Adam Harvey wins CMA Global Artist Award.

Harvey to Accept Award and Perform During 2007 CMA Music Festival in June

"The Country Music Association is committed to promoting Country Music around the globe and one way we do that is to encourage the development of Country Music artists from other nations," said CMA Chief Operating Officer Tammy Genovese.  "We are excited to shine a spotlight on international Country artists at events around CMA Music Festival."

CMA will honor Australian Country artist Adam Harvey as the recipient of the 2007 Global Country Artist Award.

"It is a great honor to win this award and to be recognized for doing something that I just enjoy," said Harvey. "I am thrilled and looking forward to being back in Nashville to receive the award in June."

The award recognizes outstanding achievement by an artist who has both furthered Country Music's popularity and brought attention to the format in their foreign-based territory.

"Adam Harvey's international outreach in recent years makes him a worthy recipient of this award," said Jeff Walker, President of AristoMedia and Chairman of the CMA Global Markets Committee. "In addition to his huge success in his native Australia, Adam has been successful in recent tours in Canada and Ireland. This is a well-deserved honor."

Harvey will accept his trophy June 9, during 2007 CMA Music Festival when he performs on the Greased Lightning® Daytime Stages at Riverfront Park. 

Adam Harvey

Harvey has enjoyed a career with many defining moments, including achieving Gold status from the Australia Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for three albums: Workin' Overtime; Cowboy Dreams; and his current project, Can't Settle For Less.

He is one of Australia's most awarded Country Music performers in the last decade. Among his many honors are winning the Australian Country Music Association Awards for Male Vocalist of the Year in 2002, 2004 and 2005; and Album of the Year for Workin' Overtime in 2002. Prime Minister of Australia John Howard gave Harvey the Australian Centenary Medal.

Harvey is also the current holder of the CCMC Artists Excellence Award for 2006. Although based in Australia, Harvey has toured the world including performances at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville in 2001 and 2004; two successful Canadian tours in 2004 and 2005; and an invitation to perform in China in 2005 as the representative for Australian Country Music and the Tamworth City Council.

He served as the tour host and media front man for the CMA Australian Advisory Group's travel initiative to the 2006 CMA Music Festival, and was appointed the Ambassador for the Telstra Road to Tamworth for 2007. For more information, visit Harvey's website at www.adamharvey.com.au