Taylor Swift to perform in Country Music Awards 2010
Taylor Swift, last year's Country Music Awards (CMA) Entertainer of the Year, will perform on the 44th edition of the annual award show.
"The 44th Annual CMA Awards" will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. The awards show will be aired live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Nov. 10 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) by the ABC Television Network.
It was previously announced that the awards show would feature Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Sugarland, Underwood and Australian Keith Urban.
Taylor Swift also reigns as CMA Female Vocalist, a category for which she is nominated again this year. Swift has won a total of six CMA Awards, including Album (in 2009 for Fearless, which also earned her a second trophy as co-producer), Music Video (in 2009 for "Love Story," directed by Trey Fanjoy), and Horizon (2007).
In 2009, she was the recipient of the annual CMA International Artist Achievement Award.
Her highly anticipated third album, Speak Now, will be released on Oct. 25.
Tickets for the 2010 CMA Awards are on sale and can be purchased by logging on to www.ticketmaster.com; calling (800) 745-3000; or in person at the Bridgestone Arena box office, 501 Broadway (corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway), Nashville.