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Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

It’s rare when the taste of music critics lines up with what the general public likes, but in the case of Miranda Lambert, both factions seem to be in agreement.

Earlier this month, “White Liar” was named the Best Country Single of 2009 in the Nashville Scene Country Music Critics Poll. This week, the song went to No. 1 on the USA Today Mediabase country chart, indicating it’s the song heard most by country fans on the radio. Stations would not play it so heavily if it weren’t, in fact, one of the public’s favorite songs of the moment.

It’s the first chart-topping hit for Miranda, who sent out a photo over Twitter of her enjoying the moment with champagne and a cigar.

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Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Figures don’t lie, but liars can figure. So they say. And “White Liar” figured prominently in the annual Nashville Scene country music critics poll, taking the scribes’ honor as the top single of 2009. It’s one of three categories Miranda Lambert dominated in a vote that does its best to tab quality over sheer sales volume.

Miranda’s Revolution, the disc that spawned “Liar,” was cited as the Top Album in the poll, compiled from rankings supplied by 77 country journalists. Accordingly, Miranda earned Top Female Vocalist in the process.

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Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

“Life,” according to the teaching of Buddha, “is suffering.”

“Life,” wrote The Road Less Traveled author M. Scott Peck, “is difficult.”

The characters in Miranda Lambert’s best-known songs — “Kerosene,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and the current “White Liar” — know suffering and difficulty well. Domestic violence, dishonesty and cheating are all some of the least savory characteristics of human beings, but they are human traits and behaviors nonetheless. Miranda understands, and it’s part of the reason she sings the kinds of songs she does.

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