What film did Taylor Swift beam into during the opening of the Country Music Awards 2009?
The 56th Annual BMI Country Awards celebrated the genre’s elite tonight at the performing right organization’s Music Row offices in Nashville. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams, the black-tie ceremony toasted the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most-performed country songs in the BMI repertoire. Casey Beathard earned his second BMI Country Songwriter of the Year crown, while Taylor Swift’s smash “Teardrops on My Guitar” garnered Robert J. Burton Song of the Year honors. Publishing powerhouse Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville claimed its seventh consecutive Country Publisher of the Year title, and an all-star tribute recognized Hank Williams, Jr. as a BMI Icon. First named BMI Country Songwriter of the Year in 2004, affable hit-maker Casey Beathard co-wrote five of the songs in the most-performed list to claim his 2008 Songwriter of the Year title: Rodney Atkins’ “Cleaning This Gun (Come On
Taylor Swift is ravishing in a red one-shoulder Angel Sanchez gown at the 2009 Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand on Sunday (April 5) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 19-year-country cutie finished off her look with Neil Lane jewels, VBH clutch and Louboutin shoes. During the ceremony, Taylor sat next to Keith Urban and BFF Kellie Pickler. Taylor is nominated for two awards tonight — Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year (for Fearless). Sources: http://justjared.buzznet.
