The food-stamp economy
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FACTBOX: Country Music Association award winners
(Reuters) - The Country Music Association awarded its "entertainer of the year" prize on Wednesday to Kenny Chesney. Other winners included:
- Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood.
- Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley.
- New Artist: Lady Antebellum.
- Vocal Group: Rascal Flatts, for the sixth year in a row.
- Vocal Duo: Sugarland.
- Single of the Year (to artist and producer): "I Saw God Today" by George Strait, produced by Tony Brown and Strait.
- Album of the Year (to artist and producer): "Troubadour" by George Strait, produced by Tony Brown and George Strait.
- Song of the Year (To Songwriter): "Stay" by Jennifer Nettles.
- Musical Event of the Year: "Gone, Gone, Gone" by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
- Music Video of the Year: "Waitin' on a Woman" Brad Paisley, with actor Andy Griffith.
- Musician of the Year: Guitarist Mac McAnally.
(Writing by Andrew Stern)
