Brad Paisley took home three buckles, and Taylor Swift two, to lead the winners list for the fan-voted 2009 CMT Music Awards.
– Video of the Year: Taylor Swift's "Love Story" directed by Trey Fanjoy
– Male Video of the Year: Brad Paisley's "Waitin' on a Woman"
– Female Video of the Year: Taylor Swift's "Love Story"
– Group Video of the Year: Rascal Flatts' "Every Day"
– Duo Video of the Year: Sugarland's "All I Want to Do"
– USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year: Zack Brown Band's "Chicken Fried"
– Collaborative Video of the Year: Brad Paisley's "Start a Band" featuring Keith Urban
– CMT Performance of the Year: Alan Jackson, George Strait, Dierks Bentley, and Brad Paisley — "Country Boy" from CMT Giants: Alan Jackson
– Wide Open Country Video of the Year: Kid Rock's "All Summer Long"
– Video Director of the Year: Trey Fanjoy, Taylor Swift's "Love Story"
Read more:
EW's backstage live blog of the 2009 CMT Music Awards
EW's best and worst of the 2009 CMT Music Awards broadcast
Why the hell would anyone give an award to that godawful “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock? Damn but that song sucks.
Taylor Swift may be good on record and video but girlfriend can’t sing live to save her life. (Double ditto for Kellie Pickler, but she’s not that great on record either.)
And another thing….that Samsung BluRay DVD player advertisement on the EW front page right now is annoying as hell.
I am so so happy that Carrie Underwood didn’t win an award. Congrats to winners.
Actually, I thought Carrie Underwood’s “Just a Dream” video was beautiful and heartbreaking and well-performed — for me, more memorable than Taylor prancing around in period costumes. I can’t believe it didn’t win anything.
I’m so glad Taylor Swift won, Love Story is my favorite song and the video was amazing, I want to know who made the costumes!