2012 CMA Awards: Blake Shelton Pays Tribute To Late Brother & Dad; Taylor Swift Shut Out
Nov. 2 2012, Published 5:30 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Country’s leading superstar couple, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, were the big winners at the 46th annual CMA Awards Thursday night in Nashville, and Breaking Celebrity News has all the details.
Shelton, 36, whose popularity has skyrocketed thanks to NBC’s The Voice, took home three trophies, most notably his very first trophy as entertainer of the year, beating out two-time champ Taylor Swift, 22, who, surprisingly, was shut out in all the categories she was nominated in.
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In addition, Shelton captured his third consecutive male vocalist of the year award. Lambert won her third straight female vocalist award, and the couple shared one of the night's most coveted honors -- the song of the year award -- for co-writing her smash hit, Over You.
During their acceptance speech, Shelton spoke emotionally about the inspiration for the song -- his late brother, Richie, who died in a car accident.
"I lost my brother in a car wreck when I was 14 years old," Shelton told the audience. "Later in life, when I decided I wanted to be a country singer, my dad always told me, 'Son, you should write a song about your brother.' I lost my dad in January, and it's so amazing to me that tonight -- even after he's gone -- he's still right. I just needed the right person to write this song with and the right person to sing it."
During her acceptance speech for female vocalist of the year, Lambert quipped: "Holy crap. I don't necessarily deserve this, but I'll sure take it."
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Then she spoke about the emotional and deeply personal nature of Over You.
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