When did you first start liking country music?
When I was 2
Who's your favorite female artist?
Carrie Underwood
Who's your favorite male artist?
Brad Paisley
Favorite band?
Gloriana
Favorite country duo?
Sugarland
Where do you come from?
Michigan
Can you sing/play an instrument?
yes
If so, do you sing/play country music?
not yet
What was the first country album you bought?
Garth Brooks
Favorite country song?
At the moment, "Why Don't We Just Dance" by Josh Turner
Least favorite country song?
Rodney Atkins "Watching You"
Least favorite country artist?
Rascal Flatts
Favorite country album of all time?
Garth Brooks "Double Live"
What kind of country do you like: old, new, poppy, rocky, bluegrassy?
it depends, some can make it work, others can't
Do you know a lot about country music?
oh yeah
Do you watch CMT?
no, they barely play any videos
Do you go on CMT. com?
no, GAC is better
Do your friends know that you like coutnry music?
of course
How many country concerts have you been to?
7 (5 in 2009)
Ever been to the southern states?
only Florida
Ever been called a cowgirl/country obsessive/hick?
country obsessive, yes
Last country album you got?
Kellie Pickler
Do you download or buy country CDs?
I'll buy them if it's an artist that I like
Do your friends like country music?
some of them
Do you wish you were a famous country singer/in a famous country band?
if I had the ability
Would you go live in Nashville just to be close to country?
sounds like fun
What is the last country song you listened to?
Dierks Bentley "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes"
What was the last country concert you went to?
Josh Turner
Have your ever met a country star?
Gloriana and Julianne Hough
Do you have a country ringtone?
yeah but i'm not using it now
How many country songs are there on your iPod/Mp3 player?
768
Do you own a cowboy/cowgirl outfit?
nah
Have you ever been to a rodeo?
no
Have you ever been to Dollywood?
nope
How many cowboy hats do you own?
zero
Do you consider yourself a country music addict?
yep
This or That Kenny Chesney or Keith Urban:
Keith Urban
Miranda Lambert or Kellie Pickler:
tough one, but i'll go with Pickler
Toby Keith or Trace Adkins:
Toby Keith
Lady Antebellum or Rascal Flatts:
Lady A
Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift:
Carrie
Trisha Yearwood or Martina McBride:
Martina
Garth Brooks or Tim McGraw:
Garth
Alan Jackson or George Strait:
King George
Brad Paisley or Darius Rucker:
Brad Paisley
Dierks Bentley or Blake Shelton:
Dierks
Brooks & Dunn or Sugarland:
Sugarland
Gloriana or Zac Brown Band:
Gloriana

Wow, it's been a while. But it wouldn't be a Country Music award show without a blog to go with it. The CMA Awards are November 11th, so here's how I think they should go.

Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney -Possibly the best concert that I've ever been to so far. Kenny knows how to put on a show and his songs are perfect for everyone to sing along to! Wouldn't be disappointed if he won.

Brad Paisley- Also saw Brad this year too. He's my favorite male country artist right now and he put on an awesome show. Wouldn't mind if he wins either.

George Strait -Notice a theme? I also saw George this summer. The guy is timeless! He still does almost everything better than the stars of today. His concerts are cla$sic but they don't have all the effects that the others have. So he's not gonna win this one.

WINNER Taylor Swift -Continuing with the theme, I saw her 2 weeks ago. I had heard from others that she was kinda disappointing in concert, so my expectations weren't high. But I was in for quite a surprise! She pulled out ALL the stops for her Fearless Tour. Though I still don't like all the pop music attention she's getting, she put so much into all of her performances and it turned out incredible! She's my Choice

Keith Urban- The streak is finally broken. I missed out on seeing Keith this summer which disappointed me. He's the next person on my list of people that I need to see in concert!

Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney- Kenny's an awesome performer but not exactly at the top in terms of vocals

WINNER Brad Paisley- He's my favorite for a reason! His incredible lyrics along with his unmatched guitar playing will lock this up for him for the 3rd year in a row!

Darius Rucker- He's been a very pleasant surprise but not quite up there with the others

George Strait- Like i mentinoed before, he's timeless! I have no problem with him winning

Keith Urban- If Brad doesn't win, Keith will probably get the win

Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert-Saw her this summer and she put on a really great show. Haven't listened to her new album yet, but I've heard all kinds of good things. She's not quite ready for this award yet.

Martina McBride

Reba McEntire

WINNER Taylor Swift- Taylor will be the popular choice for this award but there's only one problem: the vocalist part. While her song writing is almost second to none, her vocals are her only weak spot. Other popular singers like Kenny Chesney have won many Entertainer of The Year awards but he has never won a vocalist of the year award. I have a feeling that this is gonna be the story for Taylor too. Well, as long as she's up against Carrie.This was a joke!

Carrie Underwood- I'm curious how this will play out because Carrie took off most of the year to work on her new album. So i'm wondering if that will hurt her in votes because she only had one single during this time. It shouldn't though, so this will be her 4th year in a row winning this award.

