Voting opens on CMC Music Awards 2017

Voting is now open for the 7th Annual CMC Music Awards via countrymusicchannel.com.au.

The event will be held in late March and screen on CMC in April.

Foxtel Arts & Music Channels Manager, Fraser Stark said, “One of the wonderful things about country music is the personal and sincere connection it forges between its fans, its artists and their songs. Reinforcing that bond is really what CMC is all about. In this way opening the fan-voting for the annual CMC Music Awards puts the channel right in its element – linking its passionate audience to its favourite artists, its favourite songs and to the world of its favourite family of popular music.”

The 7th Annual CMC Music Awards, Country music’s night of nights and the only fan voted country music awards in the southern hemisphere, offers fans the opportunity to vote for their favourite Australian and international country artists over eight categories: CMC International Artist Of The Year, CMC Male Australian Artist Of The Year, CMC Female Australian Artist Of The Year, CMC New Artist Of The Year, CMC Group or Duo Of The Year, CMC Australian Video Of The Year, CMC International Video Of The Year and the major award, CMC Australian Artist Of The Year.

The CMC Music Awards celebrate country music in Australia and acknowledge the contribution musicians make to Australian fans. Artists and groups eligible to be nominated are based primarily on CMC airplay and winners are determined by fan voting with finalists announced in March.

Testament to the strength of the country music industry and reflective of its ever- growing fan base in Australia, the CMC Australian Artist of the Year award won by Adam Brand last year, boasts 15 nominees combining Male, Female and Group or Duo categories.

Voting for the 7th Annual CMC Music Awards opens today via countrymusicchannel.com.au. Vote for your favourtite country stars in this year’s Awards and you could win weekly cash prizes and a grand prize of a VIP trip to attend the CMC Music Awards, which includes return economy flights, accommodation and premium seated tickets to the Awards. Full Terms & Conditions are available on the website.

For the third consecutive year, five-time CMC Music Award winner and face of the channel Morgan Evans will host the 7th Annual CMC Music Awards. It’s the hottest ticket for Australia’s country music fans with a stellar line-up of artists performing live at the awards including Grammy Award winning group Little Big Town who make their debut Australian visit and are nominated for International Artist of the Year and International Video of the Year.

Australia’s #1 country group The McClymonts also performing at the awards are nominated for Group or Duo of the Year and Australian Video of the Year. Also announced to perform at the awards, international multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Kip Moore who is nominated for International Artist of the Year and International Video of the Year and one of Australia’s most exciting country/rock talents Travis Collins is up for three nominations including Male Australian Artist of the Year, Australian Artist of the Year and Australian Video of the Year.

Fans can purchase tickets to the 7th Annual CMC Music Awards at ticketek.com.au and for further information visit countrymusicchannel.com.au with further performing artists to be announced in the coming weeks.

The 7th Annual CMC Music Awards kick off a star studded week in country music with CMC Rocks QLD 2017, Australia’s premier Country and Roots Festival to follow. Now in its epic tenth year, CMC Rocks will feature performances by Global superstars Dixie Chicks who headline the Festival and who will be joined by a first class international and local performance line up including Little Big Town, Kip Moore, Lee Kernaghan and many more.

CMC Rocks QLD 2017 will be held over three days and nights from Friday March 24, Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26, 2017 at Willowbank near Ipswich and will telecast on CMC in April. Tickets for CMC Rocks QLD 2017 are available at: cmcrocks.com

Foxtel and CMC are proud to partner with Tourism and Events Queensland to bring the CMC Music Awards to Queensland for the third year. CMC Music Awards 2017 and CMC Rocks QLD are part of the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar – just the place to experience Australia’s best live events.