Country Music Awards of Australia
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| CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the Australian country music industry |
| Presented by | Country Music Association of Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| First awarded | 1973 |
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The CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They are wholly owned and staged by the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA). The awards are hosted at night time at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Convention Centre (TRECC)on the Saturday night of the Australia Day long weekend and have been held annually since 1973. These prestigious Awards attract a live audience of 5000 people from the media, the music industry and the public and are broadcast on free to air and pay tv, as well as through ABC Radio and other commercial and community radio stations.
[edit] Golden Guitar trophy
The Golden Guitar trophies are cast in solid bronze on a base of polished Tasmanian Blackwood. They are 325 mm tall and weigh 1.5 kilos.
| Timeline · Portal | |
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| Genres | classical · hip-hop · indigenous · Ska · immigrant music · jazz · country · rock (pub rock · indie · punk · metal) |
| Organisations | ARIA · APRA · CMAA |
| Awards | ARIA Music Awards · CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia · The Deadlys · Australian Music Prize · J Award · WAMi Awards · NT Indigenous Music Awards · Perth Dance Music Awards |
| Charts | Kent Music Report · ARIA Charts · Triple J Hottest 100 |
| Festivals | Big Day Out · Splendour in the Grass · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Tamworth Country Music Festival · Womadelaide · National Folk Festival · Overcranked |
| Media | Countdown · Rage · Triple J · Jtv · ABC · Community Radio |
| National anthem | Advance Australia Fair |
| Cities and regions | |
| Adelaide · Brisbane · Canberra · Melbourne · Sydney · Perth · Hobart | |
