CMA awards date set

It's been about two months since we had some country music awards to discuss, but that will soon change. The Country Music Assn. has set a Nov. 12 date for its 2008 ceremony, which will air live on ABC.

While a nomination announcement date has not yet been revealed, last year's nominees were unveiled at the end of August. The 2008 awards will be broadcast from the Sonnet Center in Nashville, and will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Last year's awards saw the emergence of Taylor Swift as a country star. Swift took home the Horizon Award, and bounded back into the top 10 of the U.S. pop chart the following week. In what has become the norm at country music award shows, Kenny Chesney was honored as the entertainer of the year.

The Wednesday night awards attracted 16 million viewers in 2007, which wasn't too far behind the numbers later put up by the Grammy Awards.

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