Taylor Swift Wins Country Songwriter Of The Year
There's just no stopping Taylor Swift. Last night at the BMI Songwriters Awards Taylor won the Country Songwriter of the Year award, becoming the youngest person ever to claim it. And she and co-writer Liz Rose shared Country Song of the Year for “You Belong With Me,” recognized as the most-played country title over a full year, according to the performing rights organization.
Taylor has had an emotional week as the day before she had just sang at a friends funeral.
“It’s been a really emotional week,” she told the crowd. “He was 21, and I used to play my songs for him first. So I would like to thank Jeff Lang.”
Other awards of the evening went to songwriters and music publishers to honor significant airplay for such titles as “Cowboy Casanova,” “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song),” “Big Green Tractor,” “American Ride,” “One In Every Crowd” and “White Liar.”
Also honored at the event was Country Music Hall of Fame, songwriter and producer Billy Sherrill. He took home the BMI Icon award. Billy authored a ton of hits during his career, and was honored as four vocal icons delivered new versions of some of his biggest songwriting titles: Ronnie Dunn sang the Charlie Rich million-seller “The Most Beautiful Girl,” Martina McBride covered the Tammy Wynette classic “‘Til I Can Make It On My Own,” George Strait delivered “My Elusive Dreams” and Faith Hill closed the tribute with Tammy’s signature “Stand By Your Man.”
Tonight is the 44th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville and it's hard to believe that Swift is nominated in only one category. And while artists are honored to be nominated, there sure seems to be a lot of drama as artists are speaking out against the nominations and nomination guidelines. It'll be interesting to see who wins and how the artists themselves feel about the outcome.
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