Underwood, Paisley, Plant & Krauss Claim Early Grammys
Carrie Underwood has her fourth career Grammy Award, taking home Best Country Female Vocal Performance for 'Last Name.' The honor was given out during the pre-Grammy telecast in Los Angeles Sunday, where Brad Paisley also took home a Grammy for Best Country Male Vocal Performance for 'Letter to Me.' Paisley is also the winner of Best Country Instrumental Performance for 'Cluster Pluck,' with James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee and Brent Mason.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are winners of Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for 'Killing the Blues,' a song from their duets album, 'Raising Sand,' which is up for the night's biggest award, Album of the Year.
Grammy Nominations - Country Categories (*Winners in bold.)
Best Country Album
'That Lonesome Song' - Jamey Johnson
'Sleepless Nights' - Patty Loveless
*'Troubadour' - George Strait
'Around the Bend' - Randy Travis
'Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love' - Trisha Yearwood
Best Country Song
(award goes to songwriters)
'Dig Two Graves' - Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan (recorded by Randy Travis)
'I Saw God Today' - Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby (recorded by George Strait)
'In Color' - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto (recorded by Jamey Johnson)
*'Stay' - Jennifer Nettles (recorded by Sugarland)
'You're Gonna Miss This' - Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller (recorded by Trace Adkins)
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
Brooks and Dunn - 'God Must Be Busy'
Lady Antebellum - 'Love Don't Live Here'
Rascal Flatts - 'Every Day'
Steel Drivers - 'Blue Side of the Mountain'
*Sugarland - 'Stay'
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Kenny Chesney & George Strait - 'Shiftwork'
*Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - 'Killing the Blues'
George Strait & Patty Loveless - 'House of Cash'
Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town - 'Life in a Northern Town'
Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban - 'Let the Wind Chase You'
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Martina McBride - 'For These Times'
LeAnn Rimes - 'What I Cannot Change'
*Carrie Underwood - 'Last Name'
Lee Ann Womack - 'Last Call'
Trisha Yearwood - 'This Is Me You're Talking To'
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Trace Adkins - 'You're Gonna Miss This'
Jamey Johnson - 'In Color'
James Otto - 'Just Got Started Lovin' You'
*Brad Paisley - 'Letter to Me'
George Strait - 'Troubadour'
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Cherryholmes - 'Sumatra'
Jerry Douglas & Lloyd Green - 'Two Small Cars In Rome'
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - 'Sleigh Ride'
Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby - 'Is This America?'
*Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert & Steve Wariner - 'Cluster Pluck'
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See the full list of 2009 Grammy winners here.
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