This year, solo artists Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisely, and Luke Bryan, as well as groups including Lady Antebellum, Joey + Rory, and Gloriana all dominated and won awards in various categories. Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, and Lady Antebellum all sang new country songs from their respective albums. Many were surprised that Taylor Swift did not win any award for the good showing of her “Fearless” album filled with pop and country music songs, but she did give a rousing performance to vindicate herself from her ill-received Grammy performance.

The biggest winner of the night was Underwood who won the Entertainer of the Year Award twice in a row, overshadowing perceived rival and the heavily favored Swift who dominated both pop and country charts. Underwood bested fellow artists such as Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, George Strait, Keith Urban, and the Zac Brown Band. It is said that Underwood’s win was due mainly to her fans to texted in their votes. Apart from the top award, Underwood was also given the Triple Crown Award for having won all three major categories as a solo female artist: Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist and Top New Female Vocalist. She is the only other female artist to have this crown apart from Barbara Mandrell.

Another top winner was Miranda Lambert who edged out fellow acts as she won her awards. For the Album of the Year award, she dominated Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, and the Zac Brown Band. Meanwhile, she edged out artists such as Reba McEntire, Swift, Underwood, and Lee Ann Womack in the Top Female Vocalist category. Says Lambert, “I think it’s cool because it just kind of started all the sudden,” she adds, “The new generation is starting to really show what we’re about and it’s cool that we’re really fond of each other genuinely. It’s really not about competition with us. We’re all happy for each other.”

Finally, from among the duos or groups, it was Lady Antebellum who emerged the most victorious with five awards out of xx nominations. They won the awards for Top Vocal Group of the Year, Record of the Year (artists and producers), and Song of the Year (artists and composers).

Clearly, these young artists will continue to make their marks and deliver good quality country music songs that will surely be appreciated by fans in the US and throughout the world.

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Aside from winning the Album of the Year Award for “Revolution,” her third studio effort filled with new country songs representing her distinct sound, she also won the Top Female Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year Awards. Her historic win made Lambert the first solo female artist to ever win two Album of the Year Awards (she won Album of the Year for Crazy Ex Girlfriend in 2008). Certainly, 2010 is the year that Miranda Lambert can safely say that she has finally arrived.

At first, Lambert could not believe that she has garnered six nominations from the ACM, saying, “It was crazy the way I found out, because I was at the CBS ‘Early Show’ with Blake [Shelton], just being the supportive girlfriend.” She adds, “[I] got up early and I was proud because his record was coming out. Not only did I get to hear the nominations in person, but Reba McEntire and my own boyfriend were the ones calling out my name.” Indeed, garnering three awards out of six nominations for her hit country music songs certainly made the event even more memorable for her.

Speaking in front of the crowd when she won her second Album of the Year Award, Lambert said, “This music is what I do, it’s the only thing I live for. Thanks for loving it. It changed my life.” She also added, “I didn’t get to thank very many people last time, but I really missed the most important person, which is the Lord…Thank you so much to the fans. This is my life and you make it great.”

As for her recent release, the aptly titled “Revolution,” Lambert says, “the only thing I did differently was to take a bit more time to do the songwriting. Things were very rushed with the last album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. I was on the road, and was finishing songs in the studio. For this album, I used the same musicians and the same producers, but I used different co-writers, and I took more time. Having some success allowed me to have more control of my schedule.”

Explaining the title of her latest album, she says, “To me, that’s an exciting word, that something new is happening. I sort of reinvented myself musically on this record. It feels like there’s change, that country music is more open-minded. To me, anyways.” This album, containing 11 new country songs, has already made its mark, landing at the top spot of the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums. With outstanding country music songs such as “”White Liar,” “Dead Flowers,” and “The House That Built Me” featured in her third album, Lambert has established her spot as one of the greatest singer and songwriters of her generation. Her previous albums include “Miranda Lambert” (2001), “Kerosene” (2005), and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (2007).

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A country wedding is truly one of the most beautiful themes for this kind of occasion. Imagine holding the ceremony in a vast area of a hayfield, walking down the aisle with a fresh cotton gown, and being surrounded with luscious blooms of flowers and beautiful foliage. To help you come up with the perfect country wedding, here are some fabulous tips to keep in mind.

Venue

For the venue, the best options would have to be a wheat field, cabin, barn, or farm. You can also try camps and lodges. Just be sure that your wedding vendors and suppliers can access the place you choose.

Colors

When it comes to colors, think of earthy tones and a sunny sky, as this is what your color palette would compose of mainly. There would be a lot of yellows, golds, tans, and umbers. Do not forget to incorporate sage, russet, green, cinnamon, celadon, salmon pink, burnt orange, and yellow green.

Flowers

A country wedding will not be complete without stunning rustic flowers such as sunflowers, black-eyed susans and daisies. Put these flowers inside buckets, pails, or galvanized sprinklers to complement the theme. Do not forget to use these flowers as headdress for the bride and entourage as well.

Decoration

Spice up the place by adding wedding arches (filled with the flowers mentioned above), rafters, and bundles of corn stalks. You can also use the idea of wrapping pillars and adding twinkle lights, which is great especially for weddings taking place during the midday or the evening. You can add in pumpkins with monogram carved on it. Do not forget to accent the place with raffia ties, jam jars, grapevine wreaths, and mason jars.

