Other cities were in the running to host the show including Austin, Houston, and Webster, Texas which hosted the 2005 event. Jinelle and Lucky Boyd, co-founders of MyTexasMusic.com, presented Linden area businesses and organizations with the prospect of moving the show to Music City Texas in a meeting held there in November.

“The city of Linden pledged their support of the Texas Music Awards, so we decided to make this the home of the TMA’s this year,” said Lucky Boyd, “The Linden Economic Development Corporations opened their arms and their checkbook to this event. It is that level of commitment that will make this the best show ever.”