{"id":73576,"date":"2020-07-30T01:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=73576"},"modified":"2020-07-30T01:40:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T01:40:39","slug":"garth-brooks-removes-himself-from-cma-entertainer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/30\/garth-brooks-removes-himself-from-cma-entertainer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Garth Brooks Removes Himself From CMA Entertainer Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73581 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840-800x448.jpg 800w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840-1280x717.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Garth-Brooks-2020-1500-x840.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/>Garth Brooks Removes Himself From CMA Entertainer Of The Year Ballot<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Last November, the 53rd Annual CMA Awards ended with an upset when\u00a0Garth Brooks\u00a0was named Entertainer of the Year for the seventh time, beating out predicted winner\u00a0Carrie Underwood\u00a0and capping a year that saw females fighting for their well-deserved place at the top of a genre that\u2019s historically been ruled by males. The unexpected win incited a mixed bag of reactions, including millions of opinions via Twitter. Yet, one tweet stood out from all the rest. One that posed a simple question: Why don\u2019t you step down and give the next generation a chance?<\/p>\n<p>Over the past eight months, Brooks has wrestled with that question, and in a press conference held today (7\/29), the\u00a0bestselling artist\u00a0announced he was officially removed himself from the CMA\u2019s Entertainer of the Year ballot moving forward. The second round ballot is scheduled to be emailed to CMA voters this coming Friday, July 31; and Brooks has politely asked the CMA to remove his name from this category should he be nominated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for somebody else to hold that award and know what that feels like. That feeling is so great, so wonderful that I want everyone to feel that,\u201d Brooks told members of the press via Zoom. \u201cIt\u2019s the coolest nod from the industry that somebody can get. We\u2019ve been lucky enough to carry it home a number of times. It\u2019s somebody else\u2019s turn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGarthBrooks%2Fvideos%2F2688911014769494%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since last November\u2019s win in the coveted category, which marked the third consecutive year Brooks has taken home the award, he revealed he\u2019s been in talks with the Country Music Association to create an \u201cEntertainer of the Year Emeritus\u201d honor. Although he praised the CMA\u2019s efforts and said they were gracious and open to his idea, they were unable to make this a reality. So, Brooks felt the next obvious step was to take himself out of the running altogether. \u201cWe all witnessed what happened last year, and it made \u2018Entertainer of the Year\u2019 not so fun,\u201d Brooks admitted. \u201cI just want it to be fun for everybody because that\u2019s what award shows should be.\u201d While Brooks is officially withdrawing his name permanently from the CMA Entertainer of the Year category, he\u2019s not opposed to receiving nominations in other categories.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-67769\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/garthbrooklipsync.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/garthbrooklipsync.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/garthbrooklipsync-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>In the press conference, he also revealed how he\u2019s been stewarding his time during the quarantine. While he\u2019s been spending concentrated time with wife Trisha Yearwood, writing new songs, taking requests for his weekly \u201cInside Studio G\u201d Facebook Live series, and entertaining fans on the big screen for a one-night-only drive-in concert, Brooks is champing at the bit to do what he does best\u2014play music for throngs of fans\u00a0<em>in person<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen things are at their worst, people turn to our entertainers. This ship never slows down,\u201d he said, adding that he and his team are ready to roll the moment it\u2019s safe to enjoy live music again. Though he admits, \u201cI think concerts\u2014especially stadiums\u2014will be the last thing they allow. It makes me sad, but I respect that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While his record-breaking stadium tour is currently scheduled to run through Summer 2022, Brooks teases even bigger things are in the works, including a possible bar on Nashville\u2019s Lower Broadway. Meanwhile, his crew is focused on their next three previously-announced dates in Charlotte, Cincinnati, and Las Vegas\u2014now rescheduled for 2021 and all sold out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could do this the next hundred years. We\u2019re going to be in this until nobody shows up anymore,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen the flag drops, we\u2019ll go back to the original goal. When you come to a Garth Brooks show, we want you to leave loving the people around you more than when you came.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-67230\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/soundslikenashville-1024x112.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/soundslikenashville-1024x112.png 1024w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/soundslikenashville-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/soundslikenashville-768x84.png 768w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/soundslikenashville-1536x169.png 1536w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/soundslikenashville-2048x225.png 2048w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/soundslikenashville-1568x172.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garth Brooks Removes Himself From CMA Entertainer Of The Year Ballot Last November, the 53rd Annual CMA Awards ended with an upset when\u00a0Garth Brooks\u00a0was named Entertainer of the Year for the seventh time, beating out predicted winner\u00a0Carrie Underwood\u00a0and capping a year that saw females fighting for their well-deserved place at the top of a genre that\u2019s historically been ruled by males. The unexpected win incited a mixed bag of reactions, including millions of opinions via Twitter. Yet, one tweet stood out from all the rest. 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