NMA Complete Winners List

2009 WINNERS

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift

BEST NEW ARTIST
Lady Antebellum

SONG OF THE YEAR 
"The Time of My Life," written by Regie Hamm (Recorded by David Cook)

NEXT BIG NASHVILLE AWARD (Emerging Artist) 
Brooke Waggoner

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Liz Rose

SONGWRITER-ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Taylor Swift

POSTER/ALBUM ARTWORK/PACKAGING OF THE YEAR       

Roy Orbison, The Soul of Rock and Roll Boxed Set, Latocki Team Creative

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR

Jack White

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM OF THE YEAR

Rascal Flatts, "Here Comes Goodbye," directed by Shaun Silva

MADE IN MUSIC CITY AWARD (for a recording made in Nashville by a non-Nashville artist)
Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
T Bone Burnett, producer; Recorded at Sound Emporium studio

BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 
The Steeldrivers, The Steeldrivers on Rounder Records

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift, Fearless on Big Machine Records

AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR 
Sarah Siskind, Say It Louder on Request/Thirty Tigers Records

URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
April Rucker, Here I Stand [EP] by One Staj Music Group

GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jars of Clay, The Long Fall Back to Earth on Gray Matters/Essential Records

JAZZ/BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Take 6, The Standard on Heads Up Records (Telarc)

POP/ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Kings of Leon, Only by the Night on RCA

INNOVATOR
Landmark Digital Services, LLC for BlueArrow Audio Recognition

HERITAGE AWARD
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, accepted by Musical Director Paul Kwami