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Jason Aldean Fights Away Tears While Accepting Artist of the Year Honor at the 2011 American Country Awards
Jason Aldean hid a tear or two under his black cowboy hat as he accepted the 2011 American Country Awards’ honor for Artist of the Year. Miranda Lambert presented the award to Aldean, which was his second of the night until the announcer let fans in Las Vegas and viewers at home know the ‘Tattoos on This Town’ singer had also won four other awards, for a total of six.
Carrie Underwood Tries to Embarrass Husband While Accepting 2011 American Country Awards Trophy
Carrie Underwood has to be enjoying the 2011 American Country Awards. She’s picked up three Telecasters thus far and hasn’t had to change her outfit once. The blonde country singer seemed genuinely humbled when a presenter announced her name for the second time, and she didn’t leave the stage without giving her husband’s hockey teammates something to tease him about.
Scotty McCreery Accepts First Award, Performs ‘The Trouble With Girls’ at 2011 American Country Awards
Scotty McCreery accepted his award for New Artist of the Year at the 2011 American Country Awards and proceeded to rattle off his thank yous like he’d been doing it since he was 12-years-old. “My first award and it’s a dad-gum Telecaster,” the ‘American Idol’ winner said before thanking fans and his management team. He even remembered to give a birthday shout out to his mother.
The Eli Young Band Make Award Show Debut With ‘Crazy Girl’ on 2011 American Country Awards
While their performance of ‘Crazy Girl’ at the 2011 American Country Awards may have been the Eli Young Band‘s first at a major country music award show, it sure didn’t look like it. The Texas based quartet took the stage like old pros and the live audience ate it up.
Taylor Swift Shows Off New Haircut
Bangs are definitely back. Add Taylor Swift to the list of country superstars sporting shorter hair up front, as she tweeted this new haircut picture (seen on the right) this morning. Previously, Carrie Underwood lopped off her long blonde hair in an effort to look good for holiday pictures — not that either woman was in need of a makeover.
Trace Adkins Reveals Plans for New House
Now that the charred rubble of Trace Adkins‘ old home has been cleared away, he and his family are anxious to move in to the new house that’s being built on the same piece of Nashville property. It’s been over five months since the Adkins were forced to relocate to a guest house when the main structure burned down.
Lauren Alaina Performs ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ and ‘Always on My Mind’ at the White House
Lauren Alaina dipped into two classic country favorites during her performance at the White House on Monday. In addition to playing ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ Alaina was joined by Dierks Bentley to sing Elvis Presley’s ‘Always on My Mind.’