The Canadian Country Music Association Announces 2022 Nominees

Tenille Townes. Photo by John Shearer

On July 20, the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMAs) revealed this year's nominees. Winners will be announced on September 11 at the 2022 CCMA Awards live from Calgary, Alberta, and broadcast on Global TV at 8pmET.

Tenille Townes lead with seven nominations, followed closely by Jade Eagleson with six, while both Dean Brody and Brett Kissel each received four 2022 CCMA nominations.

The CCMAs also announced the first round of performers including Jade Eagleson, High Valley, Brett Kissel ft. 98°, MacKenzie Porter, Dallas Smith and Tenille Townes.

The 2022 Canadian Country Music Association Nominees Are:

Entertainer of the Year
Tenille Arts
James Barker Band
Brett Kissel
Dallas Smith
Tenille Townes

Ford F-150 Album of the Year
Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass – Gord Bamford
Heart On My Glass – Meghan Patrick
Honkytonk Revival – Jade Eagleson
Masquerades – Tenille Townes
Nothing Is Meaningless – Don Amero

Amazon Music and Alexa Fans’ Choice
Tenille Arts
Dean Brody
Jade Eagleson
High Valley
James Barker Band
Brett Kissel
Tyler Joe Miller
Robyn Ottolini
Dallas Smith
Tenille Townes

Spotify Female Artist of the Year
Tenille Arts
Lindsay Ell
Robyn Ottolini
Meghan Patrick
Tenille Townes

Group or Duo of the Year
High Valley
Hunter Brothers
James Barker Band
The Reklaws
Tim & The Glory Boys

Interactive Artist or Group of the Year
Hailey Benedict
Aaron Goodvin
Hunter Brothers
James Barker Band
The Reklaws

Male Artist of the Year
Dean Brody
Jade Eagleson
Brett Kissel
Tyler Joe Miller
Dallas Smith

Rising Star
Hailey Benedict
Nate Haller
Andrew Hyatt
Josh Ross
Sacha

Alternative Country Album of the Year
Diamonds In The Desert – Jason Blaine
Down-Home – Kyle McKearney
Homebound – Twin Kennedy
Songs My Friends Wrote – Corb Lund
Unreleased Songs From The Vault Collection. Vol 4: Let’s Smile Again – Stompin’ Tom Connors

Single of the Year
All Night To Figure It Out – Jade Eagleson
Boy Like Me – Aaron Goodvin
Girl Who Didn’t Care – Tenille Townes
Make A Life, Not A Living – Brett Kissel
More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’ – Jade Eagleson, Dean Brody
Over All Over Again – James Barker Band
Tailgate To Heaven  – Shawn Austin (Feat. Chris Lane)

Songwriter(s) of the Year
Steph Jones, David Pramik, Tenille Townes         
Song: Girl Who Didn’t Care (Performed By: Tenille Townes)

Will Bundy, MacKenzie Porter, Lydia Vaughan 
Song: Pickup (Performed By: MacKenzie Porter)

Matthew Cardinal, Doc de Groot, Jay Der, Jeff Dick, Mike Nash, Aaron Pollock, Chris Yurchuck 
Song: Rebel Phase (Performed By: The Prairie States)

Lindsay Ell, Jordan Schmidt, Geoffrey Warburton        
Song: Right On Time  (Performed By: Lindsay Ell)

Monty Criswell, Tim Hicks, Deric Ruttan
Song: Whiskey Does (Performed By: Tim Hicks)

Video of the Year
Girl Who Didn’t Care – Tenille Townes
Heaven On Dirt – Gord Bamford
High School – Nice Horse
More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’ – Jade Eagleson, Dean Brody
Pickup – MacKenzie Porter
Relationship Goals – Steven Lee Olsen
Whiskey Does – Tim Hicks

Bass Player of the Year
Lisa Dodd
Justin Kudding
Mark Rynkun
Brandi Sidoryk
Holt Stuart-Hitchcox

Drummer of the Year
Matthew Atkins
Spencer Cheyne
Flavio Cirillo
Rich DaSilva
Krista Wodelet

Fiddle Player of the Year
Linsey Beckett
Tyler Beckett
Denis Dufresne
Julie Kennedy
Mike Sanyshyn

Guitar Player of the Year
Ryan Davidson
Matt McKay
Tara McLeod
Chad Murphy
Brennan Wall

Keyboard Player of the Year
Mike Little
Brendan Waters
Scott Wilkinson

Specialty Instrument Player of the Year
Johnny Gasparic
Shane Guse
Mitch Jay
Connor Riddell
Katie Rox

Steel Guitar Player of the Year
Chris Altmann
Mitch Jay
Doug Johnson

Industry Person of the Year
Paul Biro – Sakamoto Agency – Vice President and Operating Partner
Steve Coady – Warner Music Canada – Vice President, Radio Promotion
Mike Denney – MDM Recordings Inc. – President
Brianne Deslippe – Big Loud Records – VP International
Bobby Wills – Willing Entertainment – Director and General Manager

Record Producer(s) of the Year
Dan Davidson           
Danick Dupelle         
Danick Dupelle, Tebey Ottoh         
Joey Moi       
Deric Ruttan 

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
Adam Oppenheim – Stampede Entertainment Inc.

Video Director of the Year
Stephano Barberis   
Ben Knechtel
Codi McIvor 
Travis Nesbitt           
Ryan Nolan   

The full list of nominees can be found at ccma.org/2022-nominees.