Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 16, 1995 TAG: 9508160099
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: NASHVILLE, TENN. LENGTH: Medium
Singers Tim McGraw and Trisha Yearwood announced the nominees at the Grand Ole Opry House, where the televised awards program will originate Oct. 4.
Bluegrass diva Alison Krauss' breakthrough year was reflected with five nominations: female vocalist, single and album of the year, vocal event and the Horizon Award for most promising artist.
``All I can say is, `Whee, doggie,''' Krauss said by telephone from her parents' home in Champaign, Ill.
Jackson is an old hand at CMA nominations, but has never won for best entertainer or male vocalist. Vince Gill, who is set to be host of the broadcast, has been named best entertainer for the past two years and male vocalist for the last four.
Jackson is joined as nominees for entertainer of the year by Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and the duo Brooks & Dunn. Gill and Jackson are both up for male vocalist with the category rounded out by John Berry, John Michael Montgomery and George Strait.
McEntire will compete with Alison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Loveless and Pam Tillis for best female vocalist.
Canadian Shania Twain's multiplatinum success in 1995 was recognized with nominations for best single, ``Any Man of Mine,'' and the Horizon Award or most promising artist. Joining Twain,Krauss and Berry as nominees for that award are David Ball and Faith Hill.
Krauss won, then quickly lost, the nomination for album of the year. Her album was disqualified just hours after the nominees were announced. At least 60 percent of the songs weren't mastered or released during the eligibility period.
|- Associated Press
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