Canadian Country Music Association Awards 2024 Nominations: Jade Eagleson, MacKenzie Porter Lead The Pack

Today (July 18), the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) announced the official nominees for the 2024 CCMA Awards. Topping the list of contenders with six nods apiece are Jade Eagleson and MacKenzie Porter, the latter of whom will co-host the awards show alongside American country star Thomas Rhett.

Hot on their heels with five nominations apiece are The Reklaws and Josh Ross, while High Valley, Owen Riegling and Dallas Smith are each cited in four categories. Other notable Canadian artists making the list include Dean Brody, Steven Lee Olsen, James Barker Band, Brett Kissel, Tenille Townes and Lindsay Ell.

The awards show takes place in Edmonton, at Rogers Place in the heart of downtown, on Saturday Sept. 14 at 8 pm ET, and is broadcast by CTV.

Already announced as performers are Dasha, Jade Eagleson, Brett Kissel, The Reklaws, MacKenzie Porter, Thomas Rhett and Dallas Smith, with more to be named.

Returning to Edmonton for the first time in ten years, and marking their eighth time in the city, the 2024 CCMA Awards night is the culmination of Country Music Week 2024, which kicks off on September 11.

Two major CCMA Award categories are open for public voting by country music fans across Canada. This year's Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year nominees are Hailey Benedict, Dax, Teigen Gayse, Matt Lang and Owen Riegling, and fans can vote for their favourite at ccmafanvote.com.

The 2024 Fans’ Choice nominees are Dean Brody, Jade Eagleson, High Valley, James Barker Band, Tyler Joe Miller, Steven Lee Olsen, MacKenzie Porter, The Reklaws, Josh Ross and Dallas Smith. Fans can also vote at the above link or by using the appropriate hashtag on X (formerly Twitter):

• #CCMAVoteDeanBrody
• #CCMAVoteJadeEagleson
• #CCMAVoteHighValley
• #CCMAVoteJamesBarkerBand
• #CCMAVoteTylerJoeMiller
• #CCMAVoteStevenLeeOlsen
• #CCMAVoteMacKenziePorter
• #CCMAVoteTheReklaws
• #CCMAVoteJoshRoss
• #CCMAVoteDallasSmith

Tickets to the 2024 CCMA Awards Show are available here.

Find the full list of nominees below:

2024 CCMA AWARDS NOMINEES

ARTIST AWARDS

Entertainer of the Year presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels (Award #1)

Jade Eagleson

MacKenzie Porter

The Reklaws

Owen Riegling

Josh Ross

Ford F-150 Album of the Year (Award #2)

Complicated – Josh Ross

Dallas Smith – Dallas Smith

Do It Anyway – Jade Eagleson

Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart – MacKenzie Porter

Spillin’ My Truth – Tyler Joe Miller

Fans’ Choice (Award #3)

Dean Brody

Jade Eagleson

High Valley

James Barker Band

Tyler Joe Miller

Steven Lee Olsen

MacKenzie Porter

The Reklaws

Josh Ross

Dallas Smith

Female Artist of the Year (Award #4)

Lindsay Ell

Madeline Merlo

MacKenzie Porter

Tenille Townes

Alli Walker

Group or Duo of the Year (Award #5)

High Valley

Hunter Brothers

James Barker Band

The Reklaws

The Washboard Union

Musical Collaboration of the Year (Award #6)

Cowboy Boots (feat. Gord Bamford) – Chris Buck Band, Gord Bamford

Day After Day – Dallas Smith, Shawn Austin

Honky Tonkin’ About – The Reklaws, Drake Milligan

Take Me Backroad – Tim & The Glory Boys feat. High Valley

Two of Us – Brett Kissel, Cooper Alan

Male Artist of the Year (Award #7)

Dean Brody

Jade Eagleson

Owen Riegling

Josh Ross

Dallas Smith

Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year (Award #8)

Hailey Benedict

Dax

Teigen Gayse

Matt Lang

Owen Riegling

Alternative Country Album of the Year (Award #9)

12 to 6 Central – The Western Swing Authority

BOOTCUT – Bahamas

The Compass Project: West Album – Brett Kissel

Stand In The Joy – William Prince

A Way Through Time – JJ Shiplett

Single of the Year (Award #10)

Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter

Meet Your Mama – James Barker Band

Outta Yours – Steven Lee Olsen

Rodeo Queen – Jade Eagleson

Trouble – Josh Ross

Songwriter(s) of the Year (Award #11)

