Thanks to four wins and two live performances, the 2009 Country Music Association Awards belonged to Taylor Swift.
Swift nabbed all four awards she was nominated for...
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Brad Paisley, who bares it all in some of his songs, won't be baring it all for Playgirl magazine.
The country singer and soon-to-be CMA host tells Michigan country station B-93.7 he's turned down offers from the risqué publication on more than one occasion.
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"I've actually turned that down," Paisley, 36, says. "They've asked...
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Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley were the biggest winners at the 2009 Country Music Television Awards.
Swift, who opened the show with a skit about making her dreams come true, took home awards for video of the year and female video of the year for her hit "Love Story." (Watch the video here.)
"This is for everybody who still believes in love stories, because I do," Swift, 19, said in her acceptance speech. (Check out red carpet photos here.)
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Kenny Chesney tops this year's Academy of Country Music Award nominations with 11, including Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist. Chesney has been named ACM's Entertainer of the Year for the last three years. Rodney Atkins nabbed six nominations, including Song of the Year for "Watching You" and Album of the Year for If You're Going Through Hell. Paisley received nominations in four categories, including Album of the Year for 5th Gear and Video of the Year for "Online."For the first time, the winner of Entertainer of the Year, the ACM's top award, will be determined by the fans. Voting begins on May 5; check out ACM's website for details on how you can vote. This year's nominees are Chesney, Paisley, Rascal Flatts, George Strait and Keith Urban.The awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, May 18, from Las Vegas (8 pm/ET, CBS) with host Reba McEntire. — Mickey O'Connor
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For more CMA Awards coverage, see our list of predictions and our Q&A with nominee Jason Alexander. With his Van Halen-caliber guitar skills, Brad Paisley — up for five trophies at Wednesday's 41st Annual CMA Awards (airing at 8 pm/ET on ABC) — could easily have forged a career as a rock star. Fortunately for fans of his down-home, heartfelt and often humorous songs, the 35-year-old West Virginia native chose the country road. Or, as he admits, it chose him. "Country is a very big form of music where I'm from," he says. "If you want to play live music in that area, you play country." And Paisley really wanted to play.But now that he's a full-fledged cowboy-hatted star, does he ever
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