CMA Awards Winners and Highlights

So who won?
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Brad Paisley

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Blake Shelton

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Zac Brown Band

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lady Antebellum

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Sugarland

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“Need You Now,” by Lady Antebellum
Songwriters: Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Josh Kear

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Revolution by Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke

SONG OF THE YEAR
“The House That Built Me,” by Miranda Lambert
Songwriters: Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
"Hillbilly Bone," by Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“The House That Built Me,” by Miranda Lambert
Director: Trey Fanjoy

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Mac McAnally — Guitar

Highlights of the 2010 CMA Awards
Hollywood came to Nashville. In attendance for various reasons were Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban’s wife; Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Brad Paisley’s wife; Katherine Heigl, Charles Kelly’s wife; Sissy Spacek; paying tribute to Loretta Lynn; Gwyneth Paltrow, performing and promoting her upcoming movie with Tim McGraw; Leighton Meester of Gossip Girls, also starring in Gwyneth Paltrow’s movie; Sheryl Crow, paying tribute to Loretta Lynn; Joanna Garcia from the new ABC show "Better With You", presenting; and finally, Ty Pennington, presenting and promoting an upcoming Nashville-based episode of his show.

Blake and Miranda are the new power couple. Between the two of them Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton won six CMA Awards last night. They each took home Female and Male vocalists of the year making them one of a short list of power couples to accomplish just that: Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill took home the honors in 2000. Backstage they took pictures holding their six CMA Awards and Miranda joked, "We have as many awards as we do dogs!"

Following the lead of the ACM Awards, the CMA gave Miranda Lambert the Album of the Year award. That makes her one of six female country artists to achieve that honor.
1984 - Anne Murray - A Little Good News
1995 - Patty Loveless -When Fallen Angels Fly
2000 - Dixie Chicks - Fly
2005 - Lee Ann Womack -There's More Where That Came From
2009 - Taylor Swift- Fearless

Tidbits about the CMA Awards
- Blake Shelton joked to CMT host Katie Cook he is retiring after this year because it doesn’t get better than a year like this.
- Kellie Pickler was covering the black carpet for The Ellen Degeneres Show and caught up with fellow American Idol alum Carrie Underwood.
- Martina McBride and Gretchen Wilson had more than one date last night. Both walked the black carpet with their two daughters.
- Dierks Bentley told CMT host Evan Farmer he wasn’t wearing boots because it’s the biggest night of country music.
- Lady Antebellum told CMT host Evan Farmer they were rooting for Keith Urban to win in the Entertainer of the Year. Last night was also the first time the trio performed their new single, “Hello World” on television.
- Miranda Lambert only had five hours of sleep the night before because she was so excited about the night.
- Martina McBride also came up to wish Miranda Lambert a “Happy Birthday” while she was blowing out the candle on a cupcake with CMT host Katie Cook.
- Taylor Swift first arrived and posed for pictures on the carpet then went back to the entrance to sign autographs for fans. She brought her friend and fiddle player Caitlin Evanson.