Country Music Association (CMA)

cmaworld.com

Official LinkedIn page of the Country Music Association (CMA). Home of the CMA Awards (CMAawards.com), CMA Fest (CMAfest.com), CMA Songwriters Series (CMAsongwritersseries.com), CMA Country Christmas (CMAchristmas.com) and the CMA Foundation (CMAfoundation.org), benefiting music education programs! Visit CMAworld.com for more information about the association. Founded in 1958, the Country Music Association (CMA) was the first trade organization formed to promote a type of music. In 1961, CMA created the Country Music Hall of Fame to recognize artists and industry professionals with Country Music’s highest honor. More than 7,400 music industry professionals and companies from around the globe are members of CMA. The organization’s objectives are to serve as an educational and professional resource for the industry and advance the growth of Country Music around the world. This is accomplished through CMA’s core initiatives: the CMA Awards, which annually recognize outstanding achievement in the industry; the CMA Fest, which benefits music education and is taped for a three-hour TV special; and “CMA Country Christmas,” featuring Country artists performing original music and Christmas classics. All of CMA’s television properties air on the ABC Television Network.