MicrosoftTeams-image (17) — Tenille Townes wins her fifth consecutive CCMA for Female Artist of the Year, along with Song Writer of the Year, and Country Program of the Year (Tenille Townes, Facebook)

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Grande Prairie’s Tenille Townes wins fifth consecutive CCMA Female Artist of the Year award

September 18, 2023

Grande Prairie’s Tenille Townes made history over the weekend by taking home her fifth consecutive Canadian Country Music Association award for Female Artist of the Year. Along with the historic Female Artist of the Year award, Townes also took home the CCMA for Songwriter of the Year for her song “The Thing That Wrecks You” with Bryan Adams and the award for Country Program of the Year for “Christmas Time with Tenille Townes 2022.”

Townes was also nominated for Entertainer of the Year, the 2023 Fans’ Choice award, and Video of the Year for “The Thing That Wrecks You.” The only other artist to take home three awards during the 2023 awards was the 2023 Entertainer of the Year winner Jade Eagleson.

Kass Patterson

Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.