Invitations

Invite people to this wondrous event by sending out invitations with embroidered and stitched designs. You can also incorporate rustic flowers, quilt patterns, and other design elements that exude the country style.

Music

Traditional country music would require you to have a square dance, a contra or bluegrass band, which can play lovely and upbeat country music songs that will have your guests dancing all day. Now, if you want to add a touch of modernity, you can have a country music band play new country songs.

Some of your best options include “Love Story” by Taylor Swift, “God Love Her” by Toby Keith, “Feel That Fire” by Dierks Bently, “Sweet Thing” by Keith Urban and “I Run to You” by

Lady Antebellum.

Favors

For the souvenirs, you can give away cowboy boot vases, lucky horseshoe charms, chili pepper place card holders, and miniature cowboy hats.

People make the mistake of thinking that a country wedding is difficult to organize but if you have read these tips, you would know that it is not only stunning and spectacular; it is also quite simple and easy to plan and prepare for.

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Owens, a native of Vero Beach, Florida first burst into the country music scene in 2005 when he was signed to the legendary recording outfit RCA Records Nashville. Early the following year, 2006, he released his debut single, “Yee Haw.” Peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, this single made people sit up and take notice of his brand of new country songs in the mold of fellow male artists Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney. Indeed, in July of the same year, Owens released his 11-track debut album entitled “Startin’ with Me,” which went on to stay on the Billboard country charts for over 35 weeks.

In February of 2009, Owen released his sophomore album entitled “Easy Does It.” Proving that he was no one-hit wonder and dispelling the so-called “sophomore jinx,” Owens’ second album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums. Underscoring his mainstream success, this album also debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 charts. Containing brand new country music songs, this album spawned the hit singles and “Eight Second Ride,” establishing his success as an up and coming artist to watch out for in the years to come.

For those who think Owens is just another tough guy, you might want to think again. Owens is a sensitive and warm-hearted individual who pours his heart out in his songs. For example, he says “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You” is “just a song coming from a guy, your everyday hard-working guy, this guy that may not be able to afford all the finer things in life. I learned when I was a kid – that’s the first line in the song, I learned the hard way real early in life that money doesn’t grow on trees…And I just wanted to write that.’” He further adds, “I think that it’s a really strong way of singing a love song and lyrically putting it out there without overdoing it with cliché cheesy lines. It’s just laying it out there on the table, which is the way it is, and it’s how I feel.”

Indeed, we may expect this brand of new country songs from the artist whose rising popularity has allowed him access to some of the best tours of the season. Just recently, he announced that he will be busily spending the early part of this year opening for Jason Aldean, and then opening for Miranda Lambert this April, before heading out for a summer tour with Sugarland this May.

For tour dates and more est news on Owens, you may check out his website at http://www.jakeowen.net/.

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Evans, a Missouri native, is one of the few traditionally-styled singers to have emerged from the Nashville Scene sometime in the 90s. Throughout her career, she has had four No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums including her “Three Chords and a Truth”  (1997); her subsequent release, “No Place That Far” (1998); “Born to Fly” (2000), which was certified Double-Platinum; “Restless” (2003) and “Real Fine Place” (2005).

It was in 1997 when Evans released her debut CD “Three Chords and the Truth,” which was highly praised by critics for its effort to bring back the traditional country sound, prompting many include it in their top albums of year list. By the following year, Evans released a more pop-country oriented album with hits such as “No Place That Far,” which was a duet with Vince Gill. When “Born to Fly” was released and became her first album to have been certified a Platinum hit by the RIAA, a total of four hit singles were released including the title track “Born to Fly,” which peaked at the No. 1 spot on the Country charts, “I Could Not Ask for More,” “Saints and Angels,” and “I Keep Looking.” The success of this album is capped off by the numerous nominations Evans received at the Country Music Association awards with a total of seven nominations, from which she proceeded to win the Video of the Year award for “Born to Fly,” her first CMA nod and her first major award from the country music scene.

The popularity of this album catapulted Evans to success, which was then followed by more albums and nominations that cemented her status as a true blue Nashville superstar. Following the success of this album, Evans released her fourth studio album called “Restless.”  Says Evans of the album, “Restless’ is sort of like taking the song ‘Born to Fly,’ and making the whole album based around that song.” She adds, “Once I wrote and recorded ‘Born to Fly,’ I truly discovered who I was as a singer, and as an artist, so I wrote a lot of songs on this new record with Marcus Hummon, who I wrote ‘Born to Fly’ with, and I’m just very proud of it, very excited about it.” Of the album’s sound, Evans says, “It’s very rootsy, some of the songs are artsy, some are just really wacky. I can’t wait for everybody to hear it.”

In 2005 Evans then released “Real Fine Place,” through the lead single “A Real Fine Place to Start” which again peaked at No. 1 on the Country charts in 2005 with her country music songs.

When asked about who she is as an artist, she says, “People always say you can tell the real deal, and I feel like there’s nothing fake about what I do. It’s just always been my life.”