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Taylor Swift thanks fans after CMA Awards win: 'I just adore you'
Published Thursday, Nov 10 2011, 15:59 GMT | By Lara Martin | 1 comment
Taylor Swift has thanked fans following her win at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night.
The 'Mean' singer took home the prize for 'Entertainer of the Year' at the Nashville ceremony hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley and broadcast on ABC.
In a Twitter post after the show, she wrote: "Ahhhjhhhhhffhkytf!!!!! YES!!!! Thank you!!! Flipping out backstage!!!!!
"Headed home feeling so grateful and happy and just... Thank you. To the fans who have made this year so wonderful, I just adore you. (sic)"
In her acceptance speech the singer also thanked the stars - including Justin Bieber, Nelly, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney - who had joined her on stage on her recent tour, reading from a list of names written in black ink on her arm.
Other winners at the event included Miranda Lambert, who took home 'Female Vocalist of the Year', and her husband Blake Shelton, who was awarded 'Male Vocalist of the Year', while Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party was named 'Album of the Year'.
> CMA Awards 2011: Taylor Swift named 'Entertainer of the Year'
Swift is currently working on the follow-up to her 2010 Speak Now album, recently revealing that she had already written around 25 possible songs for the untitled record.
"I've been writing a lot, and I like to take two years to make a record. [It is] looking really great. We're at the end of year one and I still have a year left to go write," she said.
Swift, 21, has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year for 2011, making her the youngest person to achieve the honour.
Watch Taylor Swift winning 'Entertainer of the Year' below:
The 'Mean' singer took home the prize for 'Entertainer of the Year' at the Nashville ceremony hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley and broadcast on ABC.
© PA Images / Mark Humphrey/AP
In a Twitter post after the show, she wrote: "Ahhhjhhhhhffhkytf!!!!! YES!!!! Thank you!!! Flipping out backstage!!!!!
"Headed home feeling so grateful and happy and just... Thank you. To the fans who have made this year so wonderful, I just adore you. (sic)"
In her acceptance speech the singer also thanked the stars - including Justin Bieber, Nelly, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney - who had joined her on stage on her recent tour, reading from a list of names written in black ink on her arm.
© PA Images / Mark Humphrey/AP
© Rex Features / Jim Smeal/BEI
Other winners at the event included Miranda Lambert, who took home 'Female Vocalist of the Year', and her husband Blake Shelton, who was awarded 'Male Vocalist of the Year', while Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party was named 'Album of the Year'.
> CMA Awards 2011: Taylor Swift named 'Entertainer of the Year'
Swift is currently working on the follow-up to her 2010 Speak Now album, recently revealing that she had already written around 25 possible songs for the untitled record.
"I've been writing a lot, and I like to take two years to make a record. [It is] looking really great. We're at the end of year one and I still have a year left to go write," she said.
Swift, 21, has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year for 2011, making her the youngest person to achieve the honour.
Watch Taylor Swift winning 'Entertainer of the Year' below:
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