Nominations
2005
Country Music Association – Female Vocalist of the Year
Country Music Association – Vocal Event of the Year (with Brad
Paisley for “New Again)
Academy of Country Music – Female Vocalist of the Year
Academy of Country Music – Album of the Year
36th Annual GMA Music Award – Special Event Album on the Year,
The Passion of the Christ:Songs
2004
Grammy Awards – Best Gospel Album, (Sparrow Records) Amazing
Grace 3 – A Country Salute To Gospel (Contribution – “Sweet
By And By”)
Academy of Country Music - Top Female Vocalist
Country Music Association - Female Vocalist of the Year
Billboard Music Awards – Female Country Artist of the Year
2003
Academy of Country Music – Top Female Vocalist
2002
Grammy Awards - Bluegrass Album of the Year for Clinch Mountain Sweethearts;
Ralph Stanley & Friends (Rebel Records) (Contribution - “Are
You Tired Of Me, Darling” with Ralph Stanley)
Country Music Association -Female Vocalist of the Year
CMT Flameworthy Awards – Female Video of the Year for “Saints
And Angels”
American Music Awards – Favorite Female Artist (Country)
2001
Academy of Country Music - Top Female Vocalist
Country Music Association – Female Vocalist of the Year
Country Music Association – Album of the Year for Born To Fly
(as artist and producer)
Country Music Association – Single of the Year for “Born
To Fly” (as artist and producer)
Country Music Association – Song of the Year for “Born
To Fly”
Country Music Association – Video of the Year for “Born
To Fly”
2000
Academy of Country Music – Top Female Vocalist
Academy of Country Music – Vocal Event of the Year for “The
Beat of a Heart” with the Warren Brothers
Country Music Association – Horizon Award
1999
Country Music Association – Horizon Award
Country Music Association – Vocal Event of the Year for “No
Place That Far” with Vince Gill
1998
Academy of Country Music – Vocal Event of the Year for “No
Place That Far” with Vince Gill
1997
Academy of Country Music – New Female Vocalist
Discography
Album ......................................................U.S.
Sales Release.................................
Date
Real Fine Place .......................................Gold
October..........................................
2005
Restless ..................................................Platinum...................................................August
19, 2003
Born To Fly..............................................
Double Platinum....................................
October 10, 2000
No Place That Far...................................
Gold..........................................................
October 27, 1998
Three Chords And The Truth.................................................................................May
20, 1997
Other Accolades
2005
People – Named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful
People (5/9/05)
Real Fine Place debuts at #1 on the Billboard country album chart
and #3 on the Top 200 chart
Real Fine Place certified GOLD by the RIAA
Radio and Records – “A Real Fine Place To Start”
#1 (multi-week)
Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks – “A Real Fine
Place To Start” #1 (mulit-week)
CMT – “A Real Fine Place To Start” video hits the
#1 spot on the Top 20 Countdown
Joined the prestigious 2005 Red Cross Celebrity Board
Joins the Mud and Suds Tour (Brad Paisley)
Joins the Time Well Wasted Tour (Brad Paisley)
Joins the What I Do Tour (Alan Jackson)
Won 36th Annual GMA Music Award for Special Event Album of the Year
-The Passion of the Christ: Songs
Performs at The Inaugural Dinner
Performs at Pat Roberts 75th Birthday Bash – Texas
National Anthem Performance – Texas Motor Speedway/NASCAR (11/6/05)
Attended Fashion Week in NYC - Luca Luca and Reem Acra shows (09/11/05)
Attended Movie Premier for Elizabethtown
Attended Movie Premier for Walk The Line
Nashville Lifestyles – Named as one of Nashville’s25 Most
Beautiful People (October 2006)
2004
Restless certified PLATINUM by the RIAA
Born To Fly certified DOUBLE PLATINUM by the RIAA
Radio and Records – Sara Evans is the MOST-played country female
and “Suds In The Bucket” is the MOST-played country single
Radio and Records – #2 Female Most Valuable Performer of the
Year
Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks – “Suds In The
Bucket” #1
Radio and Records - “Suds In The Bucket” #1
CMT – “Suds In The Bucket” video peaks at #1 on
Top 20 Countdown
CMT’s 100 Greatest Music Videos - “Suds In The Bucket”
ranks # 31
GAC – Video for “Suds in the Bucket” peaks #1 on
Top Twenty
Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart – “Perfect”
#2
Radio and Records - “Perfect” #5
CMT – Video for “Perfect” peaks at #1 on Top 20
Countdown
Amazing Grace 3 (Sparrow Records) – Records “In The Sweet
Bye And Bye”
The Passion Of The Christ Songs (Lost Keyword Records) – Co-writes
and records “New Again”
with Brad Paisley
Performs at the President’s Dinner in Washington D.C.
