Taylor Swift dominates CMA Awards, Oklahoma stars winless
Taylor Swift
Teen sensation Taylor Swift dominated Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, even as Oklahoma’s usually bright contingent of stars went home winless.
“I’ll never forget this moment because in this moment, everything I ever wanted has just happened to me,” a tearful Swift said as she accepted the top prize, entertainer of the year.
The country-pop singer-songwriter performed the show’s opening number, and she spent much of the night onstage, as the Country Music Association presented her with four trophies, for entertainer, female vocalist, album for “Fearless” and music video for “Love Story.” At 19, she is the youngest person ever to win the entertainer title and the first solo woman since Shania Twain in 1999 to take home the award.
Swift’s fellow country stars showed their support of the starlet by taking several good-natured jabs at rapper Kanye West, who now-infamously interrupted her acceptance speech at September’s MTV Video Music Awards.
Checotah native Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley co-hosted the CMA Awards for the second straight year. Paisley earned the male vocalist award and musical event of the year for “Start a Band,” his duet with Keith Urban. But Underwood experienced a rare shutout, with Swift stopping her streak of female vocalist wins at three and Paisley taking the musical event title.
Oklahomans Miranda Lambert and Reba McEntire also were nominated for female vocalist, while McEntire and Brooks & Dunn competed unsuccessfully for musical event.
Brooks & Dunn, which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, made their last CMA Awards appearance as a duo; the pair announced earlier this year their intention to split after their 2010 tour. Dunn and Kix Brooks were nominated for vocal duo, a category they have won a record 14 times, but lost to the reigning titleholder, Sugarland.
We don’t usually expect this, but we especially didn’t this year,” Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles said, offering Brooks & Dunn a chance to speak, which they refused. “Thank you for what you’ve done for us and thank you for what you’ve done for country music.”
Rascal Flatts, which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher, failed to claim the vocal group of the year award after winning it the previous six years. Contemporary country trio Lady Antebellum scored the group award along with single of the year for “I Run to You.”
Former Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker, who will play Friday at Tulsa’s Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino, was named the top new artist, while venerable songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mac McAnally won musician of the year. Song of the year honors went to Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto for “In Color.”
2009 CMA Awards winners
Single (to artist and producer): “I Run To You,” Lady Antebellum, produced by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley
Song (to songwriters): “In Color,” Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto.
Vocal group: Lady Antebellum.
New artist: Darius Rucker.
Album: “Fearless,” Taylor Swift, produced by Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift.
Musician: Mac McAnally, guitar.
Vocal duo: Sugarland.
Music video: “Love Story,” Taylor Swift, directed by Trey Fanjoy
Musical event: “Start a Band,” Brad Paisley duet with Keith Urban.
Male vocalist: Brad Paisley.
Female vocalist: Taylor Swift.
Entertainer: Taylor Swift.
-BAM
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Again, Taylor Swift is horrible, what’s with throwing the chair and “her hair” – she think she’s at the MTV Awards… this girl cannot sing, what a disgrace for the CMA and other worthy nominees……..