Justin Moore seems a bit sad about his awards show experiences

 

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Justin Moore attended last night's CMA Awards (nice photo here), but it seems that he may be a little bit sad about how it and other award shows in the past have went down. 

After the show, Justin took to Twitter to answer some fan questions. One of the questions asked was why we don't ever see him on the award show stage. Justin answered quite honestly. 

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Chart Roundup – Week of November 16th, 2013

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WARNING: Don’t take this week seriously, I’m delirious and
think I’m funny.

So, you may have noticed I didn’t do a chart roundup last
week. No special reason; I was just sleeping instead. I miss sleep.

So Luke Bryan’s hogging #1 across Hot Country Songs and
Country Digital Songs still with ‘That’s My Kind of Night’, which I think is
mighty selfish of him. It’s dropped down to #6 on Country Airplay though, and he’s
down to #4 on Top Country Albums with ‘Crash My Party’, so at least he’s
sharing a little. Florida Georgia Line are missing their chart glory so ‘Stay’
is biting at Luke’s heels at #2 on Country Digital Songs and #8 on Hot Country
Songs, but country radio clearly doesn’t care seeing as it’s still at #19.
Thomas Rhett’s R&B hit ‘It Goes Like This’ is clearly fooling a lot of
people and is still at #2 on Hot Country Songs and #3 on Country Digital Songs/Country
Airplay, while his debut album has managed to come in above sell-out Toby Keith
by placing at #2. An album track called ‘Get Me Some of That’ is at #6 on
Country Digital Songs. Speaking of Toby, ‘Drinks After Work’ is at #3, in case
you cared.

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So let’s talk about some of the other faces at the CMA Awards

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Kacey Musgraves' disappointed face at last night's CMA Awards has been the talk of the morning, but there were other faces that deserve a second look too.

First, there was George Strait who looked like he wanted to be anywhere but on the stage last night during Taylor Swift's Pinnacle Award acceptance (video).

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Then there were the faces during Brad and Carrie's Obamacare joke. 

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Amazon shows what winning a big award will do for your album sales

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We all know that winning a big award at a show such as the CMAs will do wonders for your career, but Amazon has put the numbers together to show what winning an award will do for your album sales in just a 24-hour period of time. 

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Dubbed the biggest night in
country music, last night’s broadcast of the 47th Annual CMA Awards
recognized this year’s top performers. As expected, hosts Carrie Underwood and
Brad Paisley provided an entertaining evening filled with witty pop culture
banter and performances by country legends and newcomers
alike.

But how did the winners of
the night’s awards fare in terms of customer demand in CD purchases? Amazon.com
looked at each artist ranking on the Amazon’s Movers & Shakers List for
Music after the show ended*. Updated hourly, the Movers & Shakers list shows
the biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours.

Within the Top 20 Movers
& Shakers, 13 country artists make an appearance. Amazon’s big winners
include:

Pinnacle Award Winner:
Taylor
Swift

  • Taylor
    Swift’s album Fearless is the #8 bestselling album of all-time on
    Amazon.com
  • Her
    other albums on the top 100 albums of all-time list are Speak Now at #21
    and Red at #36
  • Taylor
    Swift has sold more albums than any other solo artist on the list – and more
    than Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum and the Zac Brown Band
    combined
  • Current
    rankings: Red – up 77% from #64 to #36 and Speak Now – up 57% from
    #401 to #255 

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Kacey Musgraves hasn’t learned the fine art of losing yet

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I think it's an art form being able to look happy while losing an award at a televised show. Kacey Musgraves, unfortunately, hasn't quite mastered that look yet. 

At last night's CMA Awards, Miranda Lambert won the Female Vocalist category, a category that Kacey Musgraves was also nominated for. The picture above was the look she had while Miranda was giving her acceptance speech. The disappointment is definitely palpable. The video is at end of this post in case you want to see the face in action. 

Don't worry Kacey, I'm pretty sure this won't be your last chance to win (or lose) an award at one of these shows. 

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