Robert Plant & Alison Krauss "Raising Sand" (Rounder)

Burlington, MA – Rounder Records has announced that Robert Plant & Alison Krauss are finalists for three 2009 CMT Video Awards in support of their Grammy^® Award winning album “Raising Sand.” They were nominated in the following categories:

• Performance of the Year – “Gone, Gone, Gone” (from their 2008 CMT Crossroads special)
• Wide Open Video of the Year – “Please Read The Letter”
• Collaborative Video of the Year – “Please Read The Letter”

The awards ceremony will be televised on CMT on June 17th at 8:00 PM ET and the first round of voting is from April 13th to May 11th. Visit CMT’s web site to vote now. The final four nominees in each category will be announced May 19th. Fans can vote again through June 15 to determine the overall winners.

At this year’s 2009 Grammy^® Awards, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss won highest honors – Album of the Year for “Raising Sand” and Record of the Year for “Please Read the Letter.” The duo also took home awards for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for “Rich Woman,” Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for “Killing the Blues” and Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album for “Raising Sand.” Plant and Krauss also received a Grammy^® in 2008 for their single ‘Gone Gone Gone’ (the sole category for which they were eligible last year). They completed an extensive and successful worldwide tour last summer and have made appearances on CBS Sunday Morning, The Today Show and the Charlie Rose Show. “Raising Sand” debuted at #2 on the Billboard top 200 chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA. Internationally the album has garnered multiplatinum awards, and was nominated for the prestigious British Mercury Prize.