The Musical Event of the Year Award acknowledges the year’s best collaboration between two or more individual artists. The artists must have performed together, as a unit, on a musical recording released domestically within the eligibility period.

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2007 Musical Event of the Year Nominees
“Because of You” – Reba McEntire with Kelly Clarkson
“Find Out Who Your Friends Are” – Tracy Lawrence featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
“Hey Good Lookin’” Live – Jimmy Buffet with George Strait and Alan Jackson
“Missing You” – Alison Krauss and John Waite
“The Reason Why” – Vince Gill with guest vocalist Alison Krauss

Which song nominated for the 2007 Musical Event of the Year Award category has been circulating for over two decades and recorded by the likes of Tina Turner and Brooks & Dunn?

Answer: “Missing You” was penned by current nominee John Waite in a matter of minutes in the early 1980s, and his recording of the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. “Missing You” went on to be recorded by Tina Turner in 1996, peaking at No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100. Brooks & Dunn recorded the song in 1999, and it reached No. 15 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart.

Two competing 2007 Musical Event of the Year nominees have previously been nominated together twice in this category for two different duets. Who are they and which songs were nominated?

Answer: Vince Gill and Reba McEntire were nominated in 1990 for “Oklahoma Swing” and 1993 for “The Heart Won’t Lie.”

Which song nominated for Musical Event of the Year in 2007 was nominated in a different version in this category in 2004?

Answer: “Hey Good Lookin’” Live. The live version features Jimmy Buffett, George Strait and Alan Jackson, while the 2004 version of “Hey Good Lookin’” featured a star-filled roster including Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Jackson, Toby Keith and Strait. That entire group performed the song at “The 38th Annual CMA Awards” in 2004.

Which song performed as a duet and nominated for Musical Event of the Year in 2007 was a former Billboard Top 10 pop radio solo hit in 2005?

Answer: “Because of You” was released by Kelly Clarkson in 2005, when it peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 1 in seven countries worldwide. Clarkson joined her hero and friend Reba McEntire for the CMA-nominated duet version found on McEntire’s upcoming album Reba Duets.

Which current nominee for the 2007 Musical Event of the Year recently started his own record label?

Answer: Tracy Lawrence. “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” was the first single from Lawrence’s new album For the Love, which was released by his own record label, Rocky Comfort Records. His nominated collaboration with Country superstars Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney was a 2007 No. 1 Billboard Hot Country single. Lawrence is the first Country artist ever to have the premiere single released from his own label reach No. 1.

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