2025
CBMA Nominees
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| Female Vocalist |
Deb Browning Karen Clayton ( The Castaways) Laura Kepley (The Tonez) Lesa Hudson Rhonda McDaniel (Carolina Coast Band) Sharon Woodruff (Main Event Band) Terri Gore (Classic Soul) |
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| Male Vocalist |
Allen Pier (Rivermist) Dustin Ahkuoi (Band of Oz) Gary Lowder (Gary Lowder & Smokin’ Hot) Jackie Gore Jim Quick (Jim Quick & Coastline) Rick Strickland Steve Long (Too Much Sylvia) |
| Rising Star |
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| Entertainer |
Craig Woolard w/ Embers feat. Craig Woolard Dustin Ahkuoi w/ Band of Oz Gary Lowder w/ Gary Lowder & Smokin’ Hot Jim Quick w/ Jim Quick & Coastline Laura Kepley w/ The Tonez Lesa Hudson w/ Rick Strickland Band Townsend Link w/ The Pink Slips |
| Smoothie |
| "All Because Of You" Rick
Strickland & Lesa Hudson “Can’t Drive Me Away” Jim Quick & Coastline " Drowning In A Sea Of Love" Holiday Band “Keep Reaching For The Top" Rhonda McDaniel “Patience” Gary Lowder & Smokin' Hot “Unforgetable” Jackie Gore & Terri Gore Lemonds |
| Song of the Year |
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| National Dance/Shag Song |
| “Honey” Lenny Kravitz " I Love This Beach" Niko Moon “My True Love" The Tams ”One More Time” California Honeydrops “Somethin’ Bout A Woman” Teddy Swims & Thomas Rhett “Stop Drop & Roll” Dion & Valerie Tyson |
| Album of the Year |
“Christmastime Memories” Embers ft Craig Woolard ”Power of Two” Rick Strickland & Lesa Hudson ”Reaching For The Top” Rhonda McDaniel ”Right Place Right Time” Rivermist ”That’s The Life” Gary Lowder & Smokin’ Hot " Tribute To General Johnson" Various Artist |
| Group Of The Year |
Band of Oz |
| Radio DJ (Ted Bell Award) |
Andy Lucy 97.9 WTRG FM Gaston, NC Craig Woolard 107.9 FM /WNCT Greenville, NC Eric Bowman 99.1 FM / WDZD Monroe, NC Jay Kinlaw 94.9 FM / WVCO Loris, SC Jim Morgan 94.9 FM / WVCO Loris, SC Jim Quick 94.9 FM / WVCO Loris, SC Mike Brooks 98.3 FM / WLUS Oxford, NC Randy Davis 101.5 FM / WOHS Shelby, NC Shaun Lamm 99.3 FM / WZAX |
| Internet DJ |
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| Syndicated Radio Show |
"At the Beach w/ Pat Gwinn" Gwinn, Benningfield, Ryan, Douglas “John Hook’s Beach Music Top 40” John Hook “On the Beach w/ Charlie Brown” Charlie Brown & Chris Beachley “Swamp Soul” Jim Quick & Bo Gilbert |
| Internet Show |
“Beach Bound and Down” Townsend Link |
| Club (Bill Griffin Award) |
Loafers Dance Club Raleigh, NC Lynn’s Dance Club Charlotte, NC Memories Beach Club Atlantic Beach, NC OD Arcade N. Myrtle Beach, SC OD Pavilion N. Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Live Music Venue (Cecil Corbett Award) |
| Blackmon Amphitheatre Mt. Airy, NC Deckerz N. Myrtle Beach, SC Scallywag’s Bar & Grill New London, NC Spanish Galleon N. Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Event Of The Year |
| Carolina Beach Music Festival 2025 Carolina Beach, NC NC Beach Blast Festival 2024 King's Mountain, NC Rick & Lesa’s New Year’s Party At Sea 2024 Tampa, Florida Making Waves Cruise 2025 Port Canaveral, FL Ocean Drive Beach Music Festival 2025 N. Myrtle Beach, SC Shaggin’ For A Cause 2025 South Hill, VA TR’s Cancer Fighters 17th Annual Oyster Roast North Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Shag Club Event Of The Year |
Discontinued 2023 |
| Club/Mobile DJ |
Andy Lucy |
| Radio Station |
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| Internet Station |
Back To The Beach Radio Rock Hall Beach Waves Radio Townsend Link & Ben Morris Flip Flop Live Andy Lucy & Jonathon Sharpe Jukin’ Oldies Steve Baker RIPTIDE Radio Scott, Henriksen & Dennis |
| Producer |
Brad Cox “My True Love” The Tams Casey Meyer “Can’t Drive Me Away” Jim Quick & Coastline David Rhyne “A Jukebox Playing 45’s” Too Much Sylvia Jonathan Treece “Flip Flops” The Tonez Keith Houston “Reaching For The Top” Rhonda McDaniel Rick Strickland “Groovalicious” Lesa Hudson Freddy Tripp “Unforgetable” Jackie Gore & Terri Gore Lemonds |
| Engineer |
Brad Cox “My True Love” The Tams David Rhyne “A Jukebox Playing 45’s” Too Much Sylvia Dirty K, Buchan, McElrath, Cervantes "Hit Me With The Horns" Swingin' Medallions David Rhyne “Unforgetable” Jackie Gore & Terri Gore Lemonds Keith Houston “Reaching For The Top” Rhonda McDaniel Rick Strickland “Groovalicious” Lesa Hudson |
| Collaboration or Duo |
| “Back By Popular Demand” Dustin Ahkoui & Sharon
Hyler Woodruff “I Never Wanted To” Deb Browning & Michael Fite ”Ladies Man” Sylvia Johns Ritchie & Laura Kepley “Someday At Christmas” Craig Woolard & Jackie Gore “Unforgetable” Jackie Gore & Terri Gore Lemonds |
| Song Writer(s) |
| Casey Meyer, Jim Quick“Can’t Drive Me Away”
Jim Quick & Coastline Charlie Sattenfield “My True Love” The Mighty Tams Charlie Sattenfield “Oceans Apart” Rivermist Jonathan Treece “Flip Flops” The Tonez John Buchon, Jayson Free, Shawn McElrath “Hit Me With The Horns” Swingin' Medallions Rick Strickland “All Because Of You” Rick Strickland & Lesa Hudson Sylvia Johns Ricthie “My Heart Knows You By Heart” Sylvia Johns Ricthie |
| Instrumentalist |
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| Live Production |
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| Radio Show |
Best Day Ever Show Jim Quick |
| Concert Series |
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| Michael Branch Award |
Andy Lucy & Jonathan Sharpe Flip Flop Live Bo Gilbert Grand Strand Marketing Julian B. Fowler Little Peddler Productions Wayne Troutman Ocean Drive Productions Pat Patterson Beach Music 45 Renee Chesson Beach Music Cafe |
| Music Video |
“A Jukebox Playing 45’s” Too Much Sylvia “Hustlin’” Jim Quick & Coastline ft Albert Rogers ”I Never Wanted To” Deb Browning & Michael Fite ”My Heart Knows You By Heart” Sylvia Johns Ricthie “Right Place Right Time” Rivermist ”That’s The Life” Gary Lowder & Smokin Hot |
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