Vocal Group of the Year
Eagles

WINNER Lady Antebellum- My obsession with Lady A isn't as strong as it once was but they are as good as it gets when it comes to country groups.

Little Big Town- I love them too, but they've been very quiet lately. Haven't heard much from them in terms of new songs.

Rascal Flatts- they make me sick....

Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich

Brooks & Dunn

Joey + Rory

Montgomery Gentry- Saw them in concert and they put on one hell of a show. I wouldn't mind them winning, but their songs do tend to get overplayed and get really old, really fast.

WINNER Sugarland- This duo is hard to judge. I'm not really a fan of either person and they do have a couple songs that I hate. But they make up for it with a bunch of catchy songs, such as their most recent "It Happens"

New Artist of the Year
Randy Houser
Jamey Johnson
Jake Owen
WINNER Darius Rucker- Commented on him already. Don't really like anyone that much in this category other than him
Zac Brown Band

Musician of the Year
Eddie Bayers – Drums
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Dann Huff – Guitar
Brent Mason – Guitar
WINNER Mac McAnally – Guitar- I recognized him because he co-writes with Kenny Chesney and sung a duet with him in the song "Down the Road" which I really really like!

Album of the Year
American Saturday Night, Brad Paisley- Got this album the day that it came out and I wasn't disappointed one bit!

Defying Gravity, Keith Urban- He's got some REALLY good songs on this album, but I can't justify voting for an album that I don't own

WINNER Fearless, Taylor Swift- I own this CD also and while it does have a bunch of hits and will almost definitely win, i can't justify voting for it because i don't believe it's her at her best. She needs to go back to writing more country songs

Love On The Inside, Sugarland

That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson

Single of the Year
"Chicken Fried" – Zac Brown Band- Most annoying song....

WINNER "I Run To You" – Lady Antebellum- Love this song but it really didn't take off like the others did

"In Color" – Jamey Johnson

"People Are Crazy" – Billy Currington- This song was probably the most catchy song of the year. Billy Currington just has a way with making his songs like that. Definitely gets my vote.

"Then" – Brad Paisley- I was going back and forth between this and Billy C. You'll see why I made my decision in the next category.

Song of the Year
"Chicken Fried" - Zac Brown/Wyatt Durrette

"I Told You So" - Randy Travis- Love Carrie, but this award goes to the writer. So she won't get this award

WINNER "In Color" - Jamey Johnson/Lee Thomas Miller/James Otto

"People Are Crazy" - Bobby Braddock/Troy Jones- Wonderfully written song but it had tough competition

"Then" - Brad Paisley/Chris DuBois/Ashley Gorley- I picked this one because this category is more about the writing of the song. And i think this one is one of Brad Paisley's best written love songs. And he's got a TON of them!

Musical Event of the Year
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" – Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire

"Down The Road" – Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally)- Love this song! And if it weren't for Carrie being in this category, this would be the choice for me.

"Everything But Quits" – Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait)

"I Told You So" – Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis- Gotta vote for Carrie. Her voice just takes this song to the next level. Don't really like the duet but I gotta vote for my girl

"Old Enough" – The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe

WINNER "Start A Band" – Brad Paisley (duet with Keith Urban)

Music Video of the Year
"Boots On" – Randy Houser- UGH, i HATE this music video. Sooo stupid

WINNER "Love Story" – Taylor Swift- This one probably gets the win but I really don't see much special about it. So everyone's dressed in the Romeo & Juliet period outfits....big deal. There are better choices for this award.

"People Are Crazy" – Billy Currington- Love the song, but the video isn't really anything special

"Start A Band" – Brad Paisley (duet with Keith Urban)- The two best guitar players in country music join forces to make this song AMAZING. Paisley and Urban look like they're having so much fun playing guitar together in this video while they show kids playing a Guitar Hero ****video game. Love watching the two of them play those solos!

"Troubadour" – George Strait

So the CMT Music Awards are coming up on June 16th, so that means that it's time for me to pick the winners. All these awards are 100% fan voted, so there tends to be a lot of winners that aren't necessarily deserving of the award. There's gonna be a bunch that I'm not happy about, but it'll be fun at least.

Edit: These Awards were a total joke!!! No wonder none of the big stars showed up

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Trace Adkins - "You're Gonna Miss This"- Why does it seem like this song is up for an award every year?? It's not gonna win

Kenny Chesney featuring The Wailers - "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven" This isn't the reggae music awards, so Kenny isn't gonna win this one. Starting to miss the old Kenny Chesney

Toby Keith - "God Love Her" Good song, wouldn't be mad if it wins. But i don't think Toby has the fanbase to pull it off

Kid Rock - "All Summer Long" This one will get a ton of votes, but it BETTER NOT win! For the millioneth time...Kid Rock is NOT COUNTRY.

Lady Antebellum - "Lookin' For A Good Time I love Lady A, but i just don't think this song was big enough to win the award. Although i'd love to be wrong!

Brad Paisley - "Waitin' On A Woman" Yet another amazing song by Brad. And as always, the video for the song only makes it better! His usual combination of humorous yet beautiful lyrics make this song a hit! This one is definitely worth of winning Video of the Year.

