Dolly Parton photo courtesy of Dolly Parton Management.
The list is out, the tickets to Los Angeles are being bought, and the country stars in the running for 2010 Grammy Awards are all coming to grips with the reality that their work is being recognized by their peers among the year’s best.
Kenny Chesney’s duet with Mac McAnally, Dolly Parton’s Broadway cast album and Lady Antebellum’s pair of nominations have all spurred gratitude and joy. Tracy Lawrence scored his first-ever Grammy nomination, Jim Lauderdale is a bluegrass finalist — and also had a hand in a couple of other nominated projects: He wrote two songs on George Strait’s Twang album, and he was a member of Elvis Costello’s supporting band on Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. Keith Urban collected four nods, and Taylor Swift appeared eight times on the list.
Here’s what they’re saying about their good Grammy fortune:
• Dolly Parton: “What a great holiday gift to hear that 9 to 5: The Musical cast album has been nominated for a Grammy. I feel blessed to have worked with such a talented, wonderful and deserving group of people. ‘9 To 5’ truly is the gift that keeps on giving!”
• Hillary Scott, Lady Antebellum: “The nominees are all so talented. The most fun part for us is just being able to go and see some of these artists, who we are all huge fans of, perform on the show. The collaborations and over-the-top production are always so creative and unpredictable. We love it!”
• Kenny Chesney: “Some things are just magic and you know it. I knew the first time I heard Mac sing [‘Down The Road’] on his Simple Life record — the same place I heard ‘Back Where I Come From.’ It gets inside and lets you understand everything about life you don’t even realize. So it makes sense the Grammy people — who’re from all musical genres — would recognize this song and the heart Mac brings… I’m honored to share this with my friend.”
• Tracy Lawrence: “My mom and dad had been coaxing me for years to record an inspirational country CD. I promised them I would but kept pushing it off because it just didn’t feel like the right time. I had to grow, personally and artistically, to get here. The Rock has been full of personal surprises for me. I’ve received an overwhelming response from fans old and new. I’m so happy this album seems to have touched so many, and now, with the Grammy nomination, this is affirmation that the timing was right for me.”
• Jim Lauderdale: “There’s so much great bluegrass music out there. I’m excited my own record got nominated, and it was also an honor to be a part of George and Elvis’ projects and I wish them luck.”
• Keith Urban: “I wrote and recorded Defying Gravity to touch upon the power of the human spirit. I had no idea that it would’ve connected in the way that it did. We saw it night after night on the Escape Together Tour and to now end the year with these nominations is pure magic.”
• Taylor Swift, to the Associated Press: “I started freaking out and jumping up and down. I honestly never would have predicted this — eight nominations! I’m ecstatic, and blown away and so, so thankful.”
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ILOVE JASON A.
Taylor is good, don't get me wrong. But I'm sick, sick, sick of her and all of her "love", " heartbreak" , " boy break up" , " feel sorry for me sad songs" ! Can she wright about anything else and make it sound good?! She should also be more thankful, and maybe take a talent lesson from the other nonds like , Lady Antebellum, Dolly Parton, and Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and the other nods. I know Taylor is an amazing wrighter, she has the talent to wright something else 3X's as better! She should just start wrighting about everything but heartbreak love, this, love that….
Your right Swift is not in the same class as the others, Taylor is at least a class ABOVE those you mentioned!!!
Taylor has great management, and anyone can tell she does not have a good voice. Once all these kids grow up that love her, I do not think we will see staying power with a voice like that. Her live performances sound more like screaming, I really do not get it.
The more Taylor wins, the more I hate her, i know it's innocent for her, but you kinda make me wanna slap your face every time when you win an award, you seems like "Oh, it's me! "
ok ok ok… look i am really angry that carrie underwood isnt mentioned in this article..taylor swift is good. but yet i have to agree with people about how she cant sing…she is ok..thats it…taylor has a fan base of little kids.. many really ypung people like her.. however i dont like the fact that taylor comes in and steals the sttention over carrie, miranda, rascal flatts. its all taylor.. lets just call it swift music..im sick of all this swift stuff!!!!! and by the way i believe that taylor will not win all the awards shes nominated for.. nope…she will be heartbroken… i do like her because she did support the dixie chicks..man i miss them.
