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2012 CMA Awards: Nominees & Winners

The 46th CMA Awards aired live from Nashville on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. CT on ABC.
The complete list of nominees and winners:
- Entertainer of the Year
- Female Vocalist of the Year
- Male Vocalist of the Year
- New Artist of the Year
- Vocal Group of the Year
- Vocal Duo of the Year
- Single of the Year
- WINNER “Pontoon” – Little Big Town
Produced by Jay Joyce – Capitol Records Nashville - “Dirt Road Anthem” – Jason Aldean
Produced by Michael Knox – Broken Bow Records - “God Gave Me You” – Blake Shelton
Produced by Scott Hendricks – Warner Bros.Records - “Home” – Dierks Bentley
Produced by Brett Beavers and Luke Wooten – Capitol Records Nashville - “Springsteen” – Eric Church
Produced by Jay Joyce – EMI Records Nashville
- WINNER “Pontoon” – Little Big Town
- Album of the Year
- WINNER Chief – Eric Church
Produced by Jay Joyce
EMI Records Nashville - Four the Record – Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf – RCA Nashville - Home – Dierks Bentley
Produced by Brett Beavers, Luke Wooten, and Jon Randall Stewart – Capitol Records Nashville - Own the Night – Lady Antebellum
Produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum – Capitol Records Nashville - Tailgates & Tanlines – Luke Bryan
Produced by Jeff Stevens and Mark Bright – Capitol Records Nashville
- WINNER Chief – Eric Church
- Song of the Year
- WINNER “Over You” – Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton
- “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” – Will Hoge and Eric Paslay
- “God Gave Me You” – Dave Barnes
- “Home” – Dan Wilson, Brett Beavers, and Dierks Bentley
- “Springsteen” – Eric Church, Ryan Tyndell, and Jeff Hyde
- Musical Event of the Year
- WINNER “Feel Like a Rock Star” – Kenny Chesney (duet with Tim McGraw) – Blue Chair Records/Columbia Nashville
- “Dixie Highway” – Alan Jackson featuring Zac Brown – ACR/EMI Records Nashville
- “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” – Willie Nelson with Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson – Legacy Recordings
- “Safe & Sound” – Taylor Swift (featuring The Civil Wars) – Big Machine Records/Universal Republic Records
- “Stuck on You” – Lionel Richie (with Darius Rucker) – Mercury Records Nashville
- Music Video of the Year
- WINNER “Red Solo Cup” – Toby Keith
Director: Michael Salomon - “Come Over” – Kenny Chesney
Director: Shaun Silva - “Over You” – Miranda Lambert
Director: Trey Fanjoy - “Pontoon” – Little Big Town
Director: Declan Whitebloom - “Springsteen” – Eric Church
Director: Peter Zavadil
- WINNER “Red Solo Cup” – Toby Keith
- Musician of the Year
- WINNER Mac McAnally – Guitar
- Sam Bush – Mandolin
- Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
- Dann Huff – Guitar
- Brent Mason – Guitar
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