Taylor Swift earned eight Grammy nominations last night, second only to Beyonce who scored ten. Three of Taylor's nominations are in the all-genre categories. Zac Brown Band was the only other country act nominated in an all-genre category – they earned a nomination for Best New Artist. During the televised nomination special, Sugarland performed “Coming Home” from their Green to Gold album. It was the first time Jennifer Nettles has played the piano on live television. Here are the country nominees:
Best Country Album
The Foundation / Zac Brown Band
Twang / George Strait
Fearless / Taylor Swift
Defying Gravity / Keith Urban
Call Me Crazy / Lee Ann Womack
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Dead Flowers / Miranda Lambert
I Just Call You Mine / Martina McBride
White Horse / Taylor Swift
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
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
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
Everything But Quits / Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
Best Country Song – Songwriter’s Award
All I Ask For Anymore / Casey Beathard & Tim James
High Cost Of Living / Jamey Johnson
I Run To You / Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott
People Are Crazy / Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones
White Horse / Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
Billy Currington has established an organization titled Global South Relief, which will attempt to relieve stress to various Central American countries by delivering supplies to locals. The first countries to benefit will be Guatemala and Costa Rica. Billy became aware of the desperate need for, and lack of, the most basic necessities while visiting these areas. Billy said, “They survive on very little and it serves as a reminder that I am very blessed and can provide assistance. The goal is to make this an annual trip and to reach as many countries as we can in the future to provide these people with some relief.” Billy will join several hit making songwriters to play a free show at Sloppy Joe’s in Key West, Florida this weekend in order to raise awareness for the effort. After the concert, Billy and the songwriters will travel to the two countries to deliver the supplies.
Keith Urban’s daughter Sunday was baptized recently while the family was vacationing in Italy. Nicole Kidman said, "There was a little church in the place where we were staying just outside Siena. The priest there baptised our baby and it was a beautiful time." Nicole returned to Catholicism after spending years studying Scientology with first husband Tom Cruise, although her two older children remain Scientologists.
The toymaker who already has a line of Taylor Swift dolls, has announced an expansion to the line with The Taylor Swift Performance Collection Doll Assortment line. The new line will feature dolls that sing a thirty - second highlight from one of five of Taylor’s hit songs and will be dressed in an outfit to match what Taylor was wearing in the corresponding video - plus comes with accessories, including a guitar and hair brush. Also available will be Taylor Fashion Packs which will have outfits based on real looks worn by Taylor including shoes and accessories. The new dolls will be available this spring.
Tim McGraw will star opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester and will reunite with Friday Night Lights' Garrett Hedlund in the country music drama Love Don't Let Me Down. The plot follows a rising singer-songwriter (Hedlund), a fallen artist (Paltrow), her husband-manager (McGraw) and a pageant queen-turned-singer (Meester). Actor Tobey Maguire is a producer. Filming begins January.
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