Rascal Flatts - "Every Day" THEY ARE NOT COUNTRY!! They shouldn't even be at these awards....

Sugarland - "All I Want To Do" Most ANNOYING SONG EVER!!

Taylor Swift - "Love Story" WINNER I have to believe that this one is gonna be one of the favorites. Especially since it's a fan voted award. Taylor ALWAYS dominates the fan voted awards. The pop music fans may win this one for her. But the video wasn't anything special enough to win Video of the Year. This was awful!! They need to ditch the 100% fan voted part. It makes it almost IMPOSSIBLE for Taylor to lose because you get a bunch of pop music fans who know absolutely NOTHING about country. This song really isn't country at all!!

Carrie Underwood - "Just A Dream" If you read my favorite songs of 2008, you'll see why this song should win. The song is sooo incredibly written and performed, it deserves to take home the big one! The video was soo well done that i can't even watch the end of it because i don't like to see Carrie crying her eyes out But this one deserves to win!

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Trace Adkins - "You're Gonna Miss This" See previous category....

Toby Keith - "God Love Her" I wouldn't mind seeing this win

Brad Paisley - "Waitin' On A Woman" WINNER!! See last category for my comments on this song. This song SHOULD win, i'm pretty confident!

Keith Urban - "Sweet Thing" I'm starting to climb on the Keith Urban bandwagon, but this song wasn't quite good enough for this kinda award

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Why on earth is Carrie not nominated?????

Miranda Lambert - "More Like Her" I'd like to see this one win, but the Taylor fans will see that it doesn't. Really liking Miranda lately! Wonderful song, but i just don't think the video is anything special

Martina McBride - "Ride" Pretty catchy song, but Martina can't compete with all these new artists anymore

Kellie Pickler - "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" I think it would be AMAZING if this one won, but not gonna happen.

Taylor Swift - "Love Story" WINNER This one is almost a complete lock for her. No competition at all in this category. Without Carrie, Taylor will get an easy win here. I still think that Carrie SHOULD win this category, but there's really nothing that good, so i guess this one should win.

GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Lady Antebellum - "Lookin' For A Good Time" I love Lady A and I'm hoping that the two Rascal Flatts songs will split their fans vote. Lady A will be making a habit of winning this award!

Rascal Flatts - "Bob That Head" They're NOT COUNTRY!! Possibly the STUPIDEST song i've EVER heard!

Rascal Flatts - "Every Day" WINNER Still NOT COUNTRY!!

Zac Brown Band "Chicken Fried" The lead singer annoys me. Not a BAD song though...

DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Brooks & Dunn - "Put A Girl In It" I haven't been impressed with some of their newer songs but they definitely got this one right!

Montgomery Gentry - "Roll With Me" Don't really know this song. These guys have been going downhill lately

Sugarland - "All I Want To Do" WINNER Sooo annoying....

Sugarland - "Already Gone" Hopefully like the last category, the fans will be split between the two songs. This isn't that bad of a song though

USA WEEKEND BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Julianne Hough - "That Song In My Head" I met Julianne last week and she was SOOO incredible. She totally blew me away and I think i'm in love lol This song was one of my favorites of last year, so she totally gets my vote for this one! Since it's fan voted, i think she'll get a lot of votes from Dancing with the Stars fans. Thank you Julianne for being such a nice, sweet and amazing person

Jamey Johnson - "In Color" This won song of the year at the ACM's a couple months ago, so I wouldn't be surprised if it wins here.

Lady Antebellum - "Lookin' For A Good Time" Sorry, but Julianne beats them out on this one. I'd pick them over her if this was their other song, but this one wasn't better than Julianne's

Zac Brown Band - "Chicken Fried" WINNER

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire - "Cowgirls Don't Cry"

Kenny Chesney featuring The Wailers - "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven"

Brad Paisley with Keith Urban - "Start A Band" WINNER!!!! Combine Brad's great lyrics with his almost unmatched guitar playing, and then throw in another amazing guitarist in Keith Urban and you get one AMAZING song!!

Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen - "Life In A Northern Town" I love Little Big Town, but this song just doesn't really cut it with me. I swear it's from the Lion King or something!

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Alan Jackson featuring Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley and George Strait - "Country Boy" WINNER!!!! I absolutely LOVED this performance and i even recorded it on to my iPod! So glad that this got a nomination.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)

Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen - "Life In A Northern Town

Def Leppard and Taylor Swift - "Photograph"

WIDE OPEN COUNTRY VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Def Leppard and Taylor Swift - "Photograph" Taylor's performance with Def Leppard was pretty awesome. I'm not really crazy about this song, but compared to the others, it gets my vote. Although they all totally rocked the performance of "Pour Some Sugar on Me"!!! and they rocked it again at the awards!!

Kid Rock - "All Summer Long" WINNER This one will probably win, but i've already stated what i feel about this song

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Please Read The Letter" don't know it

Rehab featuring Hank Williams, Jr. - "Bartender Song" don't know it