Faith Hill, Tim McGraw defend Taylor Swift win
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw present Taylor Swift with the entertainer of the year award at the CMA's. (AP photo by Mark Humphrey)
Country singer Wynonna Judd issued an apology to Taylor Swift. Earlier this week (Nov. 12), Judd told USA Today that Swift’s success is “too much of a good thing.” Click here to read her full comment.
Swift made history by becoming the youngest person to win the entertainer of the year award at the CMA’s.
Judd posted this comment on her Web site. “I understand that my comment about Taylor Swift’s Entertainer of the Year nomination came across as a negative statement. My intent was not to take anything away from her talent and contributions to the country music industry…all of which are truly unprecedented for an artist of ANY age. Taylor is a beautiful, hard working young woman that deserves the success she has had and I support her as an artist and as a woman in the business.”
Now, country couple Faith Hill and Tim McGraw are defending Swift’s win.
Hill told People magazine, “I think she worked her tail off the last couple of years, and she deserves to win.”
McGraw told the magazine “I’ve been doing this a long time and she’s got a better head on her shoulders than I do, so I don’t know how anybody could complain about that.”
Country singer Randy Travis also weighed in on the topic. Travis told the magazine, “as a writer, she is a phenomenal talent. When you look at the body of work that she has written at the age when she came into this business, it’s remarkable. It really is. But do I think that entertainer of the year might have been a little early? In my opinion, yes, for whatever that’s worth.”
Personally, I don’t understand why some people are against Swift winning the top awards at a young age. If you don’t think she should win because you don’t like her music, that’s fine.
But I don’t think her age should be an issue. Outside of the country music industry, teenage singers frequently win top awards.
When Britney Spears was a teenager, she dominated the award shows. Someone’s age shouldn’t be a factor.
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taylor swift deserves to win the award.. age is just a number and yes it shouldn’t be a factor..