http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2009/10...e-music-awards/
Excerpt:
"American Idol champ David Cook’s “Time of My Life,” which was written by Nashville’s Regie Hamm, took home the award for Song of the Year."
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NASHVILLE MUSIC AWARDS 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