UK country duo The Shires have become the first British artists to win a Country Music Award (CMA).
They received the prestigious CMA Jeff Walker Global Artist Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements by a country music artist originally signed outside of the US.
The band received a surprise presentation during the CMA songwriters’ series.
Commenting, The Shires said: ‘We are completely thrilled to win the CMA Jeff Walker Global Artist Award.
‘To win a CMA Award this early in our career and to be the first band from the UK to be acknowledged by the CMAs in this way is huge for us - thank you to everyone who voted for us and thank you to our fans who support our music and the UK country movement.’
The Shires were recently presented with their second gold disc in just 12 months as they officially announced their hit album My Universe sold more than 100,000 copies in the UK. It means that the band are the fastest selling UK country act ever going gold with two albums within a year of releases.
Look out for an interview with the band on M soon.
theshiresmusic.com
The Shires recently performed at the C2C festival. Read our interview with C2C festival director for The O2 and a board member of the Country Music Association, Milly Olykan.
They received the prestigious CMA Jeff Walker Global Artist Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements by a country music artist originally signed outside of the US.
The band received a surprise presentation during the CMA songwriters’ series.
Commenting, The Shires said: ‘We are completely thrilled to win the CMA Jeff Walker Global Artist Award.
‘To win a CMA Award this early in our career and to be the first band from the UK to be acknowledged by the CMAs in this way is huge for us - thank you to everyone who voted for us and thank you to our fans who support our music and the UK country movement.’
The Shires were recently presented with their second gold disc in just 12 months as they officially announced their hit album My Universe sold more than 100,000 copies in the UK. It means that the band are the fastest selling UK country act ever going gold with two albums within a year of releases.
Look out for an interview with the band on M soon.
theshiresmusic.com
The Shires recently performed at the C2C festival. Read our interview with C2C festival director for The O2 and a board member of the Country Music Association, Milly Olykan.
