Taylor Swift Has The Ultimate CMA Awards Night

Brad Paisley was the lead nominee going into Wednesday night's CMA Awards with seven nods, but he walked away with only two - Male Vocalist and Musical Event of the Year (with Keith Urban). Keith Urban was nominated for five awards, but only walked away with the one he shared with Brad. The big winner of the evening was truly Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift was nominated for 4 CMA Awards, and she walked away with all 4. Music Video of the Year for "Love Story," Album of the Year for Fearless, Female Vocalist of the Year, and she finally ended Kenny Chesney's reign as Entertainer of the Year. Along with making it a CMA sweep, she's also made history again as the youngest CMA Entertainer of the Year.

Taylor talks about what she feels it takes to be nominated for Entertainer of the Year

While Taylor had the ultimate CMA night, several others may have had the worst. George Strait was nominated for Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year, but walked away empty-handed. Perhaps more surprising was the Zac Brown Band's night. They have had three straight #1 songs, but they were denied any awards from the 4 nominations they received.

Here's the list of this year's CMA Awards nominees, with the winners in bold:

Entertainer of the Year 
Kenny Chesney 
Brad Paisley 
George Strait 
Taylor Swift 
Keith Urban

Male Vocalist of the Year 
Kenny Chesney 
Brad Paisley 
Darius Rucker 
George Strait 
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year 
Miranda Lambert 
Martina McBride 
Reba McEntire 
Taylor Swift 
Carrie Underwood

New Artist of the Year 
Randy House 
Jamey Johnson 
Jake Owen 
Darius Rucker 
Zac Brown Band

Album of the Year 
American Saturday Night -- Brad Paisley 
Defying Gravity -- Keith Urban 
Fearless -- Taylor Swift 
Love on the Inside -- Sugarland 
That Lonesome Song -- Jamey Johnson

Single of the Year 
"Chicken Fried" -- Zac Brown Band 
"I Run to You" -- Lady Antebellum 
"In Color" -- Jamey Johnson 
"People are Crazy" -- Billy Currington 
"Then" -- Brad Paisley

Song of the Year (Award to Songwriter) 
"Chicken Fried" 
"I Told You So" 
"In Color" - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto 
"People Are Crazy" 
"Then"

Video of the Year 
"Boots On" -- Randy Houser 
"Love Story" -- Taylor Swift 
"People Are Crazy" -- Billy Currington 
"Start a Band" -- Brad Paisley and Keith Urban 
"Troubadour" -- George Strait

Group of the Year 
Eagles 
Lady Antebellum 
Little Big Town 
Rascal Flatts 
Zac Brown Band

Duo of the Year 
Big & Rich 
Brooks & Dunn 
Joey & Rory 
Montgomery Gentry 
Sugarland

Musical Event of the Year 
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" -- Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire 
"Down the Road" -- Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally) 
"Everything But Quits" -- Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait) 
"I Told You So" -- Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis 
"Old Enough" -- The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe 
"Start a Band" -- Brad Paisley and Keith Urban

Chris Potter for Citadel Interactive © 2009