Taylor Swift Wins Grammy for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year -- the night's biggest award -- goes to ... Taylor Swift! The 20-year-old country sensation trumped Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas and the Dave Matthews Band for the honor, which she takes home for her sophomore album, 'Fearless.'
"Thank you so much," Taylor exclaimed, upon becoming the youngest artist ever to win Album of the Year. "I just hope that you know how much this means to me and to Nathan [Chapman], my producer, and all these musicians you see on this stage, that we get to take this back to Nashville. Our families are freaking out in their living rooms! My dad and my little brother are freaking out in the living room. This is for my dad, who always told me I could do anything I wanted ... And my mom -- you're my best friend."
'Fearless' was the best-selling album of all genres in 2009, with total sales of more than five million. Among its biggest hits are 'White Horse,' 'Love Story,' 'Fifteen' and 'You Belong With Me,' which also was nominated for Song and Record of the Year.
Taylor boasts a total of four Grammy wins Sunday night. Along with Album of the Year, she also won the Grammy for Best Country Album, Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song, for 'White Horse.' She was second only to Beyoncé, who took home six trophies.
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
'Dead Flowers' - Miranda Lambert
'I Just Call You Mine' - Martina McBride
*'White Horse' - Taylor Swift - WINNER
'Just A Dream' - Carrie Underwood
'Solitary Thinkin'' - Lee Ann Womack
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
'All I Ask For Anymore' - Trace Adkins
'People Are Crazy' - Billy Currington
'High Cost Of Living' - Jamey Johnson
'Living For The Night' - George Strait
*'Sweet Thing' - Keith Urban - WINNER
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
'Cowgirls Don't Cry' - Brooks & Dunn
'Chicken Fried' - Zac Brown Band
*'I Run To You' - Lady Antebellum - WINNER
'Here Comes Goodbye' - Rascal Flatts
'It Happens' - Sugarland
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
'Beautiful World' - Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
'Down The Road' - Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
'Start A Band' - Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
*'I Told You So' - Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis - WINNER
'Everything But Quits' - Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
Best Country Instrumental Performance
'Under The (Five) Wire' - Alison Brown
'The Crystal Merchant' - The Greencards
'Mansinneedof' - Sarah Jarosz
*'Producer's Medley' - Steve Wariner - WINNER
Best Country Song
'All I Ask For Anymore' - Casey Beathard & Tim James, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
'High Cost Of Living' - Jamey Johnson & James Slater, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
'I Run To You' - Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
'People Are Crazy' - Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones, songwriters (Billy Currington)
*'White Horse' - Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) - WINNER
Best Country Album
'The Foundation' - Zac Brown Band
'Twang' - George Strait
*'Fearless' - Taylor Swift - WINNER
'Defying Gravity' - Keith Urban
'Call Me Crazy' - Lee Ann Womack
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