Carrie wuz ROBBED!!

The 43^rd Annual Country Music Awards also known as the CMAs were held on November 11^th. The star-studded night featured the best and the great country stars and a lot of memorable performances, some of which I would like to forget.

Hosted by Brad Paisley and the very lovable Carrie Underwood, same as last year, the night turned out to be a very memorable night. This can be specially said for the 19 year old Taylor Swift. At 19, Swift is the youngest ever CMA nominee. Standing strong in four categories; Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Country Video and Entertainer of the Year, she bagged them all. And surprisingly, made history!

Now I have absolutely nothing against Taylor Swift. I, myself, am a huge fan of the her sophomore effort Fearless. The album features a collection of extremely well-written songs hooked on to catchy and heart-stringing melodies. But the only basic problem with the album is that it is NOT a country album. It is a complete pop record! A very well-crafted pop record!

How it managed to beat Sugarland’s ‘Love On the Inside’ simply leaves me speechless. And the horror doesn’t end there!

Taylor also beat the likes of Keith Urban and Brad Paisley combined for the hit track ‘Start a Band’ with the sickeningly sweet and sappy ‘Love Story’ for Best Country Video. I know this may come as a surprise, but I simply can not stand this song from the entire album. It just oozes with sentiments and sensitivity that my mind simply refuses to comprehend. But people by the millions seem to croon it everywhere I go, so there must be something about it.

And then she bagged Female Vocalist of the Year!

Now this one is a real shocker. Swift left behind the likes of Reba McEntire, Martine McBride, Miranda Lambert and the Country Superstar Carrie Underwood. Underwood had been winning the award for the Female Vocalist since the last three years in a row. That means ever since her debut, she has been swinging it. Now Carrie Underwood is someone I can totally see winning it. And her being beaten by Lambert, McBride or McEntire is something I don’t want to see but I can believe.

But in what part of this world does Swift take it over Underwood?! Swift can’t perform LIVE to save her life, which can be noticed by viewing her two performances at the CMA. Yes, that’s right!

Swift opened the show with an off-key version of ‘Forever & Always’ and then much later performed an acoustic off-key (Yet again!) ‘Fifteen’. As a female vocalist, she has to be able to perform vocally!

She needs to take the whole book of Carrie Underwood and learn it to heart. Underwood blew her away in the very classy and amazing rendition of ‘Cowboy Casanova’. Now this is what I can a female vocalist!

Furthermore Underwood performed a few parodies in sync with Brad Paisley as a part of her hosting act. Just listen to her!

She can record it into an album and it would sell like hot cakes!

After all of this had happened, the night came to an end with the declaration of the Entertainer of the Year. As much as I can’t believe it, it happened!

Swift beat out Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and George Strait for the category. How?! What?! Why?!

This is criminal!!

I’m glad the CMA night featured some of the most amazing performances by Daughtry, Keith Urban, Sugarland, Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert otherwise the night would have been a complete loss.

Hopefully next year, Underwood is going to bag several CMAs with her the newly released album ‘Play On’. Do check it out!