Taylor Swift officially won best New Female Vocalist last night at the Country Music Awards and she even performed the last 30-seconds of her song “Should Have Said No” in the rain! Taylor looked great and was also in fine voice as she sang “Our Song” and “Picture to Burn” at other times throughout the evening.

CMT says of Taylor’s performance: 

“It was interesting to see the attention to detail that has gone into her live presentation. In an era when nearly all backing musicians — and many male artists — hit the floor dressed in jeans while looking as though they just tumbled from their bunks on the tour bus, Swift’s musicians were attired in dark suits.

In fact, a couple of them looked like they’d just come from the hairstylist. This doesn’t make them better musicians, of course, but a youthful, sharply-dressed entourage is likely to have a special appeal among Swift’s core audience.”

Congratulations are in order for Taylor Swift!

Not surprisingly, Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler were big winners in the 2008 CMT Music Awards in Nasvhille on Monday night. Taylor won the biggest award of the night while Pickler took home three trophies. Congratulations to both of this up and coming girls!

Taylor Swift’s video for “Our Song” won both “Video of the Year” and “Female Video of the Year,” while Kellie Pickler won “Tearjerker Video of the Year” and “Breakthrough of the Year” for “I Wonder.” Kellie also won the “Performance of the Year” award for her live performance of that song on the Country Music Awards (CMA) broadcast on ABC.

Check out the full list of the winners is listed below: (more…)