Taylor Swift is very clever as a songwriter (E.G. "Love Story,etc.).Some of her recorded songs sound ok after possible touch-ups,but she can't sing.
I don't think her age is a problem.Dolly Parton and Leann Rimes both started young among many.Taylor's just overrated ,because people like her music.Radio play is not even really decided by fans requests.The stations help to make or break someone.Her behavior is admirable since she respects her parents.
TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT!!!! SHE HAS NEVER THANKED GOD FOR ANYTHING, UNLIKE CARRIE, RASCAL FLATTS AND OTHERS THAT THANK HIM FIRST!! THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST THANKFUL AND BLESSED!
Ya she has!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And she wrote a christmas song called "Christmas must mean something more"…its about the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Christ!!!
carrie underwood also had 2 nods or whatever, her name wasn,t even mentioned people are obsessed with swifty it kinda fits ,very poor vocals, and everything she wins she says the same thing just like her songs, i was junping up and down i can,t believe she thinks she can sing???
Possibly Carrie didn't make a comment and thats why nothing was said. Who knows. i do agree with you and everyone else about Taylor. way too young for all the fame and when she falls she will fall hard.
I agree and she will be 20 this month. She acts 10, time to grow up, she turns 20 and writes a song 15, lol, she may be good for the tweens, but adults who have been around know a good song when they hear it. So sick of it, soon radio and country will have no one listening, so absurd.
ts is always freaking out that is all she knows
she cant sing for the life of me it is hard to
believe she is going to be 20 yrs old she acts
like she is 15 grow up
I agree, Taylor needs to go on the pop charts. I am sick of hearing about her boyfriend songs. There are alot of other artist that have great songs and never get recognized. (Montgomery Gentry) for one, Tracy Lawrence and so on
Thrilled that Tracy Lawrence has been nominatedfor this wonderful Album. He is such a talented man who gets over looked so very often. Good Luck Tracy!!
Taylor needs to grow up. Just by reading her response and the rest of the artists comments, she shows how immature she is. Especially by saying she got 8 nominations. How much bigger is her head going to get. She needs to go away and soon. Makes a mockery of country music and all the award shows by her immaturity.
Actually, I thought it was refreshing to see that she was excited. She gets how big a deal the Grammy's are and never fails to thank her fans and those who have supported her. That's maturity to me.
Ditto to the above comment. Taylor's songs are so boring and her voice is awful. The melodies of her songs are all so similar and monotonous. There are no clever licks or grooves to her songs. They're not the type of melody that sticks in your head that you find yourself humming out of the blue. Not only is she overrated, she's been given too much too soon. When she finally falls off her pedestal, she'll probably fall hard and become a wreck.
She wouldn't be on the radio so much if people didn't like her songs.
But way too young to be so adored…..unlike Leann R who had and has a great voice……(in my opinion)
Yeah, LeAnn has a great voice, and she's also a cheater, whereas Taylor at least comports herself properly, something that fans remember.
what has cheating got to do with talent or deserving? Nothing. Taylor is 19, lets see how appealing she is in another 7 years. she then will be Leann's age. lets see what she has under her belt then. As of now we need to leave out the personal aspect of things amd concentrate on true talent.
It means that I don't want to listen to someone who is so blatantly flaunting her immoral behavior for everyone to see. Not that I've even heard LeAnn on the radio in a very long time anyway, but Taylor is at least honest in her music, which I as a fan appreciate and enjoy. And in another 7 years, there's going to be some other new young person that everyone is complaining about for having fame so young while Taylor continues to go on making the music she wants.
……..But Taylor Swift iIS better than Miley
Miley can carry a tune.
Tracy Lawrence is the MAN, and I am so happy that he is finally being recognized for all his hard work. I know for a fact that this album has touched a number of people, including me, and it is so inspiring that someone can be the catalyst for a life changing experience.. Good luck Tracy, and God bless you!
Swift should have started freaking out.For someone who needs voice lea
sons,no stage apperance,THE REST OF THE NOMINATES are not blessed They deserve it'
Swift is not in the same class with the others,cant wait tell she gos away.To her manager great job,Bring A bad singer,Bad voice,and Poor stage apperance to
Grannys.Swift Better Be THANKFUL.
what r u talking bout