Wed, 11 November 2009 23:54:38 ET
At the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards, the 19-year-old unseated four-time winner Kenny Chesney for Entertainer of the Year title in addition to grabbing three other kudos.
2009 Country Music Awards has just been wrapped, and
Taylor Swift came out as the one collecting the most kudos. On the special night on November 11, the 19-year-old has swept clean all four of the awards she was nominated for, Music Video of the Year, Album of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and the ultimate Entertainer of the Year.
For the title of Entertainer of the Year, she dethroned four-time winner
Kenny Chesney and beat out fellow competitors,
Brad Paisley,
George Strait and
Keith Urban. Upon receiving the award, she invited members of her band on-stage and said, "I will never forget this moment because, in this moment, everything I have ever wanted has just happened to me."
Beside unseating Chesney, Swift also displaced two-time winner
Carrie Underwood for Female Vocalist of the Year kudo. Delivering her speech for the title, she said, "I just got a hug from
Kris Kristofferson! I'm good! I hope you know how much this means to me... And I want to thank every single person in this room tonight for not running onstage during this speech."
Swift was not the only multiple winner on the night.
Lady Antebellum took home two awards, one for Vocal Group of the Year and the other for Single of the Year with "I Run to You". Paisley also grabbed two kudos. He won Male Vocalist of the Year and shared the prize of Musical Event of the Year with Urban.
The 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards was aired live by ABC from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony was hosted by multiple CMA-winning artists Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.
Miranda Lambert,
Zac Brown Band,
Vince Gill and
DAUGHTRY were among the performers on the night.
Winners of 2009 Country Music Awards:
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