美國鄉村音樂大獎揭曉 凱莉蟬聯年度藝人
Carrie Underwood has made history after becoming the first female artist to win entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards twice.
The former American Idol winner, 27, who last picked up the award in 2009, also won a special triple crown prize.
The honor signals that she has won the female vocalist, entertainer of the year and newcomer prizes in her career.
Trio Lady Antebellum were given five awards while Taylor Swift went home empty-handed, despite five nominations.
Underwood was up against Swift and other artists including Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley.
"I think I just got make-up all over Brad Paisley," Underwood said as she accepted her entertainer of the year award from the star.
"Thank you God. Praise the Lord."
Lady Antebellum, whose latest album Need You Now was number one in the main US Billboard 200 album chart, won awards including best vocal group, bringing an end to Rascal Flatts' seven-year run as the winner in that category.
They also won best song and single of the year for crossover hit Need You Now which reached number two in the US singles chart.
Singer Charles Kelley said: "It's just wild, man.
"You never know where a song can take you and tonight is probably the pinnacle of our career."
Singer Miranda Lambert won three awards, including best female vocalist, at the expense of Underwood.
美國鄉村音樂大獎日前揭曉，凱莉•安德伍德再度獲得年度最佳藝人大獎，成爲歷史上首位兩次獲得該獎項的女藝人。
現年27歲的前“美國偶像”冠軍安德伍德曾在去年獲得年度最佳藝人獎。今年，除斬獲最佳藝人獎外，她還獲頒具有特殊意義的“三冠王”獎。
這意味着她在演唱生涯中已將最佳女歌手、年度最佳藝人和最佳新人三個獎項收入囊中。
“戰前女神”三人演唱組合捧走五項大獎。泰勒•斯威夫特儘管獲得五項提名，但最終空手而歸。
安德伍德此次一舉擊敗斯威夫特，以及肯尼•切斯尼、凱斯•厄本和布拉德•派斯利等實力派選手。
安德伍德在接受“年度最佳藝人”的頒獎時說：“我臉上的妝都弄到布拉德•派斯利身上去了。”
“感謝上帝，感謝主。”
“戰前女神”演唱組合捧走最佳演唱組合等大獎，終結了“無賴弗拉德”組合在該獎項長達七年的壟斷。“戰前女神”組合的最新專輯《現在需要你》爲美國公告牌200專輯排行榜冠軍。
“戰神組合”還憑藉單曲《現在需要你》獲得“年度最佳歌曲”和“年度最佳單曲”兩項大獎。這首跨界熱門單曲位列美國單曲排行榜第二位。
“戰前女神”組合成員查爾斯•凱利說：“這真是太瘋狂了。”
“你永遠不知道一首歌曲將把你帶往何處。今晚也許是我們音樂生涯最輝煌的時刻。”
歌手米蘭達•蘭貝特擊敗安德伍德，獲得年度最佳女歌手等三項大獎。
Vocabulary:
empty-handed: 空手的，徒勞的
album: a phonograph record or set of records containing several musical selections, a complete play, opera, etc.（音樂專輯，歌集唱片）
chart:ratings of the popularity of popular-music records, usually based on nationwide sales for a given week（唱片排行榜）
single: one of the songs recorded on a single（單曲）