National Anthem Performance – Cincinnati Reds
National Anthem Performance – Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland Speedway
National Anthem Performance – Texas Rangers
2003
Billboard Top Country Album chart - Restless debuts at #3
National Anthem Performance – Tennessee Titans
2002
Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart – “I Keep
Looking” #5
Radio and Records - “I Keep Looking” #5
Kenny Chesney’s “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems”
Tour
Clinch Mountain Sweethearts; Ralph Stanley & Friends (Rebel Records)
– Records “Are You Tired Of Me, Darling” with Ralph
Stanley (Recorded Event of the Year, International Bluegrass Music
Association)
2001
Billboard magazine’s Country Female Artist of the Year
Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart – “Born
To Fly” #1
Radio and Records - “Born to Fly” #3
CMT – Video for “Born to Fly” reaches #1 on Top
20 Countdown
Country Music Association Award – “Born To Fly,”
Video of the Year
Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart – “I Could
Not Ask For More” #2
Radio and Records - “I Could Not Ask For More” #2
CMT – Video for “Born to Fly” reaches #1 on Top
20 Countdown
George Strait Country Music Festival
Girls Night Out Tour (with Reba McEntire, Martina McBride, Jamie O’Neal,
and Carolyn Dawn Johnson)
2000
Billboard Top Country Album chart - Born To Fly debuts at #8
1999
Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart – “No Place
That Far” #1
Radio and Records - “No Place That Far” #2
CMT – Video for “No Place That Far” reaches #1 on
Top 20 Countdown
Notable Television Appearances
2005
Country Music Association Awards (CBS) – Performs “Cheatin”
(11/15/05)
Academy of Country Music Awards – Performs “A Real Fine
Place To Start” (05/23/05)
Good Morning America (ABC) – Performs “A Real Fine Place
To Start” (10/12/05)
Hannity & Colmes (Fox) – Performs “A Real Fine Place
To Start” (10/11/05)
The Tony Danza Show - Performs “Cheatin” (12/7/05)
Today (NBC) – Performs for troops in Ft. Campbell, KY
Today (NBC) – Guest/Nashville (04/28/05)
CMT Home Blitz (CMT)
Nashville Star (USA) – Performs “Suds In The Bucket”
(03/22/05)
Nashville Star (USA) – Host (04/19/05)
CBS Evening News (CBS) – Artist commentary on Grokster Case
Colgate Country Showdown (GAC) – Host
CNN, A&E, TV Guide Channel
2004
Country Music Awards (CMA) – Performs “Suds In The Bucket”
Academy of Country Music Awards – Performs “Suds In The
Bucket”
CMT Flameworthy Awards – Presents award
The View – Performs “Perfect”
CMA Awards – Performs “Suds In The Bucket”
CMT 100 Greatest Love Songs Concert – Co-hosts with Joe Nichols
Academy of Country Music Awards – Performs “Suds In The
Bucket”
CMT Total Release Special
CMT Ultimate Country Home 2
GAC Country Music Across America – Co-hosts with Storme Warren
GAC Grand Ole Opry Live – Performs “Perfect” and
“Suds In The Bucket”
Hannity and Colmes / Fox News Network – Performs “Suds
In The Bucket”
Naomi Country Stars – Food Network program featuring Sara Evans
Nashville Star 2 – Performs “Born To Fly” with contestants
Oxygen Network – Tapes “OH!” commercial campaign
spot
GAC- Nashville’s Independence Day Celebration
Republican National Convention – Performs “Born To Fly”
2003
CMT Inside Fame: Sara Evans
CMT 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music – Performs “Mamma’s
Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys” with Deana
Carter
Hannity and Colmes / Fox News Network – Performs “Perfect”
Hannity and Colmes / Fox News Network – Performs “Backseat
Of A Greyhound Bus”
Fox and Friends / Fox News Network – Performs “Perfect”
2002
CMT Flameworthy Awards – Performs “I Keep Looking”
CMT Got Me In With The Band
Miss USA Pageant – Performs “Born To Fly”
Academy of Country Music Awards – Performs “I Keep Looking”
Hannity and Colmes / Fox News Network
2001
Academy of Country Music Awards – Performs “The Beat Of
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