The 2010 Country Music Association Awards were a little bit country and a LOT rock and roll, and if you missed the 3 hour long extravaganza last week, here’s a quick recap.
Looking as radiant as ever, a very married Carrie Underwood (as evidenced by her BLINGED out left hand) set the night’s tone with a dynamic, opening performance of “Songs Like This.” Strutting around the stage in red stilettos and in tight black pants, Underwood, despite her twang, sounded more like a pop star than a country queen.
After dazzling the crowd with her performance, Underwood and co-host, Brad Paisley, began handing out honors on this star studded occasion. Taking home one of the night’s first awards was Lady Antebellum. The Grammy Award winning trio edged out Miranda Lambert, Easton Corbin, and Blake Shelton to win Best Single for “I Need You Now.”
Miranda Lambert wasn’t a runner-up for long, though; this year’s CMA Awards Prom Queen was nominated for nine awards – the most nominations ever for a female artist in one year. Performing “That’s The Way The World Goes ‘Round” from her album, Revolution, Lambert owned the stage, embodying “sexy country,” during her high energy set.
Revolution won Album of the Year, Lambert was named Female Vocalist of the Year, and “The House That Built Me” received Music Video of the Year honors.
Still basking in the glory of Speak Now and its first week sales of 1 million, Taylor Swift played piano and sang, “Back to December.” Later in the show, Reba McEntire put her southern flare on a refreshing rendition of Beyonce’s, “If I Were A Boy.”
Certainly, the women were the sass of the city in Nashville on Wednesday, but the men were equally debonair at the 44th annual awards ceremony.
An authentic country boy decked out in jeans and strumming a guitar, Blake Shelton would have won the award for Most Handsome Male Singer if such a category existed.
He was positively charming during his live performance of hit, “All About Tonight.” However, Shelton is engaged to Miranda Lambert and is off the market. So enjoy the video below because that’s about as close to him as you can get.
Kenny Chesney was just as dapper as he performed “The Boys of Fall.” An endearing song paying homage to the pageantry and tradition of football, Chesney sang with such emotion that I felt compelled to strap on a helmet and take snaps under center.
Technically, it was an awards show, so it is worth mentioning some of the night’s big winners:
Zac Brown Band won Best New Artist…
Sugarland won for Vocal Duo of the Year…
And Brad Paisley took home the coveted, Entertainer of the Year trophy.
Aside from lasting 3 hours and Gwyneth Paltrow’s anti-climatic, country music singing debut, Nashville was right on the money with this year’s CMA Awards. It will be difficult for the Association to match the excellence of this year’s show again.
A job well done in celebrating country’s roots and in embracing the evolution of the genre.
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