November was indeed fantastic month for the music industry with three major awards ceremonies and the charts around the world being reformed. The 2014 Country Music Association Awards AKA the CMAs was held on November 5, 2014 and hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Miranda Lambert was the lead nominee with 9 including one for the Entertainer of the Year and she also made history when she won her eleventh award of the evening making her the most awarded female artist in CMA history. Some of the big awards of the night included:
- Entertainer of the Year: Luke Bryan
- Album of the Year: Miranda Lambert - Platinum
- Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton
- Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
- Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
- Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
- Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert - Automatic
- Music Video of the Year: Dierks Bentley - Drunk on a Plane
The 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 20, 2014. Eduardo Cabra led the nominations with 10 each whilst Joan Manuel Serrat was honored with Person of the Year. The other big wins of the night included:
- Record of the Year: Jorge Drexier ft. Ana Tijoux - Universos Paralelos
- Album of the Year: Paco de Lucia - Cancion Andaluza
- Song of the Year: Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona - Bailando
- Producer of the Year: Sergio George
- Best Short Form Music Video: La Vida Boheme - Flamingo
- Best New Artist: Marianne Vega
The 42nd American Music Awards, the biggest night of US music was held on November 23, 2014 hosted by Pitbull. Iggy Azalea led the nominations with 6 nominations. Taylor Swift opened the main show with a brilliant performance of her global hit, Blank Space. Other great performances included Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX of a medley of Fancy and Beg For It, Pitbull & Ne-Yo of a medley of Don't Stop the Party, Fireball and Time of Our Lives, Selena Gomez on The Heart Wants What It Wants and Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj on Bang Bang. Some of the significant wins were:
- Artist of the Year: One Direction
- Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Sam Smith
- Favourite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Katy Perry
- Favourite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Iggy Azalea
- Favourite Soul/R&B Male Artist: John Legend
- Favourite Soul/R&B Female Artist: Beyonce
- Favourite Alternate Artist: Imagine Dragons
- Favourite EDM Artist: Calvin Harris
- Favourite Latin Artist: Enrique Iglesias
- Single of the Year: Katy Perry ft. Juicy J - Dark Horse
- Top Soundtrack: Frozen
- New Artist of the Year: 5 Seconds of Summer
- Dick Clark Award for Excellence: Taylor Swift
In the US, Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass ruled the roost for the first two weeks before being overthrown by Taylor Swift's Shake It Off after struggling at second place for eight weeks when it was initially displaced by Trainor in early September. Shake It Off regained the top spot after Swift's new album 1989 debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard 200. Shake It Off was replaced by Swift's own single Blank Space in the last week of November, where her performance at the AMAs would certainly have helped it to propel it to the top spot. By doing so she became the first female artist to replace herself at number one. We also saw Ed Sheeran's Don't peaking at number 9 and also Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd's Love Me Harder peaking at Number 7. Meanwhile, Hozier's controversial single Take Me to Church, Sam Smith's I'm Not the Only One and Nick Jonas' Jealous all entered the top 10.
In the UK, Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass remained at the top spot for the first week, but Ed Sheeran with his new single Thinking Out Loud dethroned Trainor, ending her rule in the UK as well. The third week belonged to Cheryl Cole with her second single off the new album I Don't Care. In the fourth week Avicii's Wake Me Up cover by Gareth Malone's All Star Choir took the top spot while Band Aid 30 with Do They Know It's Christmas? reigned in the fifth and final week of the month. Other popular songs in the UK and US over the month of November were:
- Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding - Outside
- The Veronicas - You ruin me
- David Guetta ft. Sam Martin - Dangerous
- Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Real love
- Olly Murs ft. Travie McCoy - Wrapped up
- Fergie - L.A. Love
- Meghan Trainor - Lips are movin'
- Imagine Dragons - I bet my life
Till the next chord…
At Ease!!!
