Photo: The Abrams
Fri Jun 28, 2019

Another great CMAO was held on Sunday June 16, 2019, in Ottawa, at The National Arts Centre, hosted once again by the talented and funny Jason McCoy.

Western Swing Authority providing amazing back up music for all of the performances.

Meghan Patrick coming away the big winner with 5 awards under her belt and Tim Hicks and The Reklaws with 2 awards each.

The Winners of the 7th Annual CMAOntario Awards are:

SINGLE OF THE YEAR sponsored by PURE COUNTRY
“Feels Like That” – The Reklaws

ALBUM OF THE YEAR sponsored by COUNTRY 93.5
Country Music Made Me Do It – Meghan Patrick

SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR sponsored by SOCAN
Meghan Patrick, Kelly Archer, Justin Weaver – “Walls Come Down”, Recorded by Meghan Patrick

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by Spring Tree Farm
Meghan Patrick

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by ECAO/IBEW
Tim Hicks

GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR sponsored by Country 103
The Reklaws

ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR sponsored by Skelton Truck Lines
The Abrams

FRANCOPHONE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR sponsored by Desjardins
Gabrielle Goulet

RISING STAR sponsored by Slaight Music
Jade Eagleson

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR sponsored by MNP
“Walls Come Down” – Meghan Patrick

FANS’ CHOICE sponsored by Ontario Creates
Meghan Patrick

RECORD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR sponsored by Metalworks Studios
Jeff Dalziel – Ryan Langdon, “Leave Me Right”; The Washboard Union, “What We’re Made Of”

INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Seeds Chartered Professional Accountants
Ron Kitchener, RGK Entertainment

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (LARGE MARKET)
CKBY Country 101.1, Ottawa

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM MARKET) sponsored by Lucknow’s Music in the Fields
CHCQ-FM Cool 100.1 FM, Belleville

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKET)
CICX PURE COUNTRY 106, Orillia

NIELSEN COMPASS AWARD
Tim Hicks

IMPACT AWARD
The Good Brothers

HOLLY & STEVE KASSAY GENEROUS SPIRIT AWARD
Cadence Grace

The CMAOntario Awards were presented by Slaight Music with support from Ontario Creates.

For more visit www. https://cmaontario.ca/