Winners for Carolina Country Music Awards

 
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (January 28, 2021) – Winners have been announced for thirteen categories for the 2021 Carolina Country Music Awards (CCMAs). 
The “Entertainer of the Year” will be determined by listeners to 93.9 WMIR in Myrtle Beach, 106.3 WYAY in Wilmington, 93.7 WMIR in Georgetown/Charleston, and 100.1 WFAY in Fayetteville.  Remaining categories are selected by a panel of judges from the music and broadcasting industry and announced in January.  Winners are as follows:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Whits End (Kershaw, SC)
 
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Gary Alexander (Myrtle Beach, SC)
 
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Paige King Johnson (Angier, NC)
 
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Cliff Wheeler Band (Lemon Springs, NC)
 
DUO OF THE YEAR
Walter Finley & April Dawn (Charlotte, NC)
 
COUNTRY SINGLE OF THE YEAR
 “He Didn’t Come Back The Same”  Whits End
 
COUNTRY MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
 “What I See” AJ Sanders
 
CHRISTIAN COUNTRY SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“Not So Broken” Faith Bardill
 
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
“Any Way She Wants It”  Mark McKinney & Jonathon Locklear
 “These Boots” Brian Hilligoss
 
COUNTRY TOUR OF THE YEAR
Paige King Johnson & Faith Bardill
 
EMERGING NEW ARTIST
Paige King Johnson
 
COUNTRY YOUNG ARTIST
Jordan Pickett (Siler City, NC )
 
DAMIEN HORNE HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Randy Atwood and the Renegades (Surfside Beach, SC)
 
A production of the Carolina Country Music Association, the Carolina Country Music Awards is an annual event open to performers who grew up in or now reside in North Carolina or South Carolina.  The show is typically held at the House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, but was held in a “virtual” manner in January 2021 due to the pandemic.  The show’s Executive Producer is Sweet Tea, who is also the afternoon DJ on Carolina Country (106.3 WYAY in Wilmington, 100.1 WFAY in Fayetteville, 93.9 WMIR in Myrtle Beach, 93.7 WMIR in Georgetown/Charleston). 
For more information, visit www.CarolinaCountryMusicAwards.com.   
 
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