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

Rodeo Queen (Artist: Jade Eagleson) – Jade Eagleson, Daryl Scott

Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens) – Tony Stevens, Dan Swinimer, Wes Mack, David Borys

Video of the Year (Award #15)

Chasing Tornadoes – MacKenzie Porter

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

Bass Player of the Year (Award #16)

Lisa Dodd

Lisa Jacobs

Justin Kudding

Ben Miller

Holt Stuart-Hitchcox

Drummer of the Year (Award #17)

Matthew Atkins

Spencer Cheyne

Flavio Cirillo

Rich DaSilva

Brendan Lyons

Fiddle Player of the Year (Award #18)

Linsey Beckett

Tyler Beckett

Denis Dufresne

Julie Kennedy

Mike Sanyshyn

Guitar Player of the Year (Award #19)

Chris Bray

Russell Broom

Jay Buettner

Ryan Davidson

Brennan Wall

Keyboard Player of the Year (Award #20)

Matt Koebel

Brendon Schmidt

Brendan Waters

Specialty Instrument Player of the Year (Award #21)

Denis Dufresne

Johnny Gasparic

Shane Guse

Tyler Vollrath

Steel Guitar Player of the Year (Award #22)

Chris Altmann

Doug Johnson

Matt McKay

Kevin Neal

Marcus Ramsay

RADIO AWARDS

Country Personality(ies) of the Year (Award #23)

Wendy Boomer (CKBY-FM)

Dan Davidson & Stella Stevens (CFCW)

Shannon Ella (Pure Country)

Jackie Rae Greening (CFCW)

Gregg Reynolds & Josie Balka (CKRY-FM)

Radio Station of the Year (Large Market) presented by AdmitOne (Award #24)

CFCW (Edmonton, AB)

CHKX-FM (Hamilton, ON)

CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC)

CJKX-FM (Oshawa, ON)

CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON)

Radio Station of the Year (Medium or Small Market) (Award #25)

CFWC-FM (Brantford, ON)

CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON)

CJGX-FM (Yorkton, SK)

CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB)

CKXC-FM (Kingston, ON)

INDUSTRY AWARDS

Booking Agency of the Year (Award #26)

Fame Group Agency

The Feldman Agency

Invictus Entertainment Group

Paquin Entertainment Group

Sakamoto Agency

Country Club of the Year (Award #27)

Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB)

King Eddy (Calgary, AB)

Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB)

Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year (Award #28)

Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose, AB)

Boots and Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON)

Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB)

Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PEI)

LASSO Montreal (Montreal, QC)

Country Music Program or Special of the Year (Award #29)

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)

Management Company of the Year (Award #30)

Big Loud Management

The Core Entertainment

Invictus Entertainment Group

Starseed Entertainment

Willing Entertainment

Music Publishing Company of the Year presented by CMRRA (Award #31)

Anthem Entertainment Group

Big Loud Publishing

Sony Music Canada Publishing

Universal Music Publishing Canada

Warner Chappell Music Canada

Record Company of the Year (Award #32)

Big Loud Records

Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.

Starseed Records

Universal Music Canada

Willing Records

Industry Person of the Year (Award #33)

Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)

Lindsay Hyslop (BBR Music Group)

Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada)

Samantha Pickard (Strut Entertainment)

Bobby Wills (Willing Entertainment)

Creative Team or Designer of the Year (Award #34)

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)

Design Team: Michelle Spice, Joanne Howard (Michelle Spice Photography & Small Dog Design) – Single: The Country Kind (Artist: Chad Brownlee)

Recording Studio of the Year (Award #35)

80A Studios (Toronto, ON)

Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB)

MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB)

OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB)

Revolution Recording (Toronto, ON)

Record Producer(s) of the Year (Award #36)

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)

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)

Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year (Award #37)

Amazon Music

Apple Music

Spotify Canada Inc.

Ron Sakamoto Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year (Award #38)

Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)

Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions)

Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group)

Brooke Dunford (Republic Live)

Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment)

Video Director of the Year (Award #39)

Stephano Barberis

Ben Knechtel, Chad Tennies, Mac Grant

Codi McIver

Travis Nesbitt

Ryan Nolan

Innovative Campaign of the Year presented by TD (Award #40)

“Blinding Lights” Case Study (Tebey)

“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)