Taylor Swift Wins CMA Entertainer Of The Year

 
 
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  • Taylor Swift accepts the award for Entertainer of the Year onstage during the 43rd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center, Nashville, November 11, 2009
  • Taylor Swift dazzles at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee on November 11, 2009

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    Taylor Swift accepts the award for Entertainer of the Year onstage during the 43rd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center, Nashville, November 11, 2009

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    Taylor Swift dazzles at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee on November 11, 2009

 
 

FIRST PUBLISHED: November 11, 2009 11:27 PM EST
LAST UPDATED: November 11, 2009 11:42 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --

Taylor Swift made history at the Country Music Awards, becoming the youngest person to win entertainer of the year and the first solo female to win it in a decade.

The tearful 19-year-old — who also was the evening’s top winner with four total awards — cried as she accepted her trophy and said: “I will never forget this moment.”

No woman had won the award since Shane Twain did in 1999.

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