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The Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, generally termed as the CMAs, is held each and every year to celebrate the greatest completely new songs and albums by country musicians and groups. The association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee and originally consisted of 233 members. Today, the association is comprised of over 6,000 music professionals from more than forty nations around the world. Its purpose is to guide and boost the development of country music all around the planet, utilize it as practical yet powerful medium to advertisers, media, and people, and to provide a unity of idea or purpose in the country music industry. The award ceremony itself is broadcasted live on the television during fall, which is around October - November. The awards are given in numerous  types, including Entertainer of the Year, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Female and Male Vocalist of the Year, and as well the Completely new Artist of the Year.

Nonetheless, the first two CMA Awards ceremonies were not broadcasted on TV. The first one was held at the Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee in 1967. The Entertainer of the Year award at that time went to Eddy Arnold. The CMAs was first broadcasted on TV in 1969, and since 1978, it's been broadcasted in both TV and radio. To determine the winners of each and every group, the members of CMA need to go via 3 rounds of voting process supervised by the international accounting firm Deloitte & Touche. In the 1st round, the association members nominate 20 nominees for each category. In the second round, they have to pick 5 out of the twenty nominees and those 5 are the ones which will be presented for the final voting round. In the last round, they have to select one nominee of each type as the winner of that respective classification.

The winner of every group will then bring house a fine Italian crystal trophy. Nevertheless, the trophies given out through the first CMA Awards were manufactured from walnut and marble. This combination signifies country music's warmth, strength, and durability. Each trophy properties a satin brass nameplate which bears the winner's name as well as the group. The CMA Awards is indeed a very prestigious event that all country musicians and groups look forward to having their names attached in the trophies. acquiring a CMA award will boost their popularity and so their career.