl Dean, Leadership Music executive director Kira Florita and board member Robert K. Oermann, winners were announced in 19 categories by NMA nominating committee co-chairs Jason Moon Wilkins, Director and Owner of Next Big Nashville, Tracy Gershon and Oermann.
New Artist of the Year honors went to Lady Antebellum, with Brooke Waggoner claiming the Next Big Nashville Award for best emerging artist and Jack White named top instrumentalist.
Liz Rose was voted Songwriter of the Year on the strength of recent cuts by artists such as Jewel, Jypsi and frequent co-writer Taylor Swift.
The Time of My Life, written by Regie Hamm and sung by American Idol winner David Cook, was named Song of the Year.
In addition to Swifts Country album victory, genre album winners were the Steeldrivers (Bluegrass), Sarah Siskind (Americana), April Rucker (Urban), Jars of Clay (Gospel/Contemporary Christian), Take 6 (Jazz/Blues) and Kings of Leon (Pop/Rock).
The Made in Music City award for a Nashville recording made by a non-resident went to Elvis Costellos Secret, Profane and Sugarcane, produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded at Sound Emporium Studio.
Landmark Digital Services, LLC was recognized as Innovator of the Year for its BlueArrow Audio Recognition.
The evenings final honor, the Heritage Award, was given by the Leadership Music Board of Directors to the Fisk Jubilee Singers; FJS musical director Paul Kwami accepted.
This year marks the first partnership between Leadership Music and Next Big Nashville for this awards presentation, held on the opening night of the NBN festival.
The NMAs previously were produced from 1995 through 2000 by Leadership Music.
The 2009 winners were chosen by popular vote via online balloting.
Eligible recordings or projects must have been active in the marketplace between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 and NMA awards are limited to persons and organizations residing in Davidson County and surrounding counties.
The Nashville Music Award trophy was designed and donated by George P. Johnson, one of the foremost experience marketing agencies in the world, now with a facility in Nashville.
It is crafted from translucent acrylic to reflect the spirit and creativity that the winners represented.
A complete list of 2009 Nashville Music Awards winners follows:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift
BEST NEW ARTIST
Lady Antebellum
SONG OF THE YEAR
The Time of My Life, written by Regie Hamm
(recorded by David Cook)
NEXT BIG NASHVILLE AWARD (Emerging Artist)
Brooke Waggoner
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Liz Rose
SONGWRITER-ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift
POSTER/ALBUM ARTWORK/PACKAGING OF THE YEAR
Roy Orbison, The Soul of Rock and Roll Boxed Set
Latocki-Team Creative
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Jack White
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM OF THE YEAR
Rascal Flatts, "Here Comes Goodbye," directed by Shaun Silva
MADE IN MUSIC CITY AWARD (for a recording made in Nashville by a non-Nashville artist)
Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
T Bone Burnett, producer
Recorded at Sound Emporium studio
BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Steeldrivers, The Steeldrivers on Rounder Records
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift, Fearless on Big Machine Records
AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Sarah Siskind, Say It Louder on Request/Thirty Tigers Records
URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
April Rucker, Here I Stand [EP] by One Staj Music Group
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jars of Clay, The Long Fall Back to Earth on Gray Matters/Essential Records
JAZZ/BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Take 6, The Standard on Heads Up Records (Telarc)
POP/ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Kings of Leon, Only by the Night on RCA
INNOVATOR
Landmark Digital Services, LLC for BlueArrow Audio Recognition
HERITAGE AWARD
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, accepted by Musical Director Paul KwamiNashville Music